1.
Non-Life Insurance: Mathematics & Statistics
Number of pages: 307
Posted: 03 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 07 Jan 2020
Working Paper Series
RiskLab, ETH Zurich
Downloads
10,571
2.
Data Analytics for Non-Life Insurance Pricing
Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 16-68
Number of pages: 241
Posted: 17 Nov 2016
Last Revised: 05 Jun 2019
Working Paper Series
RiskLab, ETH Zurich and AXA-Winterthur
Downloads
6,146
3.
Econometric Measures of Connectedness and Systemic Risk in the Finance and Insurance Sectors
University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 21, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4774-10, AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper, CAREFIN Research Paper No. 12/2010
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 23 Nov 2011
Last Revised: 25 Apr 2012
Working Paper Series
Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management - Department of Finance and Goethe University Frankfurt - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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5,073
4.
Shadow Insurance
Econometrica, Vol. 84, No. 3, 2016, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 14-64
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 06 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 19 May 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Princeton University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Shadow Insurance
Econometrica, Vol. 84, No. 3, 2016, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 14-64
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 06 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 19 May 2016
Downloads
3,192
Downloads
3,192
5.
Productivity and Efficiency in Insurance: An Overview of the Issues
96-57
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 06 May 1997
Working Paper Series
University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration and Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science
Downloads
2,686
6.
Welfare-Improving Ambiguity in Insurance Markets with Asymmetric Information
WBS Finance Group Research Paper No. 190
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 31 Jul 2012
Last Revised: 26 Dec 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Warwick - Finance Group and University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
Downloads
2,380
7.
Machine Learning in Individual Claims Reserving
Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 16-67
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 11 Nov 2016
Last Revised: 29 Mar 2017
Working Paper Series
RiskLab, ETH Zurich
Downloads
2,278
8.
Analysis and Valuation of Insurance Companies
CE|ASA (Center for Excellence in Accounting and Security Analysis) Industry Study No. 2
Number of pages: 182
Posted: 13 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 14 Aug 2011
Working Paper Series
Columbia University - Columbia Business School
Downloads
2,077
9.
Case Study: French Motor Third-Party Liability Claims
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 18 Apr 2018
Last Revised: 05 Mar 2020
Working Paper Series
PartnerRe Ltd - PartnerRe Holdings Europe Limited, SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd and RiskLab, ETH Zurich
Downloads
1,654
10.
Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market
Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 12-103, Journal of Finance, Volume 70 (5), 1863-1902, 2015
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 24 May 2012
Last Revised: 15 Feb 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Stockholm School of Economics and Harvard University
There are 3 versions of this paper
Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market
Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 12-103, Journal of Finance, Volume 70 (5), 1863-1902, 2015
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 24 May 2012
Last Revised: 15 Feb 2018
Downloads
1,565
Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market
NBER Working Paper No. w18909
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 22 Mar 2013
Last Revised: 08 Apr 2013
Downloads
17
Downloads
1,565
11.
Stochastic Claims Reserving Manual: Advances in Dynamic Modeling
Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 15-34
Number of pages: 322
Posted: 23 Aug 2015
Working Paper Series
RiskLab, ETH Zurich and University of Hamburg
Downloads
1,512
12.
Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits
University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2018-51
Number of pages: 131
Posted: 01 Aug 2018
Last Revised: 12 Aug 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago, Rhodium Group, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Rhodium Group, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Harris Public Policy, University of Chicago, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway, Rhodium Group, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, University of Chicago, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Rhodium Group, Analysis Group, Inc., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
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1,505
13.
Claims Run-Off Uncertainty: The Full Picture
Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 14-69
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 15 Nov 2014
Last Revised: 03 Jul 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Hamburg and RiskLab, ETH Zurich
Downloads
1,502
14.
Consolidation in the European Insurance Industry: Do Mergers and Acquisitions Create Value for Shareholders?
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 01 Jul 2004
Working Paper Series
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and Temple University
Downloads
1,445
15.
Statistical Machine Learning and Data Analytic Methods for Risk and Insurance
Number of pages: 309
Posted: 11 Oct 2017
Last Revised: 11 Dec 2017
Working Paper Series
Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Heriot-Watt University
Downloads
1,432
16.
The Cost of Financial Frictions for Life Insurers
American Economic Review, Vol. 105, No. 1, 2015, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 12-30, Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 31 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 13 Nov 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Princeton University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Cost of Financial Frictions for Life Insurers
American Economic Review, Vol. 105, No. 1, 2015, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 12-30, Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 31 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 13 Nov 2014
Downloads
1,410
The Cost of Financial Frictions for Life Insurers
NBER Working Paper No. w18321
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 18 Aug 2012
Downloads
23
Downloads
1,410
17.
Optimal Initiation of a GLWB in a Variable Annuity: No Arbitrage Approach
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 26 Feb 2013
Working Paper Series
York University - Schulich School of Business, York University - Department of Mathematics and Statistics and York University
Downloads
1,342
18.
Performance Measurement and Insurance Liabilities
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 24 May 2000
Working Paper Series
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Groningen
Downloads
1,303
19.
The Factors that Affect the Demands of Family Takaful Schemes in Malaysia
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 11 Jun 2013
Working Paper Series
Twinkle College
Downloads
1,247
20.
The Nature of Risk Preferences: Evidence from Insurance Choices
American Economic Review, Vol. 103, No. 6, pp. 2499-2529, 2013
Number of pages: 83
Posted: 24 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 07 Dec 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Cornell University, Cornell University - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Department of Economics and Georgetown University Law Center
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Nature of Risk Preferences: Evidence from Insurance Choices
American Economic Review, Vol. 103, No. 6, pp. 2499-2529, 2013
Number of pages: 83
Posted: 24 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 07 Dec 2013
Downloads
1,239
The Nature of Risk Preferences: Evidence from Insurance Choices
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3933
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 21 Sep 2012
Downloads
173
Downloads
1,239
21.
Neural Networks Applied to Chain-Ladder Reserving
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 10 May 2017
Last Revised: 19 Jul 2018
Working Paper Series
RiskLab, ETH Zurich
Downloads
1,237
22.
In Search of Habitat
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 19 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 05 Feb 2019
Working Paper Series
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business and University of Cincinnati - Department of Finance - Real Estate
Downloads
1,224
23.
Imperfect Competition in Selection Markets
Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 30 Dec 2013
Last Revised: 12 Jul 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Microsoft
There are 2 versions of this paper
Imperfect Competition in Selection Markets
Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 30 Dec 2013
Last Revised: 12 Jul 2016
Downloads
1,218
Imperfect Competition in Selection Markets
NBER Working Paper No. w20411
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 25 Aug 2014
Last Revised: 14 Apr 2016
Downloads
13
Downloads
1,218
24.
Do Firms Issuing Equity Manage Their Earnings? Evidence from the Property-Casualty Insurance Industry
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 24 Jan 2000
Working Paper Series
Stanford University, Stanford University and Texas Christian University - Department of Accounting
Downloads
1,087
25.
Mergers and Shareholders' Wealth in the Insurance Industry
EFMA 2001 Lugano Meetings
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 21 Apr 2001
Working Paper Series
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan - Department of Economics and Business Administration and Catholic University of Milan
Downloads
1,085
26.
The Fragility of Market Risk Insurance
Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2018-9
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 24 May 2017
Last Revised: 09 Apr 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Princeton University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Fragility of Market Risk Insurance
NBER Working Paper No. w24182
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 09 Jan 2018
Downloads
28
The Fragility of Market Risk Insurance
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12560
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 08 Jan 2018
Downloads
1,053
27.
Management of the Loss Reserve Accrual and the Distribution of Earnings in the Property-Casualty Insurance Industry
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 21 Nov 2000
Working Paper Series
Stanford University, Stanford University and Texas Christian University - Department of Accounting
Downloads
1,033
28.
Insurance Rates Regulation in Comparison with Open Competition
Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2012
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 02 May 2012
Last Revised: 14 Nov 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Bocconi University - Department of Law
Downloads
1,024
29.
Regulating Systemic Risk in Insurance
University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 81, No. 4, 2014, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-18
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 06 Mar 2014
Last Revised: 10 Jan 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Minnesota Law School and Duke University School of Law
Downloads
985
30.
Cat Bonds and Other Risk-Linked Securities: Product Design and Evolution of the Market
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 03 Feb 2012
Working Paper Series
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science
Downloads
979
31.
Medical Malpractice and the Insurance Underwriting Cycle
Depaul Law Review, Vol. 54, May 2005
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 09 Jun 2005
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads
960
32.
The Shareholder Wealth Effects of Insurance Securitization: Preliminary Evidence from the Catastrophe Bond Market
Journal of Financial Services Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 03 Dec 2010
Last Revised: 01 Aug 2012
Working Paper Series
Independent, University of Edinburgh - Business School and University of Leeds - Division of Accounting and Finance
Downloads
924
33.
The Capital Structure of Insurers: Theory and Evidence
Sauder School of Business Working Paper
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 23 Jan 1998
Working Paper Series
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance
Downloads
862
34.
Embedded Options and Integrated Asset-Liability Management for Life Insurance
Seminario de Matematica Financiera, Vol. 3, pp. 203-218, 2003
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 20 Mar 2004
Accepted Paper Series
Financial Advisory Services
Downloads
844
35.
'You Want Insurance with That?' Using Behavioral Economics to Protect Consumers from Add-on Insurance Products
Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 20, Pg. 1, 2013, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-1
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 12 Jan 2013
Last Revised: 09 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of Connecticut - School of Law
Downloads
842
36.
Portfolio Similarity and Asset Liquidation in the Insurance Industry
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 10 Oct 2017
Last Revised: 20 Nov 2019
Working Paper Series
Securities and Exchange Commission, Lehigh University - College of Business, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Goethe University Frankfurt - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
Portfolio Similarity and Asset Liquidation in the Insurance Industry
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 10 Oct 2017
Last Revised: 20 Nov 2019
Downloads
825
Portfolio Similarity and Asset Liquidation in the Insurance Industry
SAFE Working Paper No. 224
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 27 Aug 2018
Last Revised: 28 Aug 2018
Downloads
65
Downloads
825
37.
Is Historical Cost Accounting a Panacea? Market Stress, Incentive Distortions, and Gains Trading
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 108
Posted: 14 Dec 2011
Last Revised: 15 Jun 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance, Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and Fordham University
There are 3 versions of this paper
Is Historical Cost Accounting a Panacea? Market Stress, Incentive Distortions, and Gains Trading
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 108
Posted: 14 Dec 2011
Last Revised: 15 Jun 2016
Downloads
821
Is Historical Cost Accounting a Panacea? Market Stress, Incentive Distortions, and Gains Trading
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 2014-40
Number of pages: 108
Posted: 23 Jan 2012
Last Revised: 15 Apr 2015
Downloads
169
Is Historical Cost Accounting a Panacea? Market Stress, Incentive Distortions, and Gains Trading
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10450
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 02 Mar 2015
Downloads
821
38.
Strategic Asset Allocation and Risk Budgeting for Insurers Under Solvency II
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 11 Jan 2017
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2017
Working Paper Series
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
Downloads
821
39.
Design and Pricing of Equity-Linked Life Insurance Under Stochastic Interest Rates
EFA 2001 Barcelona Meetings
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 14 Jul 2001
Working Paper Series
Università degli Studi di Trieste and Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
Downloads
819
40.
Agent and Broker Intermediaries in Insurance Markets - an Empirical Analysis of Market Outcomes
Thunen-Series of Applied Economic Theory Working Paper No. 34
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 27 Jan 2005
Working Paper Series
Andrássy University Budapest
Downloads
743
41.
Gestion des Risques: Histoire, Définition et Critique (Risk Management: History, Definition and Criticism)
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 09 Jan 2013
Last Revised: 12 Mar 2013
Working Paper Series
HEC Montreal - Department of Finance
Downloads
742
42.
Life Annuities: An Optimal Product for Retirement Income
CFA Institute Research Foundation Monograph
Number of pages: 150
Posted: 01 Mar 2015
Accepted Paper Series
York University - Schulich School of Business
Downloads
737
43.
The Incentive Effects of No Fault Automobile Insurance
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 12 Apr 2001
Working Paper Series
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Temple University and Georgia State University - Risk Management & Insurance Department
Downloads
735
44.
The Impact of LPG on Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
Asia Pacific Journal of Finance and Banking Research, Vol. 3, No. 3, July 2009
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 19 Jan 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Annamalai University and Annamalai University
Downloads
733
45.
A Linear Pricing Model for Life Insurance Policies
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 21 Jan 2012
Working Paper Series
Alliance Business School (ABS) and Alliance University - School of Business
Downloads
725
46.
Risk of Life Insurers: Recent Trends and Transmission Mechanisms
The Economics, Regulation, and Systemic Risk of Insurance Markets, 2017
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 21 Sep 2015
Last Revised: 15 Jan 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Princeton University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Risk of Life Insurers: Recent Trends and Transmission Mechanisms
The Economics, Regulation, and Systemic Risk of Insurance Markets, 2017
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 21 Sep 2015
Last Revised: 15 Jan 2017
Downloads
720
Risk of Life Insurers: Recent Trends and Transmission Mechanisms
NBER Working Paper No. w23365
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 01 May 2017
Downloads
25
Downloads
720
47.
Deregulation, Consolidation, and Efficiency: Evidence from the Spanish Insurance Industry
Wharton Financial Institutions Center Working Paper No. 02-01
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 17 Feb 2002
Working Paper Series
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science and University of Malaga - Finance & Accounting
Downloads
677
48.
Micro-Level Stochastic Loss Reserving for General Insurance
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Last Revised: 17 May 2017
Working Paper Series
KU LeuvenUniversity of Amsterdam and Richard Plat Consultancy
Downloads
669
49.
The Impact of Enterprise Risk Management on Capital Allocation in Insurance Companies
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 16 Aug 2011
Working Paper Series
Brunel University London - Brunel Business School
Downloads
663
50.
Optimal Capital Structure for Insurance Companies
Netspar Discussion Paper No. 11/2010-073
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 24 Dec 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Amsterdam - Department of Quantitative Economics (KE) and University of Amsterdam - Finance Group
Downloads
662
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