Journal of Risk and Insurance

ABSTRACT Enterprise risk management (ERM) has been the topic of increased media attention in recent years. The objective...

ABSTRACT Universal life policies are the most popular insurance contract design in the United States. They provide either...

ABSTRACT Individuals can claim Social Security at any age from 62 to 70, although most claim at 62....

The Economics of Natural and Unnatural Disasters, edited by William Kern, 2010, Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for...

ABSTRACT A fundamental question in the study of mortality-linked securities is how to place a value on them....

ABSTRACT Securitizations that transfer risk to the financial markets are a potential solution to longevity risk in the...

ABSTRACT We solve an empirically parameterized life-cycle model of consumption and pension choices to show how expected earnings...

ABSTRACT Although annuities are a theoretically appealing way to manage longevity risk, in the real world relatively few...

ABSTRACT This article presents a case study of a portfolio of individual long-term insurance contracts sold by a...

ABSTRACT Poverty trapping refers to the fact that poor people in developing countries cannot escape their poverty without...

Here is the printed version of the report of the editor as presented to the ARIA meeting in...