NDLI: The catastrophic effects of natural disasters on insurance markets

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Born, Patricia Viscusi, W. Kip
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	Natural disasters often have catastrophic risks on insurance companies as well as on the insured. Using a very large dataset on homeowners’ insurance coverage by state, by firm, and by year for the 1984 to 2004 period, this paper documents the positive effect on losses and loss ratios of both unexpected catastrophes as well as large events that the authors term “blockbuster catastrophes.” Insurers adapt to these catastrophic risks by raising insurance rates, leading to lower loss ratios after the catastrophic event. There is a widespread event of unexpected catastrophes and blockbuster catastrophes that reduces total premiums earned in the state, reduces the total number writing insurance coverage in the state, and leads to the exit of firms from the state. Firms with low levels of homeowners’ premiums are most adversely affected by the catastrophes.
Starting Page	55
Ending Page	72
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08955646
Journal	Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
Volume Number	33
Issue Number	1-2
e-ISSN	15730476
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2006-01-01
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Catastrophic risks Homeowners’ insurance Natural disasters Economic Theory Microeconomics Environmental Economics Operations Research/Decision Theory
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Finance Accounting Economics and Econometrics

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