Essays about: "insurance American"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words insurance American.

1. 1. Can ObamaCare's Impact be Quantified using RomneyCare as a Comparison Group? : A Difference-in-differences in Reverse Study of Uninsurance in Rhode Island

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : João Mateus; [2023]
   Keywords : Health Economics; Difference-in-differences in Reverse; Natural Experiment; Uninsurance;

   Abstract : The US consistently lags nearly all developed nations in percentage of population covered by basic health insurance. To address this, ‘RomneyCare’ was implemented in Massachusetts (state level) in 2006, and later on ObamaCare’s similar major provisions came into effect in 2014 at the federal level. READ MORE

3. 2. The Impact of Financial Crises and Natural Disasters on the US Catastrophe Bond Market

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Martina Scaroni; Felicitas Gesa Lore Elisabeth Schulze-Steinen; [2022]
   Keywords : Catastrophe Bond; Atlantic Hurricanes; Natural Disasters; Financial Crisis; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Catastrophe (CAT) bonds bring the needs of (re)insurance companies and investors together: They insure against natural disasters by transferring risk to the capital market while at the same time promising high returns and a certain detachment from financial markets. Being an alternative investment class that has been on the rise only in recent years, academic research on CAT bonds is comparatively limited. READ MORE

4. 3. Increasing Retention in Insurtechs Through Churn Prediction

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

   Author : John Rapp Farnes; Oskar Christiansen; [2021]
   Keywords : Non-life insurance; Property and casualty insurance; Customer retention; Churn prediction; Predictive analytics; Classification; Machine learning; Mathematics and Statistics;

   Abstract : Over the last decades, the Swedish insurance industry has seen decreased entry barriers due to deregulation and emerging new technologies, which have the potential to disturb the stagnated and consolidated competitive landscape of the industry. Initiated by newcomers like American insurance startup Lemonade, and later Swedish Hedvig among others, there is an increased push toward digitalization, transparency, and automation in the industry. READ MORE

5. 4. Natural disasters : What are the economic consequences of natural disasters for households?

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Adélie Cleenewerck; [2021]
   Keywords : Natural disasters; households; coping mechanisms;

   Abstract : Climate change is an important subject nowadays and climate change leads to more natural disasters. This essay is a large literature study on Asian, American, European, Oceanian and African countries about the economic consequences for households as a result of natural disasters and the coping mechanisms used by households, as well as governments and institutions. READ MORE

6. 5. The state of the Latvian wood pellet industry : a study on production conditions and international competitiveness

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

   Author : Anders Gemmel; [2014]
   Keywords : bioenergy; export; biomass; renewable energy; pellet mills; the Baltic States; support schemes ;

   Abstract : In the last decade, member states of the European Union have adopted a range of measures to decrease the dependency on fossil fuels. This has led to an increased use of biomass in heat and power production. In some countries, the lack of forest resource has led to large scale power producers importing their biomass needs. READ MORE