The Fundamentals of Insurance Markets II: Advanced Principles and Concepts in Alternative Risk Transfer

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-63
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Insurance Markets ◽  
Risk Transfer ◽  
Alternative Risk Transfer

scholarly journals A comparative study of the application of alternative risk transfer methods of insurance in South Africa and Zimbabwe

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-249
Author(s):  
Athenia Bongani Sibindi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
South African ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Market Segments ◽  
Risk Transfer ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Alternative Risk Transfer ◽  
Compare And Contrast

Alternative risk transfer techniques represent the crown jewels in the risk management arena. This non-traditional method of insurance has gained prominence over the last few decades. Against this backdrop, the present study seeks to unravel the development of the alternative risk financing insurance segment within a developing country setting. The study specifically sets out to compare and contrast the ART insurance market segments of South Africa and Zimbabwe. The study is documents that the Zimbabwean market is at a nascent stage of development, whilst the South African market is fully developed. Notwithstanding the prospects for the development of this sector looks bright.

Catastrophic Risk, the Disequilibrium of Agricultural Insurance Markets and Reinsurance - Based on the Data from Hubei

2013 ◽  
Vol 798-799 ◽  
pp. 846-850
Author(s):  
Hui Ru Xing ◽  
Jiang Ping Tao ◽  
Wei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Markets ◽  
Insurance Risk ◽  
Agricultural Insurance ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Catastrophic Risk ◽  
Risk Transfer ◽  
Transfer Mechanisms

Catastrophic risk existing objectively in agricultural production is the main cause for the imbalance of the agricultural insurance markets, and to promote the sustainable development of the agricultural insurance, it is necessary to improve the agricultural insurance risk transfer mechanisms. Under the condition of farms and insurance companies expected utility maximum, we develop an agricultural insurance market equilibrium model based on the M-V preference function, and then demonstrate that catastrophic risk leads to the imbalance in the agricultural insurance market. Insurance companies involved in reinsurance arrangements helps rectify the imbalances in agricultural insurance market. Based on this analysis we verify the development of Hubeis agricultural insurance market, and then simulate the reinsurance arrangement of Hubei agricultural insurance. The theoretic and empirical analysis has an implication for the design of agricultural insurance catastrophe risk transfer tools.

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