Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance

2005 - 2025

Current editor(s): Michael R. Powers

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Volume 19, issue 1, 2025

Balancing Innovation and Profitability: Technological Diversification in Iran’s Insurance Industry pp. 1-25

Shojaei Seyed Amirhossein and Almansour Bashar Yaser

Medical Insurance Contribution and Firm-Level Total Factor Productivity pp. 27-51

Huang Tao, Sun Rui and Zhao Zhe

Cream Skimming and Technological Innovations in Automobile Insurance Market pp. 53-62

Fujii Yoichiro and Nishizawa Shuhei

A Study on the Current Bonus–Malus System in the Moroccan Automobile Insurance Market pp. 63-86

Mohamed Yasser Bounnite

Volume 18, issue 2, 2024

Evaluating the Efficiency of Capital Enhancement and Investment Constraints in Life Insurance Supervision pp. 115-141

Chang Shih-Chieh Bill, Hsuan Wei, Lee Yen-Kuan and Tzeng Yu-Ying

The Impact of the Social Insurance System on Chinese Adults’ Subjective Well-Being pp. 143-156

Guan Jing, Zhang Jingyu and Zheng Wei

Financial Sustainability of Social Insurance: The Case of Korean Workers’ Compensation Insurance and Possibility of Triple Moral Hazard pp. 157-174

Jung Hongjoo, Kim Changseob and Lim Soyoung

Gaussian Mixture Regression Model with Sparsity for Clustering of Territory Risk in Auto Insurance pp. 175-206

Xie Shengkun, Gan Chong and Lawniczak Anna T.

Volume 18, issue 1, 2024

A Strategy for Rolling out Climate De-risk Insurance through Regional Collaboration pp. 1-19

Wang Shaun Shuxun and Bollmann Andreas

Multidimensional Barriers to Entry in the Insurance Industry pp. 21-53

Du Sabrina and Ellis Cameron M.

Estimating Risk Relativity of Driving Records using Generalized Additive Models: A Statistical Approach for Auto Insurance Rate Regulation pp. 55-86

Xie Shengkun

Assessing the Impact of Climate Risk Stresses on Life Insurance Portfolios pp. 87-114

Dong Michelle, Bruhn Aaron, Han Lin Shang and Hui Francis

Volume 17, issue 2, 2023

The Impact of Product-Dependent Policyholder Risk Sensitivities in Life Insurance: Insights from Experiments and Model-Based Simulation Analyses pp. 143-178

Gatzert Nadine and Hanika Moritz

Special Issue: History of Insurance in a Global Perspective: A Novel Research Agenda pp. 179-187

Lengwiler Martin

Economic and Environmental Conditions for the Diffusion of Insurance in Three Non-Euro-American Regions During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries pp. 189-213

Pearson Robin, Daudi Francis, Kocher Eva and Musterle Claus

Marine Insurance in Early Modern Genoa (1564–1571): A Risk-Shifting or Risk-Sharing Tool? pp. 215-231

Iodice Antonio

Who Do You Trust? Trust and Insurance Through Africa’s Past and Future pp. 233-241

Grietjie Verhoef

The Risk of Natural Catastrophe in Early America: Perspectives from the Phoenix Assurance Company London and Nascent US Insurers pp. 243-253

Engel Elisabeth

Volume 17, issue 1, 2023

Are Stay-at-Home and Face Mask Orders Effective in Slowing Down COVID-19 Transmission? – A Statistical Study of U.S. Case Counts in 2020 pp. 1-32

Wang Ping and Le Huy

The Impact of GATS on the Insurance Sector: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan pp. 33-62

Rahman Habib Ur and Khan Safdar Ullah

Processing of Information from Risk Maps in India and Germany: The Influence of Cognitive Reflection, Numeracy, and Experience pp. 63-85

Berger Thomas, Hooge Ignace T. C. and Trivedi Pankaj

The Determinants of Credit Rating and the Effect of Regulatory Disclosure Requirements: Evidence from an Emerging Market pp. 87-112

Krishnan Kaveri and Basu Sankarshan

Automatic Segmentation of Insurance Rating Classes Under Ordinal Constraints via Group Fused Lasso pp. 113-142

Takahashi Atsumori and Nomura Shunichi

Volume 16, issue 2, 2022

From Earthquake Geophysical Measures to Insurance Premium: A Generalised Method for the Evaluation of Seismic Risk, with Application to Italy’s Housing Stock pp. 155-185

Cesari Riccardo and D’Aurizio Leandro

Optimal Reciprocal Reinsurance under VaR or TVaR Constraint pp. 187-218

Huang Hung-Hsi and Wang Ching-Ping

Morbidity and Mortality Analysis for Risk-based Pricing in Cattle Insurance pp. 219-243

Doss Steward and Pathak Tiwari Shalini

Banking Integration in Open, Small Economies of the Pacific Island Countries pp. 245-265

Jayawardena Nirodha, Ranadi Kalolaini, Sharma Parmendra and Cagilaba Seruwaia

Volume 16, issue 1, 2022

Bequest-Embedded Annuities and Tontines pp. 1-46

Chen An and Rach Manuel

Population Aging and the Demand for Private Health Insurance in China pp. 47-80

Zheng Lili

Employment Rank and the Choice of Health Insurance Benefit Scheme among Bangladeshi Civil Servants pp. 81-122

Syed Hamid, Begum Afroza, Syed Ahsan, Howlader Sushil Ranjan, Uddin Azhar, Rahman Taslima and Rahman Md. Hafizur

Pricing Dynamics and Solvency in Insurance: Capital Allocation, Surplus and Insurance Cycle pp. 123-154

Sanou Adama and Soumaré Issouf

Volume 15, issue 2, 2021

Guest Editor’s Note on the Summer 2021 Special Issue pp. 81-83

Manikowski Piotr

Qualitative Assessment of Cyber Risk Exposures in India pp. 85-105

Doss Steward and Narasimhan Raveendran

The Disposition Effect under the Reference Dependent Smooth Model of Ambiguity pp. 107-144

Iwaki Hideki and Yoshikawa Daisuke

Fee-For-Service Health Insurance and Moral Hazard of Hospitals pp. 145-167

Jung Chan Wook and Park Sojung Carol

Measuring the Impact of Insurance on Recovery after Extreme Weather Events Using Nightlights pp. 169-199

Owen Sally, Ilan Noy, Pástor-Paz Jacob and Fleming David

Risk Evaluation Factor of Health Promotion Medical Insurance: An Analysis Focusing on Cost of Telematics and Policyholder’s Coverage Selection pp. 201-218

Suzawa Yoshihiko

Volume 15, issue 1, 2021

Hurricane Bond Price Dependency on Underlying Hurricane Parameters pp. 1-21

Chang Carolyn W. and Feng Yalan

An Evaluation of the New Japanese Bonus–Malus System with No-claim and Claimed Subclasses pp. 12

Okura Mahito, Yoshizawa Takuya and Sakaki Motohiro

Estimating China’s Future Life Insurance Market pp. 16

Ma Jiyue, Huang Fei and Bruhn Aaron

A Hybrid Equity Release Plan for Retirement Financing pp. 23-46

Kwong Koon-Shing, Tse Yiu-Kuen and Chay Junxing

Utility-Consistent Valuation Schemes for the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment of Life Insurance Companies pp. 47-79

Le Courtois Olivier, Majri Mohamed and Shen Li

Volume 14, issue 2, 2020

Guest Editor’s Note on the Summer 2020 Special Issue – Perspectives in Risk Management pp. 02

Fong Joelle H.

How do Optimistic Individuals Affect Insurance Advertisements? pp. 18

Fujii Yoichiro, Ogaku Michiko, Okura Mahito and Osaki Yusuke

Currency Uncertainty, Interest Guarantee, and Risk-Based Premiums in Life Insurance Guaranty Schemes pp. 30

Chang Shih-Chieh Bill and Lee Yen-Kuan

Hedging of Variable Annuities under Basis Risk pp. 34

Bauer Jan

Trends in Life Insurance Demand and Lapse Literature pp. 46

Srbinoski Bojan, Strozzi Fernanda, Poposki Klime and Born Patricia H.

Volume 14, issue 1, 2020

Graphic and Numerical Evolution of a Bonus-Malus System via Markov Chain Models pp. 9

Mohamed Yasser Bounnite and Abdelaziz Nasroallah

Monopoly, Heterogeneous Beliefs and Imperfect Information: The Insurance Market pp. 10

Ogaku Michiko

On Three Standard Results in the Theory of Insurance Demand pp. 10

Hong Liang

Actuarial Modeling and Analysis of the Hong Kong Life Annuity Scheme pp. 12

Kwong Koon-Shing, Chan Wai-Sum and Siu-Hang Li Johnny

Does Captive Insurance Improve Firm Value? Evidence from S&P 500 Companies pp. 15

Chang Mu-Sheng and Chen Jiun-Lin

Dynamic Hedging Strategies Based on Changing Pricing Parameters for Compound Ratchets pp. 15

Gaillardetz Patrice and El Khoury Samia

Allocating Overseas: Risk Assessment of Currency Hedging in Taiwan Life Insurance Industry pp. 16

Chang Shih-Chieh, Lee Yen-Kuan, Hsuan Wei and Tu Chang-ye

Analysis of Cost Efficiency of Indian Life Insurers: A comparison of Quantity vs Value based DEA Approach pp. 25

Subir Sen