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Catastrophe Modeling
A New Approach to Managing Risk
Av P. Grossi, Patricia Grossi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
2591 kr
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Catastrophe Modeling: A New Approach to Managing Risk is the first book that systematically analyzes how catastrophe models can be used for assessing and managing risks of extreme events. It focuses on natural disaster risk, but also discusses the management of terrorism risk. A unique feature of …
Catastrophe Modeling
A New Approach to Managing Risk
Av Patricia Grossi, Howard Kunreuther
Häftad, 2005
2591 kr
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Catastrophe Modeling: A New Approach to Managing Risk is the first book that systematically analyzes how catastrophe models can be used for assessing and managing risks of extreme events. It focuses on natural disaster risk, but also discusses the management of terrorism risk. A unique feature of …
Handbook of International Insurance
Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies
Av J. David Cummins, Bertrand Venard
Inbunden, 2007
3714 kr
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Insurance and financial markets have been radically and deeply changed in the last 20 years. Deregulation, internationalization of insurance and financial institutions, increasing competition, electronic commerce, bancassurance, and the emergence of new risks are among the challenges faced by …
Economics and Politics of Choice No-Fault Insurance
Av Edward L. Jr. Lascher, Michael R. Powers
Inbunden, 2001
1130 kr
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In recent years, choice no-fault has emerged as a popular but controversial proposal for addressing the problem of high automobile insurance rates. Choice plans offer consumers the option of a lower-cost insurance policy with restrictions on filing lawsuits or a higher-cost policy with full tort …
Pension Reform in Latin America and Its Lessons for International Policymakers
Av Tapen Sinha
Inbunden, 2000
2254 kr
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The experience of privatization of social security has been predominantly in the Latin American region. Eight countries have undertaken either full or partial privatization of pensions: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. What did the policymakers expect? …
Handbook of Insurance
Häftad, 2001
1917 kr
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In the 1970's, the research agenda in insurance was dominated by optimal insurance coverage, security design, and equilibrium under conditions of imperfect information. The 1980's saw a growth of theoretical developments including non-expected utility, price volatility, retention capacity, the …
Automobile Insurance: Road Safety, New Drivers, Risks, Insurance Fraud and Regulation
Av Georges Dionne, Claire Laberge-Nadeau
Inbunden, 1998
2254 kr
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Motor vehicle accidents are still a leading cause of death, even if the trend has somewhat declined over the past 20 years. The assessment of driving risks is a common concern for road transportation safety and the automobile insurance industry. This text is for people concerned about road crashes …
Loss Reserving
An Actuarial Perspective
Inbunden, 2000
2254 kr
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All property and casualty insurers are required to carry out loss reserving as a statutory accounting function. Thus, loss reserving is an essential sphere of activity, and one with its own specialized body of knowledge. While few books have been devoted to the topic, the amount of published …
Financial Models of Insurance Solvency
Av J. David Cummins, Richard A. Derrig
Inbunden, 1989
2254 kr
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The First International Conference on Insurance Solvency was held at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from June 18th through June 20th, 1986. The conference was the inaugural event for Wharton's Center for Research on Risk and Insurance. In atten dance were thirty-nine …
Benefits, Costs, and Cycles in Workers’ Compensation
Av Philip S. Borba, David Appel
Inbunden, 1990
1130 kr
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Workers' compensation insurance presents a set of institutional charac teristics that are unique. For every other form of insurance, both the insurer and the coverage provided under the policy are completely controlled either by the federal or a state government, or by an arrangement between the …
International Comparison of Workers’ Compensation
Inbunden, 1991
1692 kr
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Until a few years ago I concentrated my attention on workers' compensa tion programs in the United States and Canada. Because the United States has 52 programs and Canada has eight, I was exposed to a diversity of approaches that caused me to believe that few other approaches existed. Since 1984 I …
Managing the Insolvency Risk of Insurance Companies
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Insurance Solvency
Av J. David Cummins, Richard A. Derrig
Inbunden, 1991
2254 kr
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Two different applications have been considered, automobile claims from Massachusetts and health expenses from the Netherlands. We have fit 11 different distributions to these data. The distributions are conveniently nested within a single four parameter distribution, the generalized beta of the …
Workers’ Compensation Insurance: Claim Costs, Prices, and Regulation
Av David Durbin, Philip S. Borba
Inbunden, 1992
2254 kr
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The articles in this volume were first presented at the Seventh and Eighth Conferences on Economic Issues in Workers' Compensation sponsored by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. A principal objective of the Conference series has been for workers' compensation insurance researchers to …
Contributions to Insurance Economics
Inbunden, 1992
2323 kr
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For a number of years, I have been teaching and doing research in the economics of uncertainty, information, and insurance. Although it is now possible to find textbooks and books of essays on uncertainty and in formation in economics and finance for graduate students and researchers, there is no …
Foundations of Insurance Economics
Readings in Economics and Finance
Av Georges Dionne, Scott E. Harrington
Inbunden, 1991
3377 kr
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Economic and financial research on insurance markets has undergone dramatic growth since its infancy in the early 1960s. Our main objective in compiling this volume was to achieve a wider dissemination of key papers in this literature. Their significance is highlighted in the introduction, which …
Bayesian Statistics in Actuarial Science
with Emphasis on Credibility
Inbunden, 1991
1692 kr
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The debate between the proponents of "classical" and "Bayesian" statistica} methods continues unabated. It is not the purpose of the text to resolve those issues but rather to demonstrate that within the realm of actuarial science there are a number of problems that are particularly suited for …
Financial Management of Life Insurance Companies
Av J. David Cummins, Joan Lamm-Tennant
Inbunden, 1993
1130 kr
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th This book is published to commemorate the 50 Anniversary of the S.S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education. Administered at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the Huebner Foundation was established in 1941 to strengthen insurance education at the collegiate level by …
Insurance, Risk Management, and Public Policy
Essays in Memory of Robert I. Mehr
Av Sandra G. Gustavson, Scott E. Harrington
Inbunden, 1993
1692 kr
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Five years ago the world lost one of its most prolific insurance scholars, Dr. Robert I. Mehr. His death in 1988 signalled the passing of not only a gifted writer and researcher, but also a pioneering teacher, mentor, and friend. The essays compiled within this volume are intended as an appropriate …
Bonus-Malus Systems in Automobile Insurance
Av Jean Lemaire
Inbunden, 1995
1692 kr
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Most insurers around the world have introduced some form of merit-rating in automobile third party liability insurance. Such systems, penalizing at-fault accidents by premium surcharges and rewarding claim-free years by discounts, are called bonus-malus systems (BMS) in Europe and Asia. With the …
Risk Classification in Life Insurance
Av J. David Cummins, B.D. Smith m. fl.
Inbunden, 1982
1692 kr
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The research project leading to this book was initiated in the fall of 1979 when the American Council of Life Insurance (ACLI) contacted Dan McGill, chairman of the Wharton School Insurance Department, about conducting a study on risk classification in life insurance. The ACLI was concerned about …
Insurance Rate Litigation
A Survey of Judicial Treatment of Insurance Ratemaking and Insurance Rate Regulation
Av J.K. Mintel
Inbunden, 1983
2355 kr
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The idea for this book came from my decision to update an article by Roy C. McCullough entitled "Insurance Rates in the Courts" published in the June and July 1961 issues of the Insurance Law Journal. When this project began, the intention was to produce a similar journal article surveying …
Strategic Planning and Modeling in Property-Liability Insurance
Inbunden, 1984
2254 kr
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The Geneva Association and Risk Economics The Geneva Association The Geneva Association (International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics) commenced its activities in June 1973, on the initiative of twenty-two members in eight European countries. It now has fifty-four members in …
Automobile Insurance
Actuarial Models
Av Jean Lemaire
Inbunden, 1985
1692 kr
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The mathematical theory of non-life insurance developed much later than the theory of life insurance. The problems that occur in the former field are far more intricate for several reasons: 1. In the field oflife insurance, the company usually has to pay a claim on the policy only once: the insured …
Social Functions and Economic Aspects of Health Insurance
Inbunden, 1987
1692 kr
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Statistics published by the U. S. Department of Commerce (1980) indicate that in 1977 we spent 8. 1% of our gross national product (GNP) on life, health, property-casualty, and other forms of insurance. An additional 5. 7% was used to pay the Social Security tax, which is another form of insurance …
Workers’ Compensation Insurance Pricing
Current Programs and Proposed Reforms
Av David Appel, Philip S. Borba
Inbunden, 1988
1130 kr
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Classical Insurance Solvency Theory
Av J. David Cummins, Richard A. Derrig
Inbunden, 1988
1692 kr
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The problem of solvency is, in fact, as old as insurance. The history of the industry knows many ways to meet the risks involved with underwriting, such as spreading the risk portfolio (Cato, Senior already applied it), risk selection, reserve funds, reinsurance, etc. Whilst these measures too …
Economics and Politics of Choice No-Fault Insurance
Av Edward L. Jr. Lascher, Michael R. Powers
Häftad, 2012
1133 kr
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In recent years, choice no-fault has emerged as a popular but controversial proposal for addressing the problem of high automobile insurance rates. Choice plans offer consumers the option of a lower-cost insurance policy with restrictions on filing lawsuits or a higher-cost policy with full tort …
Automobile Insurance: Road Safety, New Drivers, Risks, Insurance Fraud and Regulation
Av Georges Dionne, Claire Laberge-Nadeau
Häftad, 2012
2188 kr
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Motor vehicle accidents are still a leading cause of death, even if the trend has somewhat declined over the past 20 years. Indeed, motor vehicle accidents are a significant cause of death in comparison with air and space transport accidents, homicides and even HIV infections, causes which are more …
Pension Reform in Latin America and Its Lessons for International Policymakers
Av Tapen Sinha
Häftad, 2012
2194 kr
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The experience of privatization of social security has been predominantly in the Latin American region. Eight countries have undertaken either full or partial privatization of pensions: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. What did the policymakers expect? …
Loss Reserving
An Actuarial Perspective
Häftad, 2012
2260 kr
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All property and casualty insurers are required to carry out loss reserving as a statutory accounting function. Thus, loss reserving is an essential sphere of activity, and one with its own specialized body of knowledge. While few books have been devoted to the topic, the amount of published …
