In this paper we analyze the attractiveness of a so called mortality swap, which combines an immediate annuity and a whole life insurance contract, in the German insurance market. The analysis follows a methodology introduced by Charupat and Milevsky (2001). Using theoretical products based on...

The paper deals with the so called external moral hazard. This problem occurs, when-ever insurance companies bear the repair costs of the insured in the case of a damage. The insurance coverage results in a decrease of the price elasticity of demand and therefore in higher prices for repair...

Strict liability is widely seen as the most suitable way to govern highly risky activities, such as environmentally dangerous production or genetic engineering. The reason which is usually given for applying strict liability to these areas, is that not only efficient care is supposed to be...

The paper deals with the so called external moral hazard. This problem occurs, when-everinsurance companies bear the repair costs of the insured in the case of a damage. The insurancecoverage results in a decrease of the price elasticity of demand and therefore in higher prices for...

In dieser Arbeit wird ein Regressionsmodell vorgestellt, das den Einfluss der Balanced-Scorecard-Parameter auf den Unternehmenswert schätzt. dadurch wird es möglich, die Bedeutung der unterschiedlichen Wertstellhebel für den wirtschaftlichen Erfolg des Unternehmens zu quantifizieren und im...

This article deals with the impact of intermediaries on insurance market transparancy and performance. In a market exhibiting product diferentiation and coexistence of of perfectly and imperfectly informed consumers, competition among insurers leads to non-existence of a pure-strategy market...

Das kapitalgedeckte System der substitutiven Privaten Krankenversicherung (PKV) in Deutschland leidet unter mangelndem Wettbewerb. Der Grund is die fehlende Übertragbarkeit der Alterungsrückstellung. Sie bewirkt, dass Versicherungsnehmer in der Regel bereits nach kurzer Vertragslaufzeit keine...

The present paper analyzes the demand for insurance when the insurer has incomplete information about types of potential customers. We assume that customers' risk preferences cannot be distinguished by the insurer. Therefore, the standard result in insurance economics that the insurer...

Der Beitrag enthält eine anreiztheoretische Analyse der Versicherungssysteme, die zur Entschädigung von Kosten und Verlusten aus Tierseuchenausbrüchen in den EU-Mitgliedsländern eingerichtet sind. Es wird gezeigt, dass Kompensationszahlungen zur Erzielung effizienter...

Recent events involving major insurance companies and insurance brokerage firms highlight substantial incentive problems in commercial and reinsurance markets where intermediation takes place. We show that in markets with informed as well as uninformed consumers and heterogeneous risk profiles...