requirements are refined by adding a risk correction term that takes into account the interdependencies of the risks of different …

institutions with diverse ESG profiles to mitigate risk and optimise returns. These potential research perspectives offer …

of insurance. Third, we help answer the puzzle why the most risk averse are least likely to take up agricultural …We employ a novel approach to investigate the reasons for a low demand for agricultural insurance. We confirm that … farmers systematically undervalue agricultural insurance. First, we find that private transfers, mainly from family members …

and car insurance using data from the UK. The main empirical results are: - higher labor income risk induces a higher … demand for car insurance. - the effects of increases in labor income risk after 1979 seem to be more than offset by a more …Microeconomic theory predicts that under certain regularity conditions higher idiosyncratic risk increases the …

insurance by strictly-risk averse agents and risk-neutral firms when they enjoy limited liability. When exposed to a bankrupting … decision to insure will depend on whether the benefits the insuree derives from insurance after having compensated the damaged …

contributions in insurance economics since that time. The review begins with the role of utility, risk, and risk aversion in the … beginning of modern economic analysis of insurance activity. This chapter reviews the main theoretical and empirical … insurance literature and summarizes work on the demand for insurance, insurance and resource allocation, moral hazard, and …

Reputational risk has become a critical concern for most organizations. Insurers, who rely on trust to generate … expectations, which we test using a rich data set on operational loss risk events. Results indicate that passage of the Sarbanes … significantly related to reputational risk. In some samples, Tobin's Q, the level of competition, and the discount rate also were …

Index triggers have enabled the extension of insurance to disaster risks by providing a simple mechanism to determine … insurance payment. Disaster risks are notoriously difficult to insure against due to the covariant nature of risks, moral hazard … and adverse selection. Index based risk transfer minimizes these obstacles by not fully insuring the risk. However, such …

The insurance industry could potentially play a greater constructive role in mitigating climate risk by aligning with …

Climate risk impacts the insurance industry on both sides of the balance sheets. On the one hand, rising weather …