Insurance program stemming from changes in participation rates as well as the weighting of data to reflect longer‐run weather …

life insurance industry. By referring to a recent study of the “International Center for Insurance Regulation”, he assesses … that, he discusses measures of insurance regulation that try to cope with the imminent problems of the life insurance … interest rates. Hereby, he argues, that life insurance products with lower investment guarantees that are granted for a shorter …

subsidized crop insurance and production contracts. The purpose of this paper is to quantify risks growers face due to “coverage … gaps” in crop insurance that result in uncertain indemnity payments when their crop does not meet contract specifications … crop insurance provisions affect efficient choice sets for growers. Risk premiums for irrigated growers all point to …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine which factors are most influential to farmers' crop insurance … on crop insurance purchase decisions. While acres farmed had statistically significant impact on most of the crop … insurance purchase decisions, different factors played a role in purchase decisions based on types of insurance and types of …

(ACRE) program on the risk‐reducing effectiveness of crop insurance products. Design/methodology/approach – Three crop … (APH) and crop revenue coverage (CRC) insurance instruments are considered separately under the 2002 Farm Bill and under … risk premium assumptions. Findings – Crop insurance contracts appear to be more effective under the 2002 Farm Bill than …

aims to assess whether adjusted gross revenue‐type insurance instruments meet insurability conditions when applied to dairy … sources of variation in adjusted gross revenue and adjusted gross revenue less feed purchases. In‐sample insurance premiums … trigger a higher frequency of indemnities under a whole farm revenue insurance contract. Research limitations …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the spatial components of producer heterogeneity in crop insurance …. Design/methodology/approach – County‐level insurance and yield data are used to demonstrate that a gradual shift from yield …‐based insurance to revenue‐based insurance has spatial patterns. Conventional risk variables such as yield variability, price …

Purpose – While the demand for weather‐based agricultural insurance in developed regions is limited, there exists … from observed historical data. An example drought insurance policy is presented where the fair rates are calculated using …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the losses of weather‐related insurance at different regional levels …. The possibility of spatial diversification of insurance is explored by estimating the joint occurrence on unfavorable … increasing the trading area of insurance is limited. Research limitations/implications – The empirical findings are limited by a …

the concept of index‐based livestock insurance in northern Kenya, and analyze patterns of game play. The paper is designed … seen if the extension effort leads to more informed consumers of insurance products, which the authors hope to address in …. It will be interesting to see if there are any gender dimensions to insurance use. In addition, with competing claims to …