A simplified financial-economic theory of the insurance firm under uncertainty is used to determine whether ambiguity about the expected claim frequency and/or the claim severity distribution for potential insured losses has any impact on the insurance rate. The model shows that the risk charge...

No-fault automobile insurance is a first-part coverage under which accident victims can recover up to certain limits for economic losses from their own insurers without regard to fault. On the other hand, a tort-liability compensation system is based on third-part coverage under which negligence...

The life insurance industry in China has developed rapidly at nearly average 30% annual growth rate in premium, since the reform in 1980. The enterprise property, the industry organization and the market size have significantly changed in the last two decades, which can be observed through the...