Typically an investor incurs risk by issuing a contingent claim. She can try to reduce this risk by trading in the underlying asset according to a strategy which is in some sense appropriate. In an incomplete financial market there usually are several meaningful choices for the determination of...

Die Arbeit untersucht die derzeit auf europäischer Ebene im Rahmen des Solvency II-Projektes reformierte Finanzaufsicht über Versicherungsunternehmen aus betriebswirtschaftlicher Perspektive, wobei von der Anwendung von Solvency II auf deutsche Lebensversicherungsunternehmen ausgegangen wird....

ZusammenfassungDie Messung und Bewertung von Kreditrisiken stellt sich aktuell als ein sehr bedeutsames (Stichworte : Basel II, Solvency II, Kreditderivate) Gebiet dar. Allerdings hat sich hierbei keine einheitliche Vorgehensweise herausgebildet, sondern es existieren eine Vielzahl...

The ambition of this article is to demonstrate positives, but also the fall back of the Solvency II and of the delayed and uncoordinated implementation among the national regulators.This article summarizes the trends in insurance market regulation following the introduction and consequent...

The ambition of this article is to demonstrate positives, but also the fall back of the Solvency II and of the delayed and uncoordinated implementation among the national regulators.This article summarizes the trends in insurance market regulation following the introduction and consequent...

The life insurance industry in China has developed rapidly at nearly average 30% annual growth rate in premium, since the reform in 1980. The enterprise property, the industry organization and the market size have significantly changed in the last two decades, which can be observed through the...

In this piece, I take issue with one of the fundamental tenets of law and economics as it has been used to justify gender discrimination in the pricing of life insurance and annuities, namely, that individuals should bear their own identifiable costs so as to avoid misallocation of society's...