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underwriting risks both domestically and internationally. -- Insurance ; Portfolio Theory ; International Diversification …
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This paper identifies the risk and risk-adjusted return determinants of US insurers. We find that the significant firm …-specific determinants for risk and risk-adjusted return vary slightly for the risk proxy and risk-adjusted return proxy used, and the types … to both total risk and systematic risk; in addition, size is positively related to systematic risk. Profitability and …
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This paper tests some existing theories developed over the past 25 years on corporate demand for insurance. Using a unique dataset of 1,809 large U.S. corporations it provides the first empirical analysis that compares corporate demand for standard property insurance and for catastrophe coverage...
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This contribution starts out by noting a conflict of interest between consumers and insurers. Consumers face positive correlation in their assets (health, wealth, wisdom, i.e. skills), causing them to demand a great deal of insurance coverage. Insurers on the other hand eschew positively...
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