| The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance Contributor(s): Bradford, David F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226070263 ISBN-13: 9780226070261 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $63.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: "The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance" presents new research and findings on key aspects of the economics of the property-casualty insurance industry. The volume explores the industrial organization, regulation, financing, and taxation of this business. The first paper, on external financing and insurance cycles, contains a wealth of information on trends and patterns in the industry's financial structure. The last essay, which compares performance of stock and mutual insurance companies, takes a fresh look at the way a company's organizational structure affects its responses to different economic situations. Two papers focus on rate regulation in the auto insurance industry, and provide broad overviews of the structure and economics of the insurance industry as a whole. Also addressed are the system of regulating insurance companies in the United States, who insures the insurers, and the effects of tax law changes in the 1980s on the prices of insurance policies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Business & Economics | Insurance - Casualty |
| Dewey: 368.101 |
| LCCN: 97037801 |
| Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.27" W x 9.27" (1.06 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance presents new research and findings on key aspects of the economics of the property-casualty insurance industry. The volume explores the industrial organization, regulation, financing, and taxation of this business. The first paper, on external financing and insurance cycles, contains a wealth of information on trends and patterns in the industry's financial structure. The last essay, which compares performance of stock and mutual insurance companies, takes a fresh look at the way a company's organizational structure affects its responses to different economic situations. Two papers focus on rate regulation in the auto insurance industry, and provide broad overviews of the structure and economics of the insurance industry as a whole. Also addressed are the system of regulating insurance companies in the United States, who insures the insurers, and the effects of tax law changes in the 1980s on the prices of insurance policies. |