The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice

1990 - 2025

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Volume 39, issue 4, 2014

Editorial pp. 599-602

Thomas Buchmueller and Christophe Courbage

Lemons or Cherries? Asymmetric Information in the German Private Long-term Care Insurance Market pp. 603-624

Mark J Browne and Tian Zhou-Richter

Does Health Insurance Lead to Ex ante Moral Hazard? Evidence from China’s New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme pp. 625-650

Xuezheng Qin and Tianyi Lu

Bilateral Intergenerational Moral Hazard: Empirical Evidence from China pp. 651-667

Xian Xu and Peter Zweifel

Personal Care Savings Bonds: A New Way of Saving Towards Social Care in Later Life&ast pp. 668-692

Les Mayhew and David Smith

The Demand for (Micro) Health Insurance in the Informal Sector pp. 693-711

David Dror and Lucy A Firth

Health Insurance Coverage Within Households: The Case of Private Health Insurance in South Africa pp. 712-726

Veloshnee Govender, John Ataguba and Olufunke Alaba

Private Health Insurance and Risk Protection: Changes in Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending, 2001 and 2011 pp. 727-748

Minkyoung Yoo

The Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on Health Insurance Markets pp. 749-767

William Encinosa, Chad Meyerhoefer, Samuel Zuvekas and Dongyi Du

The Meaning of Risk? Insights from The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review pp. 768-781

Jean-François Outreville

Volume 39, issue 3, 2014

Solvency II: A Driver for Mergers and Acquisitions&quest pp. 417-439

Rayna Stoyanova and Helmut Gründl

Systemic Risk in the Insurance Sector: A Review of Current Assessment Approaches pp. 440-470

Andreas Jobst

Determinants of Insurance Industry Development in Transition Economies: Empirical Analysis of Visegrad Group Data pp. 471-492

Zuzana Brokesova, Erika Pastoráková and Tomáš Ondruška

Sales Efficiency in Life Insurance: The Drivers for Growth in the German Market pp. 493-524

Jonas Lorson and Joël Wagner

Guest Editorial pp. 525-526

Michael Faure and Miquel Martín-Casals

Efficient Court Decisions and Limiting Insurers’ Right of Recourse: The Case of Custodian Liability in the Netherlands and Belgium pp. 527-544

Jef De Mot and Louis Visscher

The Italian Motor Insurance Market: Will the Recent Interventions Solve the Old Efficiency Problems&quest pp. 545-568

Donatella Porrini

Special Insurance Systems for Motor Vehicle Liability pp. 569-584

Jef De Mot and Michael G Faure

Limiting Auditors’ Liability: The Case for (and Against) EU Intervention pp. 585-597

Niels J Philipsen

Volume 39, issue 2, 2014

Guest Editorial pp. 197-200

David Dror

Microinsurance Demand After a Rare Flood Event: Evidence From a Field Experiment in Pakistan pp. 201-223

Ginger Turner, Farah Said and Uzma Afzal

The Determinants of Microinsurance Demand pp. 224-263

Martin Eling, Shailee Pradhan and Joan T Schmit

The Insurability Framework Applied to Agricultural Microinsurance: What Do We Know, What Can We Learn&quest pp. 264-279

Esther Gehrke

Implementing a Participatory Model of Micro Health Insurance among Rural Poor with Evidence from Nepal pp. 280-303

David Dror, Atanu Majumdar, Pradeep Panda, Denny John and Ruth Koren

The Impact of Microinsurance on Household Asset Accumulation in Ghana: An Asset Index Approach pp. 304-321

Joseph Oscar Akotey and Charles Adjasi

Unisex Insurance Pricing: Consumers’ Perception and Market Implications pp. 322-350

Hato Schmeiser, Tina Störmer and Joël Wagner

Insurers’ Investment in Infrastructure: Overview and Treatment under Solvency II pp. 351-372

Nadine Gatzert and Thomas Kosub

Insurer Performance and Intermediary Remuneration: The Impact of Abandonment of Contingent Commissions pp. 373-388

Yu-Luen Ma, Nat Pope and Xiaoying Xie

The Response of Bond Prices to Insurer Ratings Changes pp. 389-413

Hong Miao, Sanjay Ramchander and Tianyang Wang

Volume 39, issue 1, 2014

The Determinants of Life Insurer’s Growth for a Developing Insurance Market: Domestic vs Foreign Insurance Firms pp. 1-24

Joseph J Tien and Sharon S Yang

Insurance Salespeople's Attitudes towards Collusion: The Case of Taiwan’s Car Insurance Industry pp. 25-41

Lu-Ming Tseng and Wen-Pin Su

A Competing Risks Dynamic Hazard Approach to Investigate the Insolvency Outcomes of Property-Casualty Insurers pp. 42-76

Huong Dang

Quantile Regression Analysis of Corporate Liquidity: Evidence from the U.S. Property–Liability Insurance Industry pp. 77-89

Vincent Y Chang and Jeffrey Tsai

Insurance Marketing Channel as a Screening Mechanism: Empirical Evidences from Taiwan Automobile Insurance Market pp. 90-103

Shu-Hui Hsieh, Chun-Ting Liu and Larry Y Tzeng

Asymmetric Information on Risky Behaviour: Evidence from the Automobile Insurance Market pp. 104-145

Sara Forsstedt

Editorial—Shin Research Excellence Awards: A partnership of The Geneva Association/International Insurance Society pp. 146-147

Joan Lamm-Tennant

Fair Valuation and Risk Assessment of Dynamic Hybrid Products in Life Insurance: A Portfolio Consideration&ast pp. 148-172

Alexander Bohnert and Nadine Gatzert

Human Capital Risk and Talent Management Issues in the Insurance Market: Public Policy, Industry and Collegiate Education Perspectives&ast pp. 173-196

W. Jean Kwon

Volume 38, issue 4, 2013

Guest Editorial pp. 635-637

Krzysztof Ostaszewski and Anthony Webb

Actuarial Fairness When Longevity Increases: An Evaluation of the Italian Pension System pp. 638-674

Michele Belloni and Carlo Maccheroni

The Effect of Pillar 1 on Efficient Investment Portfolio Choice in the Case of the United States pp. 675-700

Krzysztof Ostaszewski

Intergenerational Transfers and the Stability of the Swiss Retirement System pp. 701-728

Martin Eling

Should Households Base Asset Decumulation Strategies on Required Minimum Distribution Tables&quest pp. 729-752

Wei Sun and Anthony Webb

Financial Flexibility and Tax Incentives: Evidence from Defined Benefit Corporate Pension Plans in Japan pp. 753-776

Shingo Goto and Noriyoshi Yanase

What Determines Annuity Demand at Retirement&quest pp. 777-802

Giuseppe Cappelletti, Giovanni Guazzarotti and Pietro Tommasino

How Households Adjust their Consumption and Investment Plans under Longevity Risk: An Experimental Approach-based Study in Taiwan pp. 803-823

Joseph J Tien and Jerry C Y Miao

Implications of Full and Partial Retirement for Replacement Rates in a Defined Benefit System pp. 824-856

Tunga Kantarcı, Ingrid A J Smeets and Arthur van Soest

The Impact of Health on Work in China: A Study Using Pilot Survey Data pp. 857-870

Yue-Hua Zhang, Chu-Shiu Li, Chwen-Chi Liu and Sheng-Chang Peng

Volume 38, issue 3, 2013

Promoting Better Understanding on Sustainable Disaster Risk Management Strategies pp. 401-405

Christophe Courbage and Olivier Mahul

Natural Disasters, Political Risk and Insurance Market Development pp. 406-448

Chun-Ping Chang and Aziz N Berdiev

The Effect of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Stock Prices of Non-life Insurance Companies pp. 449-468

Atsushi Takao, Takuya Yoshizawa, Shuofen Hsu and Takashi Yamasaki

The Welfare Economics of Catastrophe Losses and Insurance pp. 469-494

Dwight Jaffee and Thomas Russell

The Impact of Disaster Relief on Economic Growth: Evidence from China pp. 495-520

Xian Xu and Jiawei Mo

An Economic Analysis of Climate Adaptations to Hurricane Risk in St. Lucia pp. 521-546

Chieh Ou-Yang, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan

Living with Floods: Protective Behaviours and Risk Perception of Vietnamese Households pp. 547-579

Arnaud Reynaud, Cécile Aubert and Manh Hung Nguyen

What Drives Insurers’ Demand for Cat Bond Investments? Evidence from a Pan-European Survey pp. 580-611

Alexander Braun, Katja Müller and Hato Schmeiser

Subjective Risks, Objective Risks and the Crop Insurance Problem in Rural China pp. 612-633

Calum Turvey, Xin Gao, Rong Nie, Linping Wang and Rong Kong

Volume 38, issue 2, 2013

Dialectics of the Current Regulatory and Supervisory Developments in Insurance pp. 183-188

Jan Monkiewicz

Risk Measures and Capital Requirements: A Critique of the Solvency II Approach pp. 189-212

Alberto Floreani

New Solvency Regulation: What CEOs of Insurance Companies Think pp. 213-249

Markus Kreutzer and Joël Wagner

Will Solvency II Market Risk Requirements Bite? The Impact of Solvency II on Insurers’ Asset Allocation pp. 250-273

Dirk Höring

Risk-Based Capital and Firm Risk Taking in Property-Liability Insurance pp. 274-307

Jiang Cheng and Mary Weiss

Solvency Assessment for Insurance Groups in the United States and Europe—A Comparison of Regulatory Frameworks pp. 308-331

Caroline Siegel

Accounting for European Insurance M&A Transactions: Fair Value of Insurance Contracts and Duplex IFRS/U.S. GAAP Purchase Accounting pp. 332-353

Karsten Paetzmann and Christine Lippl

Maximum Technical Interest Rates in Life Insurance in Europe and the United States: An Overview and Comparison pp. 354-375

Martin Eling and Stefan Holder

Accounting for “Insurance Contracts” According to IASB Exposure Draft—Is the Information Useful&quest pp. 376-398

Tristan Nguyen and Philipp Molinari

Volume 38, issue 1, 2013

Do Japanese Policyholders Care About Insurers’ Credit Quality&quest pp. 1-21

Sojung Carol Park and Yasuyuki Tokutsune

Portfolio Diversification with Life Settlements: An Empirical Analysis Applied to Mutual Funds pp. 22-42

Nuria Bajo Davó, Carmen Mendoza Resco and Manuel Monjas Barroso

Foreign Participation and Its Relationship with Non-Life Insurer Performance in the Northeast Asian Markets pp. 43-61

Yu-Luen Ma, Nat Pope and Raymond Yeung

Demand for Life Insurance—An Empirical Analysis in the Case of Poland pp. 62-87

Adam Sliwinski, Tomasz Michalski and Malgorzata Roszkiewicz

Life Insurance in India: the Relationship between Reforms and Growth in Business pp. 88-112

Amlan Ghosh

EVA/RAROC vs. MCEV Earnings: A Unification Approach pp. 113-136

Christian Kraus

Editorial — Shin Research Excellence Awards: A partnership of The Geneva Association/International Insurance Society pp. 137-139

Joan Lamm-Tennant

The Determinants of the Profitability of Micro-Life Insurers in Nigeria pp. 140-159

Olajumoke Olaosebikan

Development and Sustainability of Emerging Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from Microinsurance in Pakistan pp. 160-180

Yi (Kitty) Yao

Insurance Rebates, Incentives and Primary Care in Australia pp. 181-181

Luke Connelly and James R G Butler