This book contains papers that developed out of a Working Group on Economic Capital Models that was formed by three Dutch banking or insurance associations. The book seeks to assess the state of economic capital modeling in conglomerates that combine financial and insurance business lines.

The book is largely non-technical, which means it is an easy read but not particularly sophisticated. The focus is Dutch companies, but practice is similar in other countries. A shortcoming of the book is its repetitiveness. Topics are covered over and over, in much the same way, in different chapters. With editing, the content could have been boiled down to a medium-length journal article.