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Managing Catastrophic Risk
Kunreuther, Howard - 2012
A principal reason that losses from catastrophic risks have been increasing over time is that more individuals and firms are locating in harm's way while not taking appropriate protective measures. Several behavioural biases lead decision-makers not to invest in adaptation measures until after...
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Long Term Insurance (LTI) for Addressing Catastrophe Risk
Jaffee, Dwight - 2008
This paper proposes long-term insurance (LTI) as an alternative to the standard annual homeowners policy using lessons from the mortgage market as a benchmark. LTI has the potential to significantly increase social welfare by reducing insurers' administrative costs, lowering search costs and...
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Reflections on U.S. Disaster Insurance Policy for the 21st Century
Kunreuther, Howard - 2006
The first section of the paper addresses the first question by outlining two principles on which a disaster insurance … question and delineates the opportunities and challenges of a comprehensive disaster insurance program. Section 5 poses a set … of open issues that are currently being addressed by a research project on disaster insurance undertaken by the Wharton …
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Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms
Cutler, David M. - 1997
This paper examines the optimal design of insurance and reinsurance policies. We first consider reinsurance for catastrophes: risks which are large for any one insurer but not for the reinsurance market as a whole. Reinsurance for catastrophes is complicated by adverse selection. Optimal...
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Corporate Demand for Insurance : An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Market for Catastrophe and Non-Catastrophe Risks
Michel-Kerjan, Erwann - 2011
Using a unique dataset of insurance decisions by over 1,800 large U.S. corporations, this study provides the first empirical analysis of firm behavior that compares corporate demand for property and catastrophe insurance (here, terrorism). We combine demand and supply data and apply a...
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The Welfare Gains from Macro-Insurance Against Natural Disasters
Borensztein, Eduardo - 2015
This paper uses a dynamic optimization model to estimate the welfare gains that a small open economy can derive from insuring against natural disasters with catastrophe (CAT) bonds. We calibrate the model by reference to the risk of earthquakes, floods and storms in developing countries. We find...
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The Evolving Market for Catastrophic Event Risk
Froot, Kenneth A. - 1999
This paper discusses the recent changes in the market for catastrophe risk. These risks have traditionally been distributed through the insurance and reinsurance systems. However, because insurance companies tend to share relatively small amounts of their cat exposures and because insurance...
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The Market for Catastrophe Risk : A Clinical Examination
Froot, Kenneth A. - 1999
demonstrate that both features deviate from what theory would predict, yet are characteristic of many transactions, not simply …
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The Market for Catastrophe Risk : A Clinical Examination
Froot, Kenneth A. - 2001
with natural hazards, such as hurricanes and earthquakes. Risk management theory suggests protection by insurers and other …, especially after cat events. We then examine clinical evidence to understand why the theory fails. Specifically, we examine … hints as to why the theory fails. We explore these hints in eight theoretical explanations and find the most compelling to …
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The Pricing of Event Risks with Parameter Uncertainty
Froot, Kenneth A. - 2001
Financial instruments whose payoffs are linked to exogenous events, such as the occurrence of a natural catastrophe or an unusual weather pattern depend crucially on actuarial models for determining event (e.g., default) probabilities. In many instances, investors appear to receive premiums far...
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