Essays about: "payouts"

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1. 1. Portfolio Theories: A Comparison Between General and Sustainable Portfolios

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

   Author : Axel Zetterfeldt; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Insurance companies hold large amounts of assets to ensure that they can meet the claims of policyholders. They prefer safer investments with lower risk to guarantee future payouts. Sustainability has become a growing topic over the last couple of years and insurance companies have the possibilities to make the world more sustainable. READ MORE

3. 2. The Ulleråker Hospitalum : A Case Study in the Wage Development of the Medical Sector 1890-1920

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Daniel W Christensen; [2023]
   Keywords : Economic History; History of Medicine; Medical Sector; Asylum History; Ulleråker; Ulleråker Hospitalum;

   Abstract : This essay presents a case study about the development of income levels in the medical sector during Sweden´s period of modernization, 1890-1920, focusing specifically on the five wage groups which comprised the medical staff at Uppsala´s Ulleråker hospitalum (=mental asylum). This institution, though different in it´s stated mission from hospitals and the like, was similarily organized, and staffed with employees belonging to the same categories as regular hospital staff - they shared similar social backgrounds, education levels, work tasks and conditions. READ MORE

4. 3. An Introduction to Premium Setting of Life Insurance Annuities

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Matematiska institutionen

   Author : Viktor C. E. Ellerud; Leo G. Levenius; [2023]
   Keywords : Life insurance; annuity; premium setting; pension scheme;

   Abstract : This paper aims to introduce the reader to the premium setting of annuities within life insurance. This is done using a hypothetical annuity contract offered to 36-year-olds in Sweden. The contract provides an annual pension from age 65 until either the individual's death or age 90, after which payouts cease. READ MORE

5. 4. Optimizing the Cash Reserve in a Portfolio of US Life Insurance Policies

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

   Author : Alva Happe; Wassim Seifeddine; [2022]
   Keywords : portfolio optimization; risk management; monte carlo; value at risk; life settlements; longevity risk; cash reserve; closed-end fund;

   Abstract : 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

6. 5. Swedish Farmers’ Acceptance of RCTs and Economic Experiments

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Leon Johannes Englberger; [2022]
   Keywords : Economics; agriculture; farmers’ opinion; agricultural policy; experimental economics; economic experiments; environmental policy; RCTs;

   Abstract : A shift in the Common European Agriculture (CAP) towards agri-environmental payment schemes meant to incentivise the provision of environmental public goods calls for a diverse set of policy evaluation methods. Economic experiments such as RCTs can be efficient and cost-effective tools for improving and evaluating the effectiveness of these novel policies. READ MORE