Essays about: "thesis in risk management and insurance"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words thesis in risk management and insurance.
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1. Insuring the Future: Managing Risks and Disruptions within the Insurance Value Chain - A multiple case study on the commercial insurance industry
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Globalization has resulted in the fragmentation of business activities and participation in cross-border networks, giving rise to Global Value Chains, thus increasing vulnerability to risks and disruptions. While there is existing research on risk management in tangible product production within GVCs, there is a scarcity of literature on risk management in service industries, particularly on the Insurance Value Chain. READ MORE
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2. Optimizing the Cash Reserve in a Portfolio of US Life Insurance Policies
University essay from Linköpings universitet/ProduktionsekonomiAbstract : Hoarding a too large cash reserve is often unfavourable due to lost investment opportunities. Similarly, an insufficient cash reserve can be detrimental, as one might fail to meet payment obligations. Finding the optimal balance is nothing that is done in the blink of an eye, particularly when the underlying variable is stochastic, e.g. READ MORE
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3. Property Prices and Disaster (In)Justice: Fifty Years of Demographic Change in Hawai’i County’s Lava Hazard Zones
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : While there is a degree of homogeneity in the physical impact that volcanic hazards can cause, the experience of volcanic risk and the politics of exposure are far from equal. The purpose of this thesis is to expand on research citing population growth and property price dynamics as factors encouraging settlement in the Mauna Loa and Kīlauea lava hazard zones. READ MORE
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4. Increasing Retention in Insurtechs Through Churn Prediction
University essay from Lunds universitet/InnovationsteknikAbstract : 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
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5. Development of Key Risk Indicators for Risk Management Within Insurance
University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistikAbstract : In this thesis a regression analysis of ten independent data sets is analysed in order toestimate losses and Key Risk Indicators (KRI). Each data set contains a list of objects,impacts that each object contains and revenue stream values (RSV) to each impact. READ MORE
