Essays on Current Topics in Life Insurance

Essays on Current Topics in Life Insurance
Author: Gunther Kraut
Publisher: VVW GmbH
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3862983269

Das Buch erscheint in englischer Sprache. Das Buch widmet sich verschiedenen aktuellen Themen der Lebensversicherung, insbesondere dem Management von extremen Mortalitätsrisiken und dem Versicherungsnehmerverhalten. Am Beispiel illiquider Märkte für Katastrophenrisiken wird ein axiomatisch hergeleiteter Mechanismus entwickelt, der die Poolanteilsbestimmung in Risikotragegemeinschaften von mehreren Versicherungsunternehmen auf eindeutig bestimmte Weise fairer macht. Ein solcher Mechanismus könnte in bestimmten Marktsituationen dazu beitragen, vorhandene Marktkapazitäten effizienter zu nutzen und die sogenannte Grenze der Versicherbarkeit auszuweiten. Des Weiteren wird qualitativ untersucht, wie die Entwicklung solcher neuartigen Risikotransfertechniken durch die Versicherungsregulierung befördert oder behindert werden kann. Am Beispiel des Aufsichtsregimes Solvency II wird als Resultat dieser Analyse ein generisches internes Partialmodell entwickelt, das die Anerkennung gerade nicht-proportionaler Risikotransferinstrumente erleichtert und - wo sinnvoll - durch eine entsprechende Anreizsetzung erstrebenswert macht. Nach einem thematischen Sprung in die Welt der Sparprodukte wird zuletzt das dynamische Stornoverhalten von Versicherungsnehmern für sogenannte Variable-Annuity-Produkte empirisch untersucht. Auf verhaltensökonomischer Theorie aufbauend können Aussagen zur Finanzrationalität der Versicherungsnehmer gewonnen werden, die auch generelle Rückschlüsse auf die Bewertung von in Finanzprodukte eingebetteten Optionen durch Individuen zulassen. Durch diese breite thematische Aufstellung richtet sich das Buch sowohl an die Wissenschaft als auch an die Praxis. Insbesondere für Produktentwickler, Risikomanager und Aufseher sollten die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse von direktem Nutzen sein.

Essays on the Economics of Selected Multi-Period Insurance Decisions with Private Information

Essays on the Economics of Selected Multi-Period Insurance Decisions with Private Information
Author: Petra Steinorth
Publisher: VVW GmbH
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3862980790

"Petra Steinorth präsentiert in ihrer in englischer Sprache vorgelegten kumulativen Dissertationsschrift drei theoretische Modelle, die Versicherungsentscheidungen über mehrere Perioden und bei privater Information seitens der Versicherungsnehmer ökonomisch untersuchen. Die Dissertation leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag zur theoretischen Forschung im Bereich Versicherungsökonomie, da insbesondere zu mehrperiodigen Fragestellungen noch großer Forschungsbedarf besteht: Der Beitrag ""Impact of Health Savings Accounts on Precautionary Savings, Demand for Health Insurance and Prevention Effort"" untersucht den Einfluss von steuerlich begünstigten Gesundheitssparkonten auf das Sparverhalten, die Nachfrage nach Krankenversicherung und Prävention. Im zweiten Beitrag ""Yes, No, Perhaps - Explaining the Demand for Risk Classification Insurance with Imperfect Private Information"" wird untersucht, welche Granularität der Risikoklassifizierung optimal ist, wenn die Versicherungsnehmer unvollständige private Information über ihren zukünftigen Risikotyp haben. Der dritte Beitrag ""The Demand for Enhanced Annuities"" analysiert die Reaktion des Marktes auf die Einführung von sogenannten Enhanced Annuities. Dabei handelt es sich um Rentenversicherungsprodukte, die die individuelle Lebenserwartung bei der Tarifierung berücksichtigen. Die wissenschaftliche Arbeit ist auch für Mitarbeiter in Versicherungsunternehmen von Interesse, da sie wichtige Bereiche des Produktmanagements in der Lebens- und Krankenversicherung behandelt. Petra Steinorth ́s dissertation consists of three theoretical models, which all examine the economics of selected multi-period insurance decisions with private information on the part of the insured. The thesis makes an important contribution to insurance economics literature as multi-period problems have not yet been widely studied. The article ""Impact of Health Savings Accounts on Precautionary Savings, Demand for Health Insurance and Prevention Effort"" investigates how tax incentives like health savings accounts influence savings for medical costs, the demand for health insurance and ex ante moral hazard. The second article ""Yes, no, perhaps - Explaining the Demand for Risk Classification Insurance"" examines the optimal risk classification in case the insured have incomplete private information regarding their future risk type. The third article ""The Demand for Enhanced Annuities"" analyzes the market reaction to the introduction of so-called enhanced annuities, which are annuities that take individual factors influencing life expectancy into account for pricing. The scientific dissertation is also of interest to insurance practitioners as it examines important issues in the field of health and life insurance product management."

Three Essays on the Effects of Risk and Regulation on the Price of Term Life Insurance

Three Essays on the Effects of Risk and Regulation on the Price of Term Life Insurance
Author: Patrick Ryan Cooper
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2010
Genre: Electronic dissertations
ISBN:

While life insurers are generally free to set prices on term life insurance contracts, they face three constraints in doing so. Two of these constraints, insurance premium taxes and insurance guaranty funds, are imposed by state governments, while the third, the insolvency risk premium of insurance contracts issued by a specific insurer, is imposed directly by the market. The first two essays estimate the effects of the two government-imposed constraints on the price of term life insurance. In essay one, we look at how guaranty funds affect the price of term life insurance. Guaranty funds, which exist in every state, reduce the cost of insurer insolvency to policyholders by paying out death benefits up to a specified amount, usually $300,000, on policies written by insurers that have become insolvent. We show theoretically, using an expected value model, and empirically, using data from the California term life insurance market, that the price per thousand dollars of coverage is significantly lower for policies with a face value above the amount guaranteed by the state guaranty fund. In essay two, we estimate the effects of state insurance premium taxes on the price of term life insurance. In estimating the effects of state-specific premium taxes on the price of term life insurance, we linearly bifurcate each state's premium tax into a domestic premium tax, which is paid by all life insurance companies, regardless of domicile, and a retaliatory tax, which is paid only by an insurer whose state of domicile has a premium tax greater than that of the state in which the policy is written. We find that a one percent increase in both the domestic premium tax and the retaliatory tax increase the price of term life insurance by less than one percent. Finally, in the third essay, we estimate the effect of an insurer's insolvency risk, as measured by A.M. Best Financial Strength Ratings, on the price of a term life insurance contract issued by that insurer. Insurance contracts sold by an insurer with a relatively lower rating should sell at a discount to policies written by firms with a higher rating. We find strong evidence that insurers with a relatively higher A.M. Best rating actually charge lower prices.

Addresses and Papers on Life Insurance and Other Subjects

Addresses and Papers on Life Insurance and Other Subjects
Author: John Fairfield Dryden
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781022076570

A collection of essays and speeches by John Fairfield Dryden, a leading figure in the American life insurance industry. Dryden was instrumental in the formation of the Prudential Life Insurance Company and this collection includes his thoughts on a range of insurance-related topics, as well as other areas such as business ethics and philanthropy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Indicator

The Indicator
Author: William H. Burr
Publisher:
Total Pages: 470
Release: 1911
Genre: Insurance
ISBN:

The Insurance Field

The Insurance Field
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 740
Release: 1908
Genre: Insurance
ISBN:

Vols. for 1910-56 include convention proceedings of various insurance organizations.