Introduction -- Agents and brokers in the insurance industry : an intriguing area for further research -- Valuation of small and medium-sized insurance brokers : establishing a valuation approach for business succession -- Value creation in insurance intermediary mergers and acquisitions : an...

Density forecasts have become quite important in economics and finance. For example, such forecasts play a central role in modern financial risk management techniques like Value at Risk. This paper suggests a regression based density forecast evaluation framework as a simple alternative to other...