Using state-of-the-art frontier efficiency methodologies, we study the efficiency and productivity of Swiss insurance companies in the life, property/casualty, and reinsurance sectors from 1997–2013. The broad scope of this study provides an opportunity to compare and cross-check the findings...

We estimate economies of scale and scope as well as cost efficiency to explain the structure of the global reinsurance market, where large reinsurers dominate, but both diversified and specialized reinsurers play important roles. The costs and benefits of size and product diversification play...

Die vorliegende Dissertation hat als Ziel das theoretische und praktische Verständnis von Effizienz in der Versicherungsindustrie und von Cyber Risk zu verbessern. Sie besteht aus vier Arbeiten in zwei Forschungsbereichen. Das erste Paper nimmt eine Effizienz- und Produktivitätsanalyse für...