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The Distribution of the Insurance Market Effects of Tort Liability ReformsPatricia BornFlorida State University - College of Business; California State University, Northridge - Department of Finance, Real Estate, & Insurance W. Kip ViscusiVanderbilt University - Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Vanderbilt University - Department of Economics; Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management; Vanderbilt University - Strategy and Business Economics October 1998 Harvard Law School, John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics & Business, Discussion Paper No. 243 Abstract: This paper considers the effect of tort liability reforms on medical malpractice and general liability insurance markets. The primary reforms analyzed were damages caps and other liability reforms. These reforms decreased premiums, reduced losses, and improved the profitability of insurance companies based on evidence using detailed individual company by state data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Liability reforms reduce losses by much more than they diminish premiums. Moreover, the increase in profitability is concentrated disproportionately among the least profitable firms in the industry, thus limiting the role of competition in promoting the pass-through of cost reductions during this sample period.
JEL Classification: G21, G28 working papers seriesDate posted: February 25, 1999Suggested CitationContact Information
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