Insurance Economics

• Main Authors: Zweifel, Peter (Author), Eisen, Roland (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics,
• Subjects: Finance.; Insurance.; Game theory.; Microeconomics.; Social policy.; Demography.; Finance, general.; Social Policy.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.

Insurance Economics brings together the economic analysis of decision making under risk, risk management and demand for insurance by individuals and corporations, objectives pursued and management tools used by insurance companies, the regulation of insurance, and the division of labor between priva...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Insurance and its Economic Role
• Risk: Measurement, Perception, and Management.-   Insurance Demand I: Decisions under Risk without Diversification Possibilities.-  Insurance Demand II: Decisions under Risk with Diversification Possibilities.-   The Insurance Company and its Insurance Technology.-  The Supply of Insurance.-  Insurance Markets and Asymmetric Information
• Regulation of Insurance
• Social Insurance.-  Challenges Confronting Insurance.  .