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Journal Article
Banks selling insurance: Risky business?
Working Paper
Corporate hedging in the insurance industry: the use of financial derivatives by U.S. insurers
In this paper we investigate the extent to which insurance companies utilize financial derivatives contracts in the management of risks. The data set we employ allows us to observe the universe of individual insurer transactions for a class of contracts, namely, those normally through of as off-balance-sheet (OBS). We provide information on the number of insurers using various types of derivatives contracts and the volume of transactions in terms of notional amounts and the number of counterparties. Life insurers are most active in interest rate and foreign exchange derivatives, while ...
Journal Article
Productive partnerships: a progress report of insurance industry investors
Life and property and casualty insurers have been formally acting as community economic developers since legislation passed in 1998. Andrea Luquetta of the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations summarizes a report documenting their progress to date.
Conference Paper
The structure and regulation of insurance markets in Europe
Conference Paper
Public policy and life insurance
Conference Paper
Insurance companies as financial intermediaries: risk and return
Conference Paper
Public policy and property-liability insurance