The purpose of this paper is to compare the cost efficiency of private and public property insurance providers in Switzerland. The most commonly used measure for this kind of exercise is the Claims / Premium ratio. We argue that this measure may give strongly biased results. We develop a simple...

The purpose of this paper is to compare the cost efficiency of private and public property insurance providers in Switzerland. The most commonly used measure for this kind of exercise is the Claims / Premium ratio. We argue that this measure may give strongly biased results. We develop a simple...

Das Versicherungswesen ist in allen Ländern der Welt unterschiedlich ausgeprägt, selbst wenn die Risiken bei den Wirtschaftssubjekten zum Teil gleich oder sogar identisch sind. Dieses Phänomen wird als nationale Versicherungskultur verstanden. Eine nationale Versicherungskultur ist durch eine...

This research provides a comparative study of the Japanese and German nursing home sectors. Faced with aging populations, both countries share similar long-term care policies based on social insurance. However, descriptive statistics indicate significant differences in the outcomes and costs in...