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Modeling the Inter-Arrival Time Between Severe Storms in the United States Using Finite Mixtures

open access: yesRisks
When inter-arrival times between events follow an exponential distribution, this implies a Poisson frequency of events, as both models assume events occur independently and at a constant average rate. However, these assumptions are often violated in real-
Ilana Vinnik, Tatjana Miljkovic
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Organizational Form and Insurance Company Performance: Stocks versus Mutuals [PDF]

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One unusual feature of the U.S. property-casualty insurance industry is the coexistence of stock and mutual companies. This paper explores the performance of these forms in the industry through a dynamic assessment of how mutual and stock insurance ...
Patricia Born   +3 more
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SHORT-TERM EQUITY TRADING PRACTICES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: EVIDENCE FROM PROPERTY-CASUALTY INSURERS IN THE UNITED STATES

open access: yesEconomic Review, 2013
In addition to premiums, investment income is one of the two main sources of capital for property-casualty (P/C) insurance companies. This study investigates short-term equity trading behavior of P/C insurers in the United States in 2007 and 2008, and ...
Jin Park, Tim Query
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Property and Casualty Solvency Funds as a Tax and Social Insurance System [PDF]

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When a Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance company becomes insolvent, solvent insurance companies are forced to pay assessments (a form of taxation) to state guarantee funds ('solvency funds') in order to protect the policyholders of the failed ...
Brian J. Hall, James Bohn
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Special Libraries, May 1925 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1924
Volume 16, Issue 5https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1925/1004/thumbnail ...
Special Libraries Association
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Product Innovation and Population Dynamics in the German Insurance Market [PDF]

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Empirical research in organizational ecology has mainly focused on analyzing founding and mortality rates using life history data of the organizations. We try to extend this approach in our study in a number of ways. In contrast to most empirical studies
Andreas Pyka   +3 more
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Federal Terrorism Risk Insurance [PDF]

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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 represented a loss for commercial property & casualty insurers that was both unprecedented and unanticipated.
Brian H. Jenn   +2 more
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The role of title insurance under recording and registration [PDF]

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This article outlines a transaction cost theory of ‘title insurance’ and analyses the role it plays in countries with recording and registration of land titles. Title insurance indemnifies real estate right holders for losses caused by pre-existing title
Benito Arruñada
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An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Impact of Federal Terrorism Reinsurance [PDF]

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This paper examines the role of the federal government in the market for terrorism reinsurance. We investigate the stock price response of affected industries to a sequence of thirteen events culminating in the enactment of the Terrorism Risk Insurance ...
Christopher M. Lewis   +3 more
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