An Examination of Adverse Selection in the Public Provision of Insurance

Randy E Dumm, David L Eckles () and Martin Halek
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Randy E Dumm: Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, U.S.A.
David L Eckles: University of Georgia, 206 Brooks Hall, Athens, GA 30602, U.S.A.
Martin Halek: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 2013, vol. 38, issue 2, 127-147

Abstract: Using a unique data set from Florida's residual property insurer, we test for adverse selection in the public provision of homeowners’ insurance in Florida. We find a significant relationship between the losses and deductible choices of insureds in Florida's residual homeowners’ insurance market. This relationship provides strong evidence of the existence of an adverse selection problem in Florida's residual property insurance market. While this relationship is important to Florida regulators (and taxpayers) specifically, a finding of an adverse selection problem in residual markets in general has implications more broadly for government providers of insurance as an adverse selection problem in these settings will impact the public policy debates and decisions involving these markets.

Date: 2013
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