Die Schweizerische Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft werden durch die Ageing Society grundlegend transformiert. Die Versicherungswirtschaft ist massiv und auf vielfältige Weise betroffen. Dieses Papier soll einen Beitrag leisten, um die Schweiz besser auf die Ageing Society vorzubereiten und...

Ziel dieses Papers ist die Entwicklung eines ganzheitlichen Rahmens für die Nachhaltigkeitsdiskussion sowie die Ableitung spezifischer Beiträge und Massnahmen der Privatassekuranz in diesem Kontext. Wir erweitern dabei die klassischen «ESG»-Dimensionen um die Aspekte Ökonomie und...

Life insurers often claim that the life settlement industry reduces theirsurrender profits and leads to an adverse shift in their portfolio of insuredrisks, i.e., bad risks remain in the portfolio instead of surrendering.In this paper, we aim to quantify the effect of altered...

The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of capital and risk transfer instruments on diversification and insolvency risk in a parent-subsidiary relationship. To better assess the effects, we compare this setting to the case of a holding company and an integrated financial group. In the...

The aim of this article is to identify fair equity-premium combinations for non-lifeinsurers that satisfy solvency capital requirements imposed by regulatory authorities. In particular, we compare target capital erived using the value at risk concept as planned for Solvency II in the European...

In recent years, industry loss warranties (ILWs) have become increasingly popular in the reinsurance market. The defining feature of ILW contracts is their dependence on an industry loss index. The use of an index reduces moral hazard and generally results in lower prices compared to...

In this article we identify risk and return profiles of two types of investment guaranteesin unit-linked life insurance products: an interest rate guarantee and a lookbackguarantee. This is done by comparing guarantee costs and performance for thematurity payoff and by testing the investment...