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 …

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 …