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The Impact of Firm Risk on Property-Liability Insurance Prices
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In this paper, the authors examined the impact of an insurer's level of insolvency risk on the prices the insurer obtains for its products in the property-liability insurance market.Abstract:
This article examines the impact of an insurer's level of insolvency risk on the prices the insurer obtains for its products in the property-liability insurance market. The measures of insolvency risk used are those implied by the option pricing model of insurance. The key finding is the existence of a negative relation between insolvency risk and insurance prices. This implies that property-liability insurers are penalized for default risk through lower prices, despite the existence of guaranty funds. Other firm-specific determinants of insurance prices are also identified. The results have significant implications for insurance researchers and regulators.read more
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A Comprehensive Examination of Insurer Financial Strength Ratings
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide the most comprehensive examination of insurer financial strength ratings to date and the first analysis of unsolicited ratings for US property-liability insurers, finding that insurers' unsolicited rating tend to be lower than solicited ratings.
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Workers’ compensation insurance prices: evidence from Portugal
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Are Internal Capital Markets Ex Post Efficient?
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Regulatory Forbearance and the Failure Cost for U.S. Property and Liability Insurers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the extent to which regulatory forbearance can affect the fragility of U.S. property and liability (P/L) insurance firms and found that the risk-based capital (RBC) ratio is inversely correlated with the resolution cost paid by guaranty funds but is uncorrelated with the insurer failure rate.
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Elements of Econometrics.
Ian Domowitz,Jan Kmenta +1 more
TL;DR: The Elements of Econometrics as mentioned in this paper is a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and master's degree courses and may usefully serve as a supplement for traditional Ph.D. courses in economics.
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Elements of econometrics
TL;DR: The emphasis is on simplification whenever possible, assuming the readers know college algebra and basic calculus, and Jan Kmenta explains all methods within the simplest framework, and generalizations are presented as logical extensions of simple cases.
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Contractual Provisions, Organizational Structure, and Conflict Control in Insurance Markets
David Mayers,Clifford W. Smith +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a foundation for a positive theory of insurance contracting with examples of its testable predictions and argue that incentive conflicts arise when discretionary action is authorized and that contractual provisions and organizational structures control sources of conflict within the insurance market.
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Price, Financial Quality, and Capital Flows in Insurance Markets
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a model of price determination in insurance markets, which predicts that the price of insurance, measured by the ratio of premiums to discounted losses, is inversely related to insurer default risk.
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Stock Versus Mutual Ownership Structures: The Risk Implications
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide empirical tests of the risk differences between two types of ownership structure in the property-liability insurance industry and provide empirical evidence that suggests stock insurers have more risk than mutuals where the risk inherent in future cash flows is proxied by the variance of the loss ratio.
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