Mutual and stock insurers have coexisted and competed against each other in insurance markets for centuries. In this article, we examine the risk management strategies and underwriting profitability of the different organizational forms in Sweden's property fire insurance market between 1903 and...

Nach Schätzungen der Weltgesundheitsorganisation hat die Zigarettenindustrie im vergangenen Jahrhundert mit ihren Produkten 100 Millionen Menschen weltweit getötet. Für dieses Jahrhundert werden 1 Milliarde Tote erwartet. Da der Beginn einer Raucherkarriere nahezu ausschließlich im Kindes-...

Purpose – The focus is on the seasonal affective disorder SAD hypothesis of Kamstra, Kramer and Levi (KKL). Examines the arguments advanced by KKL (2012) in their reply to the criticisms of the hypothesis raised by Kelly and Meschke (2010). Design/methodology/approach – Uses a mixture of...