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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"insurance premiums"”.
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LOG-SUPERMODULARITY OF WEIGHT FUNCTIONS AND THE LOADING MONOTONICITY OF WEIGHTED INSURANCE PREMIUMS
… by a problem concerning the monotonicity of insurance premiums with respect to their loading parameter: the larger the parameter, the larger the insurance premium is expected to be. This property, usually called loading monotonicity, is satisfied by premiums that appear in the literature. The …
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Defining farm-safety research priorities and adjusting farm insurance premiums by a risk analysis approach
… approach can also provide input to farm insurance ratings. By combining the EIC index for each worker with the number of workers employed on a farm, a composite risk factor could be obtained for the farm enterprise. This composite risk factor can be used as a basis for adjusting farm …
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Effect of litigation risk on management forecasts
… by changes in the firms' director and officer insurance premiums. I find evidence that there is a negative link between the voluntary disclosure of bad news and ex ante litigation risk. I find no evidence of a statistically significant link between the voluntary disclosure of good news and ex …
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Is Private Long-Term Care Insurance Affordable For Older Adults?
… are fewer than 7 million long-term care (LTC) insurance policies in force. Why do so few Americans buy private long-term care (LTC) insurance? Several theories have been offered as possible explanations, including the availability of Medicaid, misperceptions that Medicare or other policies …
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Attribution-based parametric insurance: towards affordable premiums
… of climate change, index-based or parametric insurance has been recognized as an adaptation technique to compensate farmers for economic losses from extreme weather events. The insurance can be either private or sovereign. African Risk Capacity Insurance (ARC Ltd) offers the latter to African …
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Increasing Workforce Housing in Miami
… the United States. Rising rates, record prices, insurance premiums and the unprecedent migration to Southeast Florida due to the pandemic exacerbated the housing costs on Miami’s households. Since the recent migration, over half of the households are now spending more than 30 percent of their …
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Understanding Playground Behaviors And Injury Potential To Elementary Children
… Product Safety Commission. The cost of increased insurance premiums and a moral obligation to protect children on a playground while at recess increase liability exposures for a school district. This study explored the behaviors exhibited by elementary school children and playground monitors and …
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The payment and insurance of ransom: an analysis of legality, morality and possible solutions in the case of ship hijackings by pirates
… routes, thus forcing shipowners to pay higher insurance premiums or to reroute around the Cape. Either way, the current situation tremendously increases the costs of shipping in the Indian Ocean and threatens life of seamen. The purpose of Somali pirates is to obtain high ransom sums. Their …
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Quantifying the Impact of Remapping Floodplains on Residential Property Values in Snohomish County, Washington: A Hedonic Approach
… quantifies flood risks in the form of Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMS). These FIRMS delineate flood risks and are used to set flood insurance premiums. Changes in land use, the augmentation of the natural environment, is threatening the validity of the Nation’s FIRMS. Therefore, Congress has …
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Analisis penerapan asuransi dalam pembiayaan kredit pemilikan rumah (KPR) pada PT. Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero), Tbk. Kantor Cabang Syariah Malang
… a transfer of risk to another party through insurance. In this study, BTN Syariah insured mortgage loan types in the mortgage life insurance and fire insurance. The method used is descriptive qualitative method. The data of this study include the primary data and secondary data. Primary data …
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The statutory audit process of an insurance principal
… procedures which are specific to a specialised insurance audit. It further analysed the shortcomings and weaknesses which are currently prevalent in an insurance audit, from the perception of the auditor. DESIGN: A mono-method qualitative semi-structured interview was designed with the aid of a …
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Microfinance and Mobile phones: an economic analysis of the perceptions, management and measurement of environmental risk in rural Kenya
… 200,000 adoptions of a pioneering weather index insurance that was bundled with a hybrid seed product and available over several seasons. The first empirical chapter econometrically explores the role of basis risk in the continued uptake of the bundled index insurance product. The findings …
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Improved seismic design of structures using risk-targeting and cost-minimization considerations
… financial risk. A method to define loss-informed insurance premiums is presented and various investigations across Europe are performed to explore efficient insurance strategies.
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Gestaltungsanforderungen an das trimediale Kommunikationskon-strukt von Geschäftsleitung, Pflegefachperson und Patient/in zur Förderung der Patientenzufriedenheit - Einzelfallstudie am Beispiel des Regionalspitals GZO AG Wetzikon (CH)
… of these is the continuous increase in health insurance premiums, which leads to rising costs. Additionally, the workload and working conditions of nursing staff are being criticized, resulting in many leaving the healthcare sector. The resulting shortage of qualified healthcare professionals …
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Independent midwifery practices in Cape Town: birth outcomes and predictors for medical interventions from 2003-2009
… and use of medical interventions, rising insurance premiums, and competition over clients in private sector scenarios are all factors contributing to both low availability and utilization in many countries, including South Africa. In order to consider the role of this model in maternity …
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Independent Midwifery practices in Cape Town: birth outcomes and predictors for medical interventions from 2003-2009
… and use of medical interventions, rising insurance premiums, and competition over clients in private sector scenarios are all factors contributing to both low availability and utilization in many countries, including South Africa. In order to consider the role of this model in maternity …
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Essays in public finance
… the employee portion of employer-provided health insurance premiums. In Chapter 3, joint with Jonathan Gruber, we study an example of such subsidies: the introduction of pre-tax premiums for postal employees in 1994, and then for the remaining federal employees in 2000. We find that there is a …
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Essays on the Economics of Private and Social Insurance
… joint with Sylvia Klosin, studies the 'scope' of insurance. Distinct risks are typically insured separately. A single 'aggregate' contract that pays more when many shocks occur simultaneously, but less when positive shocks offset negative shocks, is utility-increasing absent moral hazard. However, …
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Three Essays on the Economics of Health in Developing Countries
… first two chapters study Ghana's social health insurance program, the National Health Insurance Scheme. Many developing countries have recently instituted social health insurance schemes (SHIs) to ease financial barriers to utilization of healthcare services and help mitigate the effects of …
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Assessing the Impact of Tort Reforms on Physician Supply Trends in Texas
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the trends in physician supply following the 2003 enactment of tort reforms in the state of Texas. Methods: The data used in this study are from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Interrupted time-series analysis evaluates the data for …