The dynamics of the increase in illnesses, including oncological diseases, causes a different view on the scope of insurance protection offered by insurance companies. The way to limit the risks inherent in life insurance should not just be to add inclusions to offers. It is possible for...

We compare two contracts for managing systematic longevity risk in retirement: a collective arrangement that distributes the risk among participants, and a market-provided annuity contract. We evaluate the contracts' appeal with respect to the retiree's welfare, and the viability of the market...

Interview and ethnographic data are used to show how deceptive sales practices are rife and institutionalized in the life insurance industry. The data are analysed using the concept of 'moral risk': the paradoxical tendency of the structure and culture of the insurance institution to facilitate...

The use of bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) has more than tripled since 2001 and has caught the attention of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. We find increases in BOLI lead to higher levels of liquidity risk, credit risk, and interest rate risk. Robustness tests confirm these...