Essays about: "types of insurance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 essays containing the words types of insurance.

  1. 1. Impact of Covid-19 on students' financial asset allocation: A Jönköping University study : Quantitative research study on students’ attending Jönköping University financial asset allocation prior and post Covid-19 with different risk attitudes.

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Axel Koch; [2023]
    Keywords : Financial asset allocation; Risk-averse; risk-neutral risk-preference; economic uncertainty; Market fluctuations; Expected utility theory.;

    Abstract : Background: Since the emergence of Covid-19 has it reaped and created havoc within every segment of society on a national and global scale. The financial market experienced significant declines and losses but some asset items handled the fluctuations better than others. READ MORE

  3. 2. Do institutional investors care about material ESG disclosure? Evidence from the SASB standards

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : João Monteiro; Laura Bahde; [2023]
    Keywords : ESG disclosure; SASB standards; institutional ownership; financial materiality; sustainable finance;

    Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between institutional ownership and SASB disclosure, by applying a linear probability model with fixed effects to our panel dataset. We find that certain groups of institutional investors demand SASB disclosure, and that their demand is sensitive to the disclosure costs faced by firms, namely information production and proprietary costs. READ MORE

  4. 3. Pricing and Modeling Heavy Tailed Reinsurance Treaties - A Pricing Application to Risk XL Contracts

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Ormia Abdullah Mohamad; Anna Westin; [2023]
    Keywords : Reinsurance; Extreme Value Theory; POT-model; Hill estimator; Risk XL contracts; Generalized Pareto distribution; Method of Moments.; Återförsäkring; Extremevärdesteori; POT-modellen; Hill estimatorn; Risk XL kontrakt; generella Paretofördelningen; Momentmetoden.;

    Abstract : To estimate the risk of a loss occurring for insurance takers is a difficult task in the insurance industry. It is an even more difficult task to price the risk for reinsurance companies which insures the primary insurers. READ MORE

  5. 4. Assessing the market possibilities and productization of ambulatory ECG-devices in the Business to Consumer space

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Morgan Bryer; Anton Palmén; [2023]
    Keywords : ECG; Ambulatory ECG; Medical technology; remote monitoring; B2M.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : There is currently a shift in the healthcare sector moving towards remote monitoring, meaning that monitoring of diseases and other issues is moving out of hospitals and into people's homes with the use of medical technology. One of the fastest-growing at-home monitoring solutions is the ECG device, especially due to the fact that cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. READ MORE

  6. 5. Effect of interest rates volatility on non-performing loan level in commercial banking sector in Rwanda : Effect of interest rates volatility on non-performing loan in Rwanda

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Nsengiyumva Samson; [2023]
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    Abstract : The financial sector in Rwanda is composed of two major categories of financial institutions. The first category consists of banking institutions that include commercial and investment banks, microfinance banks, microfinance institutions and SACCOS. READ MORE