Die Regelung und Praxis der Aufsicht der beruflichen Vorsorge in den untersuchten Ländernergeben kein einheitliches Bild. Trotzdem sind Trends festzustellen, die auch für dieSchweiz von Interesse sind. Einer dieser Trends ist eine Aufsichtsintegration, wonach dieLebensversicherer, Banken und...

Cummins et al. (1994) provide a conceptual framework for policymakers to use in analyzing risk-based capital systems. Based on their framework, this article provides an overview and critical analysis of risk-based capital requirements, with a focus on property/casualty insurance, as implemented...

The aim of this paper is to discuss different methods for risk assessment in theGerman automobile industry. We present the traditional approach for classifyingrisks, which is actually applied in the German market, and discuss one crucial difficulty inherent to this approach for proper risk...

Life insurers often claim that the life settlement industry reduces theirsurrender profits and leads to an adverse shift in their portfolio of insuredrisks, i.e., bad risks remain in the portfolio instead of surrendering.In this paper, we aim to quantify the effect of altered...

In this paper, we first discuss the characteristics and major benefits of the Swissrisk-based capital standards for insurance companies (Swiss Solvency Test), introduced in 2006. As the insurance industry is one of the largest institutional investors in Switzerland, changes to its asset and...

We analyze the effect of enhanced annuities on an insurer engaging in individualunderwriting. We use a frailty model for the heterogeneity of the insured populationand model the individual underwriting by a random variable that positivelycorrelates with the corresponding frailty factor. For a...

The aim of this paper is to develop an alternative approach for assessing an insurer’s solvency as a proposal for a standard model for Solvency II. Instead ofderiving minimum capital requirements—as it is done in solvency regulation—our model provides company-specific minimum standards for...

In recent years, industry loss warranties (ILWs) have become increasingly popular in the reinsurance market. The defining feature of ILW contracts is their dependence on an industry loss index. The use of an index reduces moral hazard and generally results in lower prices compared to...

In this article we identify risk and return profiles of two types of investment guaranteesin unit-linked life insurance products: an interest rate guarantee and a lookbackguarantee. This is done by comparing guarantee costs and performance for thematurity payoff and by testing the investment...

In diesem Beitrag wird mit dem Swiss Solvency Test (SST) ein mögliches Referenzmodellfür die Ausgestaltung von Solvency II vorgestellt. Der SST wurde vomschweizerischen Bundesamt für Privatversicherungen entwickelt und zu Beginn desJahres 2006 für grosse Lebens- und Schadenversicherer...