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Nach den Terrorattacken vom 11. September sehen sich die privaten Erst- und Rückversicherer mit einer völlig veränderten Risikolage konfrontiert, die sie bisher bei ihren Kalkulationen außer Acht ließen. Dr. Michael Wolgast, Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft, schlägt...
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This paper makes two contributions to the insurance literature by studying optimal insurance policy indemnity schedules with policyholders' limited liability and background risk. First, generalizing a prominent approach by Huberman, Mayers, and Smith (1983), it is shown that a welfare subsidy in...
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Catastrophe bonds (cat bonds) often use index triggers, such as, for instance, parametric descriptions of a catastrophe. This implies the problem of the so-called basis risk, resulting from the fact that, in contrast to traditional reinsurance, this kind of coverage cannot be a perfect hedge for...
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