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Automobile insurance in Brazil: market concentration and demand
Revista Contabilidade & Finanças, 2019 This paper studies two aspects of the automobile insurance market in Brazil: first, it determines the degree of competition among insurance companies, and second, it estimates and analyzes the demand for automobile insurance.
Vivileine Maria Peres +2 more
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, 2020 Low-lying densely populated areas can be susceptible to flooding due to extreme river discharges. Insurance may be used to spread flood risk and reduce potential material damages.
P. J. Robinson, W. J. Wouter Botzen
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Digital economy and urban insurance demand: empirical evidence from 289 cities in China
Frontiers in Human DynamicsAgainst the backdrop of the digital economy profoundly leading the modernization of industrial systems and structures, this study focuses on the impact mechanism of the digital economy on urban insurance demand.
Mengyadi Liang
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A mathematical model for deriving the optimal trajectory of life insurance demand [PDF]
Mathematics and Modeling in FinanceThis study explores the optimal trajectory of life insurance demand, a crucial financial tool for managing mortality risk and ensuring economic security for family.
Ghadir Mahdavi
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Abandoning disaster relief and stimulating insurance demand through premium subsidies
Journal of Risk and InsurancePremium subsidies can be used to address low demand for natural hazard insurance when it is partly caused by governmental disaster relief payments. We analyze how the introduction of ex ante premium subsidies affects the frost insurance demand of German ...
Tim Philippi, Jörg Schiller
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Climate change and index insurance demand: Evidence from a framed field experiment in Tanzania
, 2020 Index insurance has been touted as part of an adaptation strategy to mitigate climate risks among smallholder farmers. However, in the face of increasing drought probabilities, demand for index insurance may decrease compared to a scenario with no ...
John P. Dougherty +4 more
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Determinants of Corporate Demand for Property Insurance [PDF]
Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2011 Motive for the purchase of insurance by individuals is differing among the firms. Risk aversion is the main motive for the purchase of insurance by individuals. But, incentive to purchase of insurance by firms is affected by many factors.
Saied sehhat +2 more
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What's at Stake? Understanding the Role of Home Equity in Flood Insurance Demand
Social Science Research NetworkThe consequences of climate change will depend on homeowners’ incentives to manage their risk. We show that low home equity distorts borrowers’ demand for flood insurance by shifting their risk to lenders and federally backed mortgage purchasers.
Yanjun Liao, P. Mulder
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Family formation and the demand for health insurance [PDF]
Health Economics, 2020 Abstract We study how demand for health insurance responds to family formation using a unique panel of young Australian women. Our data allow us to simultaneously control for the influence of state dependence and unobserved heterogeneity and detailed information on children and child aspirations.
Denise Doiron, Nathan Kettlewell
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The Cost of Borrowing as a Limiting Factor of Non-Life Insurance Development: The Italian Case
RisksWe address the effect of local financial conditions on the demand for non-life insurance. We consider the spread between the interest rates faced by the insured on the local credit market and the return rates earned by the insurer on national or ...
Giovanni Millo
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