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Insurance guarantee schemes (IGSs) aim to protect policyholders from the costs of insurer insolvencies. However, IGSs can also reduce the incentives of insurers to conduct appropriate risk management. We investigate the risk-taking behavior of a stock insurer under insurance guarantee schemes...
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This paper investigates the question of how risk management should be embedded in a financial firm's hierarchy. We take an innovative approach to answering this question by combining capital market theory with game-theoretic thinking. We develop a theory for the integration of risk management --...
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Low interest rates are becoming a threat to the stability of the life insurance industry, especially in countries such as Germany, where products with relatively high guaranteed returns sold in the past still represent a prominent share of the total portfolio. This contribution aims to assess...
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