insurers ask for. Since reinsurance costs constitute a major cost component of insurance premiums, minimizing these costs could …This paper investigates the optimal design of weather bonds for reinsurance purposes. The motivation for this task … comes from an empirical study showing that German farmers are not willing to pay the premiums for weather insurance that …

reinsurance market.To address the issue of soaring property insurance premiums and coverage availability in states that are …Essay One examines the asymmetric information problem between primary insurers and reinsurers in the reinsurance … Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and A.M. Best Company, the empirical tests show that the problem of adverse …

that parimutuel insurance intrinsically leads to participants being underinsured due to basis risk. Although participants … will be underinsured, parimutuel insurance guarantees no underlying risk borne by the issuer. We also derive the equivalent … transaction costs of traditional insurance relative to HuRLOs. The actual transaction cost for traditional insurance is found to …

increased risk as perceived by utilities, banks and lessors and the unpredictability of those risks as perceived by insurance … higher rate of return obtaining insurance; or some combination of DOE loan guarantee, lease and insurance. No attempt has …

Today's insurance industry strongly emphasizes developing cost-effective hazard mitigation programs, increasing and … the Insurance Industry.'' Presentations were made by insurance company representatives, insurance trade groups, government … discuss how energy efficiency and renewable technologies can contribute to reducing insurance losses. …

cleanrooms, which is a cross-cutting market segment known to have high reliability requirements. Finally, we present insurance …

in the cost of non-renewable energy (NRE), and the option or insurance value of deploying RE if and when NRE costs rise …-making process. An illustrative example indicates how options expose both the insurance and timing values inherent in a simplified RE …

effects of poor IAQ is increasing. If so, these increases have ramifications for insurance carriers, which pay for many of the … costs of health care and general commercial liability. However, little is known about the actual costs to insurance … and legal databases, and interviews with insurance and risk management representatives aimed at finding information on the …