Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the optimal coverage limit in a model of deposit insurance with capital … incorporated capital requirements, risk‐sensitive premium, and partial deposit insurance in a partial equilibrium model. The model …, the paper shows that optimal coverage encourages depositors' monitoring and withdrawals. Partial deposit insurance …

Purpose – This study seeks to evaluate the impacts of land rental arrangements on crop insurance and grain marketing … marketing and crop insurance decisions are estimated for a risk‐averse producer under typical cash rent and share rent … agreements using numerical simulation methods. Findings – Results indicate that the availability of crop insurance impacts the …

Purpose – This article seeks to examine the reference yield calculation method used in crop insurance rating and … provides recommendations that could potentially improve actuarial performance of the Federal crop insurance program. Design … Federal crop insurance program. Findings – The results suggest that reference yields, which at the time of this study are …

Purpose – The design and pricing of weather‐based insurance instruments is strongly based on an implicit assumption … weather‐based insurance design. Practical implications – The empirical results obtained indicate that the relationship between … temporal changes in the weather‐yield‐relationship and to consider them while developing and rating weather‐based insurance …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine a new insurance policy against natural disasters. Design … his farm if and only if insurance improves the utility he is expecting over a given year. Therefore, the paper takes the … paper proves that the market for insurance could grow with a combination of participating contracts and market …

altered crop insurance expected loss cost ratios across time. Because loss experience is used to set rates for the program … large‐scale assessment of the magnitude of improved crop insurance loss experience across time.  …

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

particular, the authors look at the extent to which farmers use weather derivatives to complement insurance. Unlike insurance … a more complete hedge than insurance alone. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conducted a survey of grain … high in frequency but low in severity, to study the usage of weather derivatives compared to insurance and identify the …

significant positive relationship between diversification and whether the farm business has crop insurance, is organized as a sole …