Using state-of-the-art frontier efficiency methodologies, we study the efficiency and productivity of Swiss insurance companies in the life, property/casualty, and reinsurance sectors from 1997–2013. The broad scope of this study provides an opportunity to compare and cross-check the findings...

This paper discusses the adequacy of insurance for managing cyber risk. To this end, we extract 994 cases of cyber losses from an operational risk database and analyze their statistical properties. Based on the empirical results and recent literature, we investigate the insurability of cyber...

This paper discusses the adequacy of insurance for managing cyber risk. To this end, we extract 994 cases of cyber losses from an operational risk database and analyse their statistical properties. Based on the empirical results and recent literature, we investigate the insurability of cyber...

This study is the first systematic discussion of potential risk transfer options for cyber risks. We compare several risk transfer options, including insurance, reinsurance and alternative risk transfer. Moreover, we discuss the potential role of the government and the capacity of insurance...

Cyber Risk stellt eines der grossen neuen Risiken des 21. Jahrhunderts dar. Wir analysieren das Management dieser neuen Risikoart und nehmen eine Einschätzung zur Versicherbarkeit vor. Zu diesem Zweck begutachten wir die bestehende Literatur und nehmen Befragungen unter Kunden und Anbietern von...

Die vorliegende Dissertation hat als Ziel das theoretische und praktische Verständnis von Effizienz in der Versicherungsindustrie und von Cyber Risk zu verbessern. Sie besteht aus vier Arbeiten in zwei Forschungsbereichen. Das erste Paper nimmt eine Effizienz- und Produktivitätsanalyse für...