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An Evaluation of the nFTK. Technical Appendix
Shu, Lei - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988881
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On the exposure of insurance companies to sovereign risk : portfolio investments and market forces
Düll, Robert; König, Felix; Ohls, Jana - 2015
risk. This paper focuses on the transmission of sovereign risk to insurance companies as some of the largest institutional … investors in the sovereign bond market. We use a firm level panel dataset that covers large insurance companies, banks and non … reflected in current insurance regulation (incl. upcoming Solvency II in Europe). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373080
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Vulnerability to natural disasters and insurance : insights from the Italian case
De Masi, Francesco; Porrini, Donatella - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-12
case of the Italian earthquake insurance. In this sense, we examine in detail the vulnerability definition and its … relevance for citizens and for insurance companies. Then we investigate the Italian insurance market characterized by a very low … penetration of natural disasters insurance and the potential effects of a recent Government initiative called “Sisma Bonus”. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883253
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Insurance, weather, and financial stability
Kahn, Charles M.; Panjwani, Ahyan; Santos, João A. C. - 2024
In this paper, we introduce a model to study the interaction between insurance and banking. We build on the Federal … Crop Insurance Act of 1980, which significantly expanded and restructured the decades-old federal crop insurance program … our model. Banks increased lending to the agricultural sector in counties with higher insurance coverage after 1980, even …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551978
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On the exposure of insurance companies to sovereign risk: Portfolio investments and market forces
Düll, Robert; König, Felix; Ohls, Jana - 2015
risk. This paper focuses on the transmission of sovereign risk to insurance companies as some of the largest institutional … investors in the sovereign bond market. We use a firm level panel dataset that covers large insurance companies, banks and non … reflected in current insurance regulation (incl. upcoming Solvency II in Europe). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372077
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Risk Diversification by European Financial Conglomerates
Slijkerman, Jan Frederik; Schoenmaker, Dirk; de Vries, … - 2005
We study the dependence between the downside risk of European banks and insurers. Since the downside risk of banks and insurers differs, an interesting question from a supervisory point of view is the risk reduction that derives from diversification within large banks and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325174
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Brexit and the implications for financial services
Jackson, Patricia (contributor) - 2017
On 23rd February 2017, SUERF and EY organized a conference on "Brexit and the Implications for Financial Services" at EY's offices, Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London. While the outcome of the Brexit negotiations remains highly uncertain, the conference discussed the burning questions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985209
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Vulnerability to natural disasters and insurance: Insights from the Italian case
De Masi, Francesco; Porrini, Donatella - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-12
case of the Italian earthquake insurance. In this sense, we examine in detail the vulnerability definition and its … relevance for citizens and for insurance companies. Then we investigate the Italian insurance market characterized by a very low … penetration of natural disasters insurance and the potential effects of a recent Government initiative called 'Sisma Bonus'. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996102
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Own funds under solvency regime
Wünsch, Pavel - In: European Financial and Accounting Journal 12 (2017) 3, pp. 87-102
European legislation for the prudential regulation of insurance and reinsurance sector has existed since the 1970s … represents a crucial modernization of European insurance regulation. Each of these regimes prescribes its own rules for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011937423
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Insurance, weather, and financial stability
Kahn, Charles M.; Panjwani, Ahyan; Santos, João A. C. - 2024
In this paper, we introduce a model to study the interaction between insurance and banking. We build on the Federal … Crop Insurance Act of 1980, which significantly expanded and restructured the decades-old federal crop insurance program … our model. Banks increased lending to the agricultural sector in counties with higher insurance coverage after 1980, even …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014581880