This dissertation analyzes mutual insurance and its stability in three different contexts.<br /><br />The first chapter examines conditions under which an incumbent mutual agreement can resist to the emergence of a private insurance company. We model the main differences between mutual and stock insurers, integrating the investment choices of the insurance company. Focusing on homogeneous agents, we characterize the unique optimal choices of an entrant company and the conditions favoring or preventing its appearance.<br /><br />The impact of heterogeneity in risk exposure on mutual agreements is studied in chapter 2. This allows putting forward asymmetric information as a possible explanation to the failure of the complete risk pooling high...