beginning of modern economic analysis of insurance activity. This chapter reviews the main theoretical and empirical … contributions in insurance economics since that time. The review begins with the role of utility, risk, and risk aversion in the … insurance literature and summarizes work on the demand for insurance, insurance and resource allocation, moral hazard, and …

markets. Since the last major financial crisis had a less devastating impact on the insurance market and the losses suffered … by the insurance companies were smaller than the losses of banks, we will focus on the risk valuation apllied by these … insurance companies. The proper valuation of risks is mirrored in the Solvency Capital Requirement calculated,which under …

We study a competitive insurance market in which insurers have an imperfect informative advantage over policyholders … levels, the persistent profitability and the pooling of risk observed in some insurance markets. Furthermore, we find that a … lower market concentration may entail an increase in insurance premia. …

: Risk and Insurance Theory Without Information Problems -- Higher-Order Risk Attitudes -- Non-Expected Utility and the … Risk Taking: A Survey -- Risk Measures and Dependence Modeling -- The Theory of Insurance Demand.-Prevention and Precaution … -- Part 3 : Asymmetric Information: Theory -- Optimal Insurance Contracts under Moral Hazard -- Adverse Selection in Insurance …