As empirical studies show, the policyholders' willingness to pay depends on the security level of the insurance cover. The choice of the security level determines the capital budgeting decision and therefore the cost capital, as well as the attainable insurance premiums. We call this cost of...

Dynamic financial analysis (DFA) models an insurance company’s cash flow inorder to forecast assets, liabilities, and ruin probabilities, as well as full balancesheets for different scenarios. In the last years DFA has become an important toolfor the analysis of an insurance company’s...

Ein Bericht über die Attraktivität von Versicherungsunternehmen als Arbeitgeber für Hochschulabsolventen.

The following paper discusses the challenge between risk an return in the context of the industrial insurance market in Germany. The industrial insurance market is highly competitive. Companies have to cope with low premium levels and high losses resulting in high underwriting deficits....

Lots of agreement within the industry; Need to coordinate with other projects; Need to avoid replicating problems with mortgage bonds...