We analyze the effect of counterparty risk on insurance contracts using the case of credit risk transfer in banking. In … the insurer can create an incentive for the insuree to reveal superior information about the risk of their "investment … problem and may not decrease counterparty risk. Our research suggests that regulators should be wary of risk being offloaded …

tools in a standard insurance demand theory environment. We concentrate on the problem of basis risk versus transaction cost …The use of catastrophe bonds (cat bonds) implies the problem of the so called basis risk, resulting from the fact that … the problems of moral hazard and default risk, an important advantage of cat bonds can be seen in the presumably lower …

purchase the insurance, even though they overwhelmingly cite rainfall variability as their most significant source of risk. We … insurance product designed to compensate low-income Indian farmers in the event of insufficient rainfall during the primary … monsoon season. We first document relatively low adoption of this new risk management product: Only 5-10 percent of households …

unique risks, control problems and challenges. In this paper we focus on the control of relational risk, a form of risk … outsourcing relationships involving India based vendors and clients in UK, this paper identifies relational risks and the controls …

, smooth and stabilize consumption as well as minimize portfolio risk. In this context we also show how the correlation between …

Research on risk communication relates basic risk perception studies to the formulation of policies, the currently … evolving legislation dealing with hazards, the key issues of public involvement, the risk and environmental management. Risk … communication is a relatively new field based on a sociological approach. The discipline comes from risk perception studies …

is a new risk factor for enterprises taking part in this system. In this paper, we analyze how risk emerging from … loss account accounting for uncertainties and dependencies. Consequently, this model provides a basis for risk assessment …

positive correlation between the amount of insurance coverage and risk type, as in the standard economic models of adverse …We examine insurance markets with two types of customers: those who regret suboptimal decisions and those who don.t. In … selection, but there also exist separating equilibria that predict a negative correlation between the amount of insurance …