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Auswirkungen der anhaltenden Niedrigzinsen auf das Versicherungswesen
In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 64 (2015) 2, pp. 189-190
Abstract Helmut Gründl discusses in his paper the effects of the present low interest rate environment on the German life insurance industry. By referring to a recent study of the “International Center for Insurance Regulation”, he assesses insolvency probabilities for life insurers with...
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A Bayesian Comparison of Models for Changing Mortalities toward Evaluating Longevity Risk in Japan
Kogure, Atsuyuki; Kitsukawa, Kenji; Kurachi, Yoshiyuki - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance 3 (2009) 2
We present a Bayesian approach to compare models for forecasting mortality rates under the framework of the Lee … marginal likelihoods for the model selection. The approach is applied to Japanese male mortality rates from 1970 to 2003. The … results show that the stochastic trend model is most appropriate for forecasting mortality rates both for the normal and the …
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Verzerrungen von Konsumentenpreisindices und ihr Einfluss auf das „reale“ Wirtschaftswachstum – dargestellt am Beispiel der USA / Biases in Consumer Price Indices and Their Impact...
Hartwig, Jochen; Schips, Bernd - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 225 (2005) 4, pp. 394-412
. Es erweist sich, dass die Divergenz in den Wachstumsraten der USA und der EU seit 1997 fast zur Gänze auf …
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Attribute Priority Arrangement of Cancellations in the Life Insurance Using Rough Set
Elsafty, M.A.; Elkhawaga, Hamed Mohamed - In: International Journal of Customer Relationship … 9 (2018) 4, pp. 16-43
This article presents a method for the rough set which attributes priority arrangement of cancellations in the life insurance. The number of canceled documents on the rise plus they're oscillatory and also the rates of cancellations in constant fluctuation, which requires searching in the...
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Electronic and Traditional Word of Mouth as Trust Antecedents in Life Insurance Buying Decisions
Amron, Amron - In: International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR) 14 (2018) 4, pp. 91-103
This research was conducted to examine the effects of electronic word of mouth (eWOM) and traditional word of mouth (tWOM) on the level of consumers' trust in deciding to buy life insurance products in Indonesia. It involved 430 respondents who were online community members in two of Indonesia's...
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Incorporating Foreign Equities in the Optimal Asset Allocation of an Insurer with the Consideration for Background Risks: Models and Numerical Illustrations
Chang, Shih-Chieh Bill; Tsai, Chenghsien; Hung, Li-Chuan - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance 1 (2005) 1
We analyzes the optimal asset allocation problem for life insurers that are required to cope with significant background risks originating from life insurance businesses among a set of stochastic investment opportunities including foreign equities. The insurer is assumed to maximize the expected...
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A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Ethical Environments of the U.S. and South Korean Life Insurance Markets
Cooper, Robert W.; Lee, Bong-Joo; Lee, Kyung-Lyong; … - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance 1 (2006) 2
Along with competence, ethical behavior is a key component of professionalism. In carrying out their duties, all life insurance professionals encounter a variety of ethical dilemmas as well as a number of factors that can present challenges to their efforts to resolve these dilemmas in an...
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Financial Instability and Life Insurance Demand
Okura, Mahito; Kasuga, Norihiro - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance 2 (2007) 1
The purpose of this research is to discuss Japanese financial instability and both private life insurance and public life insurance (Kampo) demand. At the same time, we also consider Kampo’s main role and what Kampo should be as an insurance service provider in the future. From empirically...
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Does life insurance activity promote economic development in India: an empirical analysis
Ghosh, Amlan - In: Journal of Asia Business Studies 7 (2013) 1, pp. 31-43
Purpose – The role of financial institutions and financial intermediaries in fostering the economic growth by improving the efficiency of capital accumulation, encouraging savings and ultimately improving the productivity of the economy has been well accepted by now. Recent studies show that...
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The relationship between attitude toward using and customer satisfaction with mobile application services
Lee, Chen-Ying; Tsao, Chih-Hsuan; Chang, Wan-Chuan - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 28 (2015) 5, pp. 680-697
Purpose – The methodology of mobile commerce as a significant application for both enterprises and customers are becoming crucial, but few studies discuss the usage attitude toward and customer satisfaction with mobile application (app) services in the life insurance industry. The purpose of...
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