We test for the causal impact of analyst coverage on corporate risk-taking in the property and casualty insurance sector, using the exogenous change in analyst coverage introduced by broker closures and mergers. We find that a decrease in analyst coverage promotes an increase in insurers’...

The frequency and intensity of weather-related catastrophes, such as storms and floods, have been increasing due to climate change. This leads to rising storm catastrophe risks to the property-casualty insurance and reinsurance sector. In this paper, we propose an index-based storm catastrophe...