Underwriters’ desire to show a good annual review is known to be a rationale of the aggressive pricing conduct. On the competitive insurance market, it impacts the global insurance processes and can lead to the competition-originated underwriting cycles. Applying Lundberg’s model of the...

In insurance two major types of cycles are known: (a) regular many years long up- and down-swings referred to as underwriting cycles and (b) irregular short-range fluctuations. The key rationale of the underwriting cycles is migration of insureds triggered by the insurers’ price competition...