The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice

1990 - 2025

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Volume 42, issue 4, 2017

Editorial pp. 559-564

Maryam Golnaraghi and Olivier Mahul

Evaluating Sovereign Disaster Risk Finance Strategies: A Framework pp. 565-584

Daniel Clarke, Olivier Mahul, Richard Poulter and Tse-Ling Teh

Economic Assessment of Mitigating Damage of Flood Events: Cost–Benefit Analysis of Flood-Proofing Commercial Buildings in Umbria, Italy pp. 585-608

Wouter Botzen, Érika Monteiro, Francisco Estrada, Giulia Pesaro and Scira Menoni

Insurance as a Double-Edged Sword: Quantitative Evidence from the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake pp. 609-632

Porntida Poontirakul, Charlotte Brown, Erica Seville, John Vargo and Ilan Noy

An Urban Crisis Management System for Critical Infrastructures: Participation Possibilities for Insurance Companies pp. 633-656

Dirk Wrede, Annemarie Will, Tim Linderkamp and Johann Graf von der Schulenburg

The Development of Vulnerability Functions Relating Household Poverty Outcomes to Crop Failures in Ethiopia with the Prospect of Developing a Probabilistic Catastrophe Risk Model pp. 657-674

Catherine Porter and Emily White

Integrating Social Protection Strategies for Improved Impact: A Comparative Evaluation of Cash Transfers and Index Insurance in Kenya pp. 675-707

Nathaniel Jensen, Munenobu Ikegami and Andrew Mude

The Impact of European Initiatives on the Treatment of Insurers’ Infrastructure Investments Under Solvency II pp. 708-731

Nadine Gatzert and Thomas Kosub

An Investigation on Early Voluntary Withdrawals from Individual Retirement Accounts: An Empirical Study on an Emerging Market pp. 732-756

Yilmaz Yildiz, Mehmet Baha Karan and Seyma Bayrak Salantur

Volume 42, issue 3, 2017

Editorial pp. 371-375

Teresa Ghilarducci and Anthony Webb

Default Contribution Rates and Participation in Automatic IRAs by Uncovered Workers pp. 376-388

Anek Belbase and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

The Chilean Electronic Market for Annuities (SCOMP): Reducing Information Asymmetries and Improving Competition pp. 389-405

Marco Morales and Guillermo Larraín

Facing Up to Longevity with Old Actuarial Methods: A Comparison of Pooled Funds and Income Tontines pp. 406-422

Marcel Bräutigam, Montserrat Guillén and Jens P. Nielsen

The Impact of Pension Funding Mechanisms on the Stability and Payoff from Swiss DC Pension Schemes: A Sensitivity Analysis pp. 423-452

Philipp Müller and Joël Wagner

Population Aging, Labor Demand, and the Structure of Wages pp. 453-474

Michael Papadopoulos, Margarita Patria and Robert K. Triest

How the Growing Gap in Life Expectancy May Affect Retirement Benefits and Reforms pp. 475-499

Alan Auerbach, Kerwin K. Charles, Courtney Coile, William Gale, Dana Goldman, Ronald Lee, Charles M. Lucas, Peter R. Orszag, Louise M. Sheiner, Bryan Tysinger, David Weil, Justin Wolfers and Rebeca Wong

Means Testing Adult Social Care in England pp. 500-529

Les Mayhew

Diversification Versus Strategic Focus: Evidence from Insurance Intermediaries in Taiwan pp. 530-555

Jin Lung Peng, Lih Ru Chen, Jennifer L. Wang and Larry Y. Tzeng

Volume 42, issue 2, 2017

Göran Skogh on Risk Sharing and Environmental Policy pp. 177-192

Michael Faure and Donatella Porrini

Hazard-Specific Supply Reactions in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters pp. 193-225

Vijay Aseervatham, Patricia Born, Dominik Lohmaier and Andreas Richter

Modelling the Sustainability of the Canadian Crop Insurance Program: A Reserve Fund Process Under a Public–Private Partnership Model pp. 226-246

Chengguo Weng, Lysa Porth, Ken Seng Tan and Ryan Samaratunga

Investigating the Risk Reduction Potential of Disaster Insurance Across Europe pp. 247-274

Swenja Surminski and Paul Hudson

Climate Change and Iceland’s Risk-Sharing System for Natural Disasters pp. 275-295

Lara Johannsdottir

The Cost of Life Distribution in Europe pp. 296-322

Udo Klotzki, Nadine Gatzert and Bjoern Muenstermann

Insurance Convergence and Post-crisis Dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 323-347

Martin Ertl

Coping with Shocks: Impact of Insurance Payouts on Small-Scale Farmers pp. 348-369

Stephan Dietrich

Volume 42, issue 1, 2017

Editorial pp. 1-4

Christophe Courbage and John A. Nyman

Demand and Selection Effects in Supplemental Health Insurance in Germany pp. 5-30

Renate Lange, Jörg Schiller and Petra Steinorth

The Impacts of Persistent Behaviour and Cost-Sharing Policy on Demand for Outpatient Visits by the Elderly: Evidence from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance pp. 31-52

Chung Jen Yang, Ying Che Tsai and Joseph J. Tien

Competition and Scale Economy Effects of the Dutch 2006 Health-Care Insurance Reform pp. 53-78

Jacob Bikker

Efficiency in Plan Choice with Risk Adjustment and Risk-Based Pricing in Health Insurance Exchanges pp. 79-113

Julie Shi

Old-age Frailty Patterns and Implications for Long-term Care Programmes pp. 114-128

Joelle H. Fong

Volume 41, issue 4, 2016

Costs and Benefits of Financial Regulation: An Empirical Assessment for Insurance Companies pp. 529-554

Martin Eling and David Pankoke

An Insurance Perspective on U.S. Electric Grid Disruption Costs pp. 555-586

Evan Mills and Richard B Jones

The Final Solvency II Framework: Will It Be Effective? pp. 587-607

René Doff

The S-curve and Reality pp. 608-625

Giovanni Millo

Corporate Insurance Versus Risk Retention: An Empirical Analysis of Medium and Large Companies in Poland pp. 626-649

Grzegorz Strupczewski, Michal Thlon and Kamil Fijorek

The Opaqueness of Structured Bonds: Evidence from the U.S. Insurance Industry pp. 650-676

Sojung Carol Park, Jean Lemaire and Xiaoying Xie

Weather Insurance Savings Accounts pp. 677-700

Daniel Stein and Jeremy Tobacman

Volume 41, issue 3, 2016

Cross-Border Insurance in Europe: Challenges for Supervision pp. 351-377

Dirk Schoenmaker and Jan Sass

Corporate Reputation and Financial Performance of Life Insurers pp. 378-397

Tsai-Jyh Chen

Empirical Findings on Motor Insurance Pricing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland pp. 398-431

Daniela Laas, Hato Schmeiser and Joël Wagner

Do Typhoons Cause Turbulence in Property-Liability Insurers’ Stock Prices&quest pp. 432-454

Takashi Yamasaki

Moral Hazard in Insurance Claiming from a Korean Natural Experiment pp. 455-467

Bong-Joo Lee and Dae-Hwan Kim

Life Insurance Ownership by Italian Households: A Gender-Based Differences Analysis pp. 468-490

Elisa Luciano, J François Outreville and Mariacristina Rossi

Determinants of Life Insurance Demand in the MENA Region pp. 491-511

Mouna Zerriaa and Hedi Noubbigh

Weather Indicators for Insured Hailstorm Damage to Motor Vehicles and Potential Climate Change Impacts pp. 512-527

Wouter Botzen and Laurens M Bouwer

Corporate Reputation and Financial Performance of Life Insurers pp. 528-528

Tsai-Jyh Chen

Volume 41, issue 2, 2016

Guest Editorial pp. 179-183

David Dror

Illness Makes Credit Sick: Can Health Insurance Rescue the Poor from Exploitative Credit&quest pp. 184-204

Basri Savitha and K B Kiran

Uptake of Multiple Microinsurance Schemes: Evidence from Sri Lanka pp. 205-224

Mirko Bendig and Thankom Arun

On the Impact of Agricultural Livestock Microinsurance on Death-Loss, Production and Vaccine Use: Observations from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China pp. 225-243

Yuehua Zhang, Xi Zhu and Calum Turvey

Enhancing the Inclusion of Vulnerable and High-Risk Groups in Demand-Side Health Financing Schemes in Cambodia: A Concept for a Risk-Adjusted Subsidy Approach pp. 244-258

Ralf Radermacher, Siddharth Srivastava, Matthew Walsham, Chhorn Sao and Francesco Paolucci

A Spatial Econometric Approach to Designing and Rating Scalable Index Insurance in the Presence of Missing Data pp. 259-279

Joshua D Woodard, Apurba Shee and Andrew Mude

“Climate Cost of Cultivation”: A New Crop Index Method to Quantify Farmers’ Cost of Climate Change Exemplified in Rural India† pp. 280-306

Nihar Jangle, Mamta Mehra and David Dror

Reinsurance and Liquidity: Evidence from the United Kingdom General Insurance Industry pp. 307-324

Hui-Hsuan Liu, Yung-Ming Shiu and Tsung-Chi Liu

Strategic Group Performance and Dynamics under Different Economic Conditions pp. 325-347

Muhammed Altuntas, Jannes Rauch and Sabine Wende

Volume 41, issue 1, 2016

Editorial pp. 1-3

Michael Sherris

Determinants of the Stated Probability of Purchase for Longevity Insurance pp. 4-23

Michael A Guillemette, Terrance K Martin, Benjamin F Cummings and Russell N James

Longevity Risk in Notional Defined Contribution Pension Schemes: A Solution pp. 24-52

Séverine Arnold (-Gaille), María del Carmen Boado-Penas and Humberto Godínez-Olivares

Enhanced Annuities: Drivers of and Barriers to Supply and Demand pp. 53-77

Nadine Gatzert and Udo Klotzki

Guarantee Structures in Life Annuities: A Comparative Analysis pp. 78-97

Ermanno Pitacco

A Proposal for Redesigning Social Security: Long-Term Care Pension pp. 98-117

Shuji Tanaka

Towards a Large and Liquid Longevity Market: A Graphical Population Basis Risk Metric pp. 118-127

Wai-Sum Chan, Johnny S-H Li, Kenneth Q Zhou and Rui Zhou

How Do Unisex Rating Regulations Affect Gender Differences in Insurance Premiums&quest pp. 128-160

Vijay Aseervatham, Christoph Lex and Martin Spindler

Is Reinsurance a Substitute for or a Complement to Derivative Usage? Evidence from the U.K. Non-Life Insurance Industry pp. 161-178

Yung-Ming Shiu