Dieses Papier untersucht die empirischen Effekte der Deregulierung der Kfz-Versicherungstarife durch die 3. Sachversicherungsrichtlinie der EU aus dem Jahr 1994 auf die Risikostruktur des deutschen Kfz-Versicherungsmarktes und die Betriebsergebnisse der Kfz-Versicherungsanbieter. Unsere...

This paper considers moral hazard in insurance markets when voluntary monitoring technologies are available and insureds may choose the precision of monitoring. Also privacy costs incurred thereby are taken into account. Two alternative contract schemes are compared in terms of welfare: (i)...

Since 1994 the highly regulated German insurance market have been deregulated. Insurers have been allowed to calculate their premiums and to offer contracts without regulation. Especially in the motor vehicle insurance several innovations were introduced: age of car, garage, kilometers per year...