Essays about: "Insurance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 515 essays containing the word Insurance.

  1. 1. Innovating Inside the Box - An Exploratory Comparative Case Study of Regulations’ Impact on Innovation in the Insurance Industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alexander Ivarsson; Emma Rittgård; [2020-07-22]
    Keywords : Financial innovation; Innovation management; Regulation; Insurance;

    Abstract : Innovation in general is an important driver for economic growth and consumer welfare.However, with the purpose of consumer protection and ensuring stability of the financialsystem, the insurance sector is bound to follow stricter regulations than most other sectors. READ MORE

  3. 2. Income, Insurance, and Happiness in China: Evidence from CHIP2013

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Yanni Shen; [2020-07-10]
    Keywords : Subjective Well-being; Income; Insurance; Ordered Logit Model;

    Abstract : MSc in Economics.... READ MORE

  4. 3. How to Differentiate the Difference - A quantitative study on the determinants of discrepancies between expected and actual credit ratings in insurance companies

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Gustav Hellman; Henrik Walldén Persson; [2020-07-01]
    Keywords : Expected ratings; credit ratings; financial strength; discrepancy; earnings management; embedded value; IFRS; life insurers;

    Abstract : MSc in Accounting and Financial Management.... READ MORE

  5. 4. Feeling the Heat of Climate Change - How Sensitive Could It Be? 

    University essay from

    Author : Gustav Kollberg; John Skantze; [2020-06-29]
    Keywords : Climate Sensitivity; Predictability of Stock Returns; Temperature Anomaly; Fama French Three-Factor Model; Carhart Four-Factor Model;

    Abstract : This thesis examines if climate sensitivity predicts stock returns and how well this measurement performs. The sample consists of the S&P 500 and the monthly stock return for the period between 1979 to 2019. The method is first to estimate the climate sensitivity for stock returns from temperature anomaly. READ MORE

  6. 5. The (Un)limited Individual in Swedish Family Politics : An in-depth analysis of an extreme-case in making us less dependent on our families

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karin Kristensson; [2020]
    Keywords : family politics; gender equality; parental insurance; individualization; familization;

    Abstract : In light of new social risks, such as the decline in fertility rates in large parts of the industrialised world, family policies – for example parental insurance and public childcare – appear to put increasing focus on the individual’s ability to combine labour market employment with family life. This means that individuals become less dependent on their families, conceptualised as an individualisation of policy. READ MORE