) in Miyun county, in northern China, by testing the existence of adverse selection. Design/methodology/approach – The …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficiency of current subsidized crop insurance products (SCIPs … with more risk should be more likely to buy crop insurance in pursuit of the benefits from SCIPs. Findings – However, both …

control between the shareholders and managers of Chinese firms motivates the decision to purchase property insurance … entrenchment’. However, the score for the index does not affect the amount of insurance coverage purchased. Moreover, agency costs … do not appear to impact on the insurance decisions of Chinese firms suggesting that the corporate governance …

reinsurance. This information and framework may also be useful for crop insurance firms in China when considering crop reinsurance …Purpose – In the USA, private insurance companies serve as an integral part of the delivery and risk sharing of the … federal crop insurance program. Governed by the Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA), private crop insurance companies must …

China's Urban and Rural Residents' Basic Medical Insurance (URRBMI) system recently was formed to integrate two prior …-existing government health insurance programs for low income citizens: the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (for rural residents) and the … Urban Residents' Basic Medical Insurance system (for non-employee city dwellers). Like its two predecessors, the URRBMI is a …

On 21 December 2006, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) announced a new draft version of the provisional … measures on administering outbound portfolio investment of insurance funds. China has seen a rapid increase in premium income … deposits and government bonds, has become more diverse. Overseas investment by the insurance companies has thus far been …

risk management activities such as insurance. Using a detailed firm survey conducted by the World Bank (2004), we examine … the impacts of various governance monitoring mechanisms and CEO characteristics on the corporate insurance decision … property insurance. However, the purchase of property insurance for managerial self-interest is only prevalent in firms subject …

examining the Chinese insurance industry surrounding China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Our analysis …