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 …

, by grading honestly, a school can build up reputation. Introducing a concern for reputation into an established signaling … model of grading, we show that this mechanism reduces or even avoids grade inflation. -- grading ; signaling ; reputation …

We use data on households' deductible choices in auto and home insurance to estimate a structural model of risky choice … that incorporates "standard" risk aversion (concave utility over final wealth), loss aversion, and nonlinear probability …. More specifically, we find that standard risk aversion is small, loss aversion is nonexistent, and nonlinear probability …

We use data on insurance deductible choices to estimate a structural model of risky choice that incorporates "standard …" risk aversion (diminishing marginal utility for wealth) and probability distortions. We find that probability distortions … important role in explaining the aversion to risk manifested in deductible choices. This finding is robust to allowing for …

underwriting risks both domestically and internationally. -- Insurance ; Portfolio Theory ; International Diversification … 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 correlated risks. It can be shown that insurance contributes to a reduction of …

As climate risk escalates, property insurance is critical to reduce the risk exposure of households and firms and to … parcel-level wildfire risk, together with insurance premiums derived from insurers' regulatory filings, to investigate how … insurance is priced and provided in a large market for homeowners insurance. We document striking variation in insurers' risk …