There is considerable empirical and experimental evidence that insurance demand issignificantly influenced by an insurance firm’s solvency level. For example, Sommer (1996)and Cummins and Danzon (1997) empirically show that a firm’s financial distress isaccompanied by a decrease in insurance...

The potential need for long-term care (LTC) is one of the greatest financial risks faced not only by the elderly, but also by their adult children, who often provide care or financial assistance. We investigate adult children’s role in the demand for LTC insurance. Similar to flood insurance,...

This Policy Letter outlines a pandemic insurance solution through a pandemic-related “Insurance Linked Bond”. It would be originated by governments, with a principal amount to cover significant costs resulting from a pandemic. These bonds, which would be traded on a secondary market,...

This paper investigates the effects of a rise in interest rate and lapse risk of endowment life insurance policies on the liquidity and solvency of life insurers. We model the book and market value balance sheet of an average German life insurer, subject to both GAAP and Solvency II regulation,...