Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18668 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1303
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We model natural disaster insurance in France. We explicitly take into account the main institutional features of the system, such as the uniform premium rate in both high and low risk regions and the existence of a state reinsurance company. Our model indicates that the institutional set-up is fundamentally flawed. We find that the market is likely to lead to 'specialist? equilibria, where insurers specialize in serving either high or low risk regions. As a result the reinsurance company, which offers cover to all insurers at the same price, is likely to suffer from a portfolio with mainly ?bad? risks. We show that increasing the premium rate customers have to pay, a policy undertaken by the French authorities, will not necessarily solve these problems and comes at a high cost to the final consumer (and taxpayer).
Subjects: 
property insurance
reinsurance
risk selection
JEL: 
L11
G22
D78
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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