To test whether transfers sent and received by regional migrants serve an insurance role, this paper estimates the … rainfall shocks in rural Nicaragua, I find that migrants aged 15-21 years provide unilateral insurance to their origin … household. Distinguishing by destination and economic activity I show that the level of insurance increases when migrants and …

insurance across individuals and across the lifecycle. We embed these alternative roles in a lifecycle model, allowing us to …-individual redistribution and between- and within-individual insurance. These components are distinguished from perspective of the start of … credit (WFTC) reform of 1999 and the universal credit (UC) reform that began in 2013. Our main conclusions are that insurance …

The drivers of financial success of the insurance industry are of interest to several players in any economy including …; most of which look at narrow elements that determine insurance companies’ performance. This article sought to explore the … components contributing to the financial performance of insurance firms. We employed a sample consisting of 37 general insurers …