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Passage:
Historiography concerning the commercial preeminence of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic has long highlighted the role of low-interest credit and joint-stock charter companies. However, recent economic historical scholarship has shifted focus toward the municipal Chambers of Insurance (Kamers van Assurantie), established in cities like Amsterdam and Rotterdam to regulate maritime underwriting. Prior to these municipal interventions, maritime insurance operated through informal, bilateral contracts among private merchants. While flexible, this customary regime was plagued by information asymmetry, frequent insolvencies among individual underwriters, and protracted litigation over casualty losses.

The establishment of the Kamers van Assurantie did not replace private underwriting with state enterprise; rather, it codified standard policy forms, established mandatory dispute-adjudication protocols, and required public registration of policies. Revisionist historians contend that the primary significance of these Chambers lay not merely in resolving legal disputes, but in reducing moral hazard and systemic counterparty risk. By enforcing transparent disclosure of vessel seaworthiness and cargo valuation, the Chambers stabilized premium rates and encouraged broader capital participation in high-risk Baltic and Levantine trade routes. Thus, the Chambers functioned primarily as risk-mitigating institutional scaffolding that bolstered the market credibility of private underwriting networks rather than as centralized administrative monopolies.

Based on the passage, which of the following statements accurately characterize the primary purpose or main arguments regarding the Kamers van Assurantie? Select all that apply.