Long Term Insurance (Lti) for Addressing Catastrophe Risk

37 Pages Posted: 18 Aug 2008 Last revised: 1 May 2022

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Dwight M. Jaffee

University of California, Berkeley - Finance Group; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Howard Kunreuther

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center

Erwann Michel-Kerjan

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management

Date Written: August 2008

Abstract

This paper proposes long-term insurance (LTI) as an alternative to the standard annual homeowners policy using lessons from the mortgage market as a benchmark. LTI has the potential to significantly increase social welfare by reducing insurers' administrative costs, lowering search costs and uncertainty for consumers and providing incentives for long-term investment in mitigation measures to protect property. A two-period model illustrates situations that would make a long-term contract attractive to both insurers and consumers under competitive market conditions.

Suggested Citation

Jaffee, Dwight M. and Kunreuther, Howard C. and Kunreuther, Howard C. and Michel-Kerjan, Erwann, Long Term Insurance (Lti) for Addressing Catastrophe Risk (August 2008). NBER Working Paper No. w14210, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1230838

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Howard C. Kunreuther

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