At any given point in time, the collection of assets existing in the economy is observable. Each asset is a function of a set of contingencies. The union taken over all assets of these contingencies is what we call the set of publicly known states. An innovation is a set of states that are not...

Some Current Insurance Markets Are Troubled by the Presence of Systematic Risk Or by the Inability of the Parties to Specify the Distribution for Aggregate Loss. Such Circumstances Partly Characterise the Topical "Liability Insurance Crisis". We Compare the Performance of Alternative Vehicles...

This Article Investigates the Practice of Experience Rating by Insurance Companies in the Presence of Symmetric Information Between the Insured and the Insurer. Experience Rating Is Treated As the Acquisition of Information by Both Parties to the Insurance Contract. When the Insured Buys...

In This Paper, We Present a Critical Review of the Main Characteristics of the Automobile Insurance Regime in Quebec, Emphasizing Both the Compensation and the Pricing of Insurance. Moreover, We Present a Recommendation in Order to Improve the Classification of Risks and to Increase Incentives...

We Provide a Primarily Qualitative Summary of a Selected Number of Results Obtained for the Province of Quebec with the "Drag" Model of the "Demand for Road Use, Accidents and Their Gravity". the Selection Made on the Basis of Potential Interest for the Establishment of Responsibility for Road...

Nous Montrons Que la Methodologie Utilisee Pour Integrer les Deux Approches Peut Etre Incoherente. Nous Proposons on Modele Statistique Qui Integre Adequatement les Deux Approches. Nous Presentons des Modeles de Poisson et de Binomiale Negative Avec Composantes de Regression Afin D'utiliser...

Ce Texte Suggere L'utilisation de la Famille des Distributions de Probabilites a Quatre Parametres, la Beta Generalisee du Deuxieme Type (Gb2) Pour Analyser les Pertes D'assurance. la Gb2 a Comme Cas Particulier les Distributions Log-Normale, Gamma et Weibull. Elle Comprend Egalement Comme Cas...