"The ongoing environment of low rates has been weighing heavily on insurers’ profitability, especially life insurers, with guarantee products suffering the most. But under the Solvency II framework, return on capital is not the only consideration. In portfolio allocation strategies, insurance companies have to find a balance between higher returns on capital, lower solvency capital requirement (SCR) and longer duration."
The paper delves into the intertwining of financial institutions and environmental concerns, particularly climate change and biodiversity loss. It introduces a dual framework based on 'impact' and 'ri
The paper explores optimal insurance contracts using decision makers' preferences, combining expected loss with a deviation measure like Gini coefficient or standard deviation. It reveals that using e
“I show that, during a normal economic period, rather than having a disciplining effect, disclosure leads to banks increasing risk taking, consistent with banks facing pressure to offset the costs of