Ce Texte Suggere L'utilisation de la Famille des Distributions de Probabilites a Quatre Parametres, la Beta Generalisee du Deuxieme Type (Gb2) Pour Analyser les Pertes D'assurance. la Gb2 a Comme Cas Particulier les Distributions Log-Normale, Gamma et Weibull. Elle Comprend Egalement Comme Cas...

This study compares internal and external sources of capital in the insurance industry by analyzing reinsurance activity between affiliated and unaffiliated insurers. Tests are performed using data from a large sample of property-liability insurers that are affiliated with at least one other...

We exploit the transparency of internal capital markets within insurance groups to investigate the form and volume of internal capital market transactions within insurance groups and to determine the relative importance of internal capital market activity to the investment behavior of affiliated...

Few studies of pension funding consider the agency conflicts that might affect pension plan management and the role of pension plans within the overall capital structure of firms. The primary purpose of this study is to determine if a relation exists between the level of insider ownership and...

Statistics gathered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation indicate that an average of 7,000 defined benefit plans were terminated per year between 1988 and 1997. Prior studies exploring motives for defined benefit pension plan terminations have focused exclusively on overfunded plans. This...

Although an extensive literature has developed on modeling the loss reserve runoff triangle, the estimation of severity distributions applicable to claims settled in specific cells of the runoff triangle has received little attention in the literature. This paper proposes the use of a very...

In this paper we investigate the extent to which insurance companies utilize financial derivatives contracts in the management of risks. The data set we employ allows us to observe the universe of individual insurer transactions for a class of contracts, namely, those normally through of as...

In this paper we formulate and test a number of hypotheses regarding insurer participation and volume decisions in derivatives markets. Several specific hypotheses are supported by our analysis. We find evidence consistent with the idea that insurers are motivated to use financial derivatives to...