Search Results - "Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice"

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A Global Review of Insurance Industry Responses to Climate Change

by Evan Mills Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.07.2009)

“...A vanguard of insurers is adapting its business model to the realities of climate change. In many ways, insurers are still catching up both to mainstream...”

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Corporate Social Responsibility: An Economic and Financial Framework

by Geoffrey Heal Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.07.2005)

“...I analyze corporate social responsibility (CSR) from economic and financial perspectives, and suggest how it is reflected in financial markets. CSR is defined...”

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Weather Index Insurance and Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges in Lower Income Countries

by Benjamin Collier Jerry Skees Barry Barnett Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.07.2009)

“...Weather index insurance underwrites a weather risk, typically highly correlated with agricultural production losses, as a proxy for economic loss and is...”

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Adaptation to Climate Change: Threats and Opportunities for the Insurance Industry

by Celine Herweijer Nicola Ranger Robert E.T. Ward Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.07.2009)

“...In this paper we explore why adaptation to climate change is such a critical issue to the commercial success of the private insurance industry. We highlight...”

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Role of Insurance in Reducing Flood Risk

by David Crichton Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.01.2008)

“...This paper considers the problems of flood risk management in the context of public and private insurance. It demonstrates the important role of insurance in...”

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Determinants of Efficiency and Productivity in German Property-Liability Insurance: Evidence for 1995-2006

by Michael Luhnen Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.07.2009)

“...This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of efficiency and productivity in the German property-liability insurance industry, a market that has experienced...”

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The United States RBC Standards, Solvency II and the Swiss Solvency Test: A Comparative Assessment

by Ines Holzmüller Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.01.2009)

“...Cummins et al. (1994) provide a conceptual framework for policymakers to use in analysing risk-based capital systems. Based on their framework, this article...”

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Automatic Balance Mechanisms in Pay-As-You-Go Pension Systems

by Carlos Vidal-Meliá María del Carmen Boado-Penas Ole Settergren Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.04.2009)

“...The aim of this paper is twofold: to show the usefulness of automatic balance mechanisms (ABMs) and to explore the issue of introducing an ABM into the Spanish...”

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On the Valuation of Investment Guarantees in Unit-linked Life Insurance: A Customer Perspective

by Nadine Gatzert Carin Huber Hato Schmeiser Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.01.2011)

“...Interest rate guarantees in unit-linked life insurance products ensure that at contract maturity, at least a minimum guaranteed amount is paid, even if the...”

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A Critical Analysis of the Solvency II Proposals

by René Doff Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.04.2008)

“...The European Commission has recently published the Solvency II proposals with the objective to fundamentally review the insurance supervisory framework. We...”

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Demutualisation, Control and Efficiency in the U.S. Life Insurance Industry

by Xiaoying Xie Weili Lu Joseph Reising Mark Hoven Stohs Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.04.2011)

“...This paper examines the role of corporate governance in the demutualisation wave in the U.S. life insurance industry during the 1990s and 2000s. The efficiency...”

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Insurance, Developing Countries and Climate Change

by Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer Koko Warner Christoph Bals Peter Höppe Ian Burton Thomas Loster Armin Haas Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.07.2009)

“...By providing financial security against droughts, floods, tropical cyclones and other forms of weather extremes, insurance instruments present an opportunity...”

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The Complementarity between Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility

by Andrea Beltratti Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.07.2005)

“...The paper aims at understanding the relation between corporate governance (CG) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). In theory, CG refers mainly to the...”

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Insurability of Climate Risks

by Arthur Charpentier Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.01.2008)

“...The IPCC 2007 report noted that both the frequency and strength of hurricanes, floods and droughts have increased during the past few years. Thus, climate...”

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Climate Change and the Insurance Sector

by Andrew Dlugolecki Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.01.2008)

“...Climate change matters to the insurance sector. In terms of underwriting, on one scenario, the economic cost of weather losses could reach over 1 trillion USD...”

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The Long-Term Care Insurance Market

by Denis Kessler Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.01.2008)

“...This paper focuses on the existence of an insurance market for long-term care. There are three major risks for insurers that provide long-term care insurance:...”

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Health Insurance and Lifestyle Choices: Identifying "Ex Ante" Moral Hazard in the US Market

by Anderson E. Stanciole Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.10.2008)

“...There is extensive debate in the literature about the practical significance of ex ante moral hazard in health insurance markets. This paper uses data from the...”

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Does National Health Insurance Promote Access to Quality Health Care? Evidence from Nigeria

by Ade Ibiwoye Ismail A. Adeleke Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.04.2008)

“...Since the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was established in Nigeria, in 1999, not much study has been carried out to investigate whether access to...”

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The Role of Insurers in Promoting Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change

by Robert E.T. Ward Celine Herweijer Nicola Patmore Robert Muir-Wood Published in Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice (01.01.2008)

“...Scientific evidence is accumulating that climate change is having an impact on the frequency, intensity and geographical distribution of extreme weather...”

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