We examine hurricane exposure as a systematic risk factor in the US stock market. Motivated by a consumption-based asset pricing model with heterogeneous agents, we derive a necessary and sufficient condition for a hurricane risk premium in the cross-section of stock returns. Empirically, we...

Background: There is growing evidence that the cost for dementia care will increase rapidly in the coming years. Therefore, the objective of this paper was to determine the economic impact of treating clients with dementia in outpatient Dementia Service Centres (DSCs) and simulate the cost...

We take a detailed look at the current InsurTech landscape from the angle of the academic management literature. Our main goals are to establish a common understanding of key concepts, to facilitate the navigation of this rapidly evolving sector, and to provide an intuitive toolkit for an...