This paper uncovers if and how insurance companies react to shocks to collateral in their portfolio of securitized …

of insurance groups. Some jurisdictions are taking steps toward models with a focus on the groups’ consolidated balance … approaches to group-wide solvency in light of the regulatory challenges of regulatory inconsistency, risk dependencies, and risk … regulation and risk management for insurance groups, we support our line of reasoning by using a generalized model of Gatzert and …

winds, etc.) that have a severe impact on rural incomes. Weather insurance could cover the covariate risk for a community of …

The purpose of the paper is to provide some support to the thesis that insurance may reduce the cost of capital in a … insurance as a retrospective (post-loss) risk financing tool and the risk transfer mechanism upon it. As the risk financing tool … insurance reduces the need for the balance-sheet capital in a company and thus the financial distress costs. Also, insurance may …

The purpose of the paper is to provide some support to the thesis that insurance may reduce the cost of capital in a … insurance as a retrospective (post-loss) risk financing tool and the risk transfer mechanism upon it. As the risk financing tool … insurance reduces the need for the balance-sheet capital in a company and thus the financial distress costs. Also, insurance may …

Every day insurance companies face a number of risks arising from the insurance industry itself, as well as risks … arising from insurance company operations. In this constant fight against risks insurance companies use different models and … insurance risk management directly related to insurance company risk, i.e. it is a model that can reliably determine the manner …

appropriate hedging mechanisms. As standard insurance is shown to be too limited for the coverage of oil spills, we high- light …

management solution, companies can use insurance products. All these negative events determine the insurers and reinsurers to …

Insurance companies are a prominent mechanism for risk transfers. Many initiatives are looking toward private … strategies. We explore three factors shaping the evolution of insurance practices - quantitative models of catastrophic loss …