This dissertation consists of four essays on insurance economies. It aims to answer questions in the fields of … insurance transactions (Essays I and IV) as well as insurance operations and strategies (Essays II and III). These questions are … relevant both to the insurance academic community and to the insurance industry. The methodologies explored in the dissertation …

Sustainability, transparency, capital structure of insurance companies, dividend policy, signal theory, risk perception …. - Nachhaltigkeit, Transparenz, Kapitalstruktur von Versicherungen, Dividendenpolitik, Signaltheorie, Risikowahrnehmung …