This book explores the ways in which the adoption of new paradigms, processes, and technologies can lead to greater revenue, cost efficiency and control, as well as improved business agility in the insurance industry

Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: History -- Developments in Risk and Insurance Economics: the Past 40 Years -- Part 2 : Risk and Insurance Theory Without Information Problems -- Higher-Order Risk Attitudes -- Non-Expected Utility and the Robustness of the Classical Insurance Paradigm -- The...

Introduction: Insurance and its Economic Role -- Risk: Measurement, Perception, and Management.- Insurance Demand I: Decisions under Risk without Diversification Possibilities.- Insurance Demand II: Decisions under Risk with Diversification Possibilities.- The Insurance Company and its Insurance...

Rahmenbedingungen und Herausforderungen der Krankenversicherung -- Ansätze und Bedeutung von Ratings in der Krankenvesicherung -- Funktionen und Nutzen von Ratings in der Krankenversicherung -- Verfahren, Prozesse und Methoden des Ratings von Krankenvesicherungen -- Strategie und Management...

Strategic change management is indispensable for every organization that has to adjust its strategy to changing industry contexts. Patricia Klarner adopts a new approach to analyze strategic changes and introduces the rhythm of change as a concept that measures the timing of changes. Her...

Index based insurance schemes can play a vital role in insuring poor people in developing countries against a multitude of risk. However, the concept doesn’t go along without any obstacles. Matthias Rödl provides a theoretical framework of index based insurance schemes and further highlights...

Aufgaben: Grundlagen der Versicherungstechnik -- Entscheidung unter Unsicherheit -- Versicherungsnachfrage und Versicherungsangebot -- Staatliche Regulierung und Sozialversicherung -- Lösungen: Grundlagen der Versicherungstechnik -- Entscheidung unter Unsicherheit.-Versicherungsnachfrage und...