This paper presents a welfare analysis of several capital insurance programs in a rational expectation equilibrium … setting. We first explicitly characterize the equilibrium of each capital insurance program. Then, we demonstrate that a … capital insurance program based on aggregate loss is better than classical insurance, when big financial institutions have …

Insurance regulation is typically aimed at policyholder protection. In particular, regulators attempt to ensure the … financial "safety" of insurance firms, for example, by means of capital regulation, and to enhance the "affordability" of … insurance, for example, by means of price ceilings. However, these goals are in conflict. Therefore, we identify situations in …

This paper compares the shareholder-value-maximizing capital structure and pricing policy of insurance groups against … instruments. We show that using these instruments enables the group to offer insurance with less default risk and at lower … group building being beneficial for shareholders but detrimental for policyholders. -- Insurance groups ; insurer default …

Depending on the point of time and location, insurance companies are subject to different forms of solvency regulation …. In modern regulation regimes, such as the future standard Solvency II in the EU, insurance pricing is liberalized and …, supervisors require the prior approval of policy conditions and insurance premiums, but do not conduct risk-based capital …