An Examination of Life Insurers’ Risk Attitudes

This paper presents evidence of a significant positive relationship between the ratios of life insurance premiums quoted to smokers relative to the premiums quoted to non-smokers, and the financial strength of the insurance company. This suggests that life insurers reveal increasing relative risk aversion

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Machnes, Yaffa
Publisher:	[2011]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Risikomodell \| Risk model \| Lebensversicherung \| Life insurance \| Risikopräferenz \| Risk attitude

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (13 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Frontiers in Finance and Economics, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 125-137, October 2010 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments October 1, 2010 erstellt
Classification:	D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; D92 - Intertemporal Firm Choice and Growth, Investment, or Financing ; G2 - Financial Institutions and Services
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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