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Risk selection in natural disaster insurance : the case of France

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dc.creator Jametti, Mario
dc.creator von Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas
dc.date 2006
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:03:10Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:03:10Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19147
dc.identifier ppn:510029213
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19147
dc.description It is widely recognized that ?market failure? prevents efficient risk sharing in natural disaster insurance. As a consequence, many countries adopted institutional frameworks presenting public sector participation, often praised as public-private partnerships. We define risk selection as a situation where private companies pass insurance of high risk agents on to the public ?partner?, arguing that this is a potentially important issue in such situations. In order to illustrate our concerns we look at the case of France. We build a simple model that incorporates the main features of the system, such as the uniform premium rate in both high and low risk regions and the existence of a state reinsurer. We show that in our model, risk selection is likely to be present at equilibrium and discuss the policy options available. When comparing with the actual situation in France we find that the ?stylized facts? of the system correspond to our results. Additionally, the policies implemented by the government correspond to policies characterized to reduce the potential of risk selection.
dc.language eng
dc.relation CESifo working papers 1683
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject L11
dc.subject G22
dc.subject Q54
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject risk selection
dc.subject property insurance
dc.subject reinsurance
dc.subject France
dc.subject Elementarschadenversicherung
dc.subject Versicherungstechnisches Risiko
dc.subject Adverse Selection
dc.subject Public-Private Partnership
dc.subject Rückversicherung
dc.subject Regulierung
dc.subject Theorie
dc.subject Frankreich
dc.title Risk selection in natural disaster insurance : the case of France
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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