Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/57366 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
CFS Working Paper No. 2011/31
Publisher: 
Goethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
Insurance contracts are often complex and difficult to verify outside the insurance relation. We show that standard one-period insurance policies with an upper limit and a deductible are the optimal incentive-compatible contracts in a competitive market with repeated interaction. Optimal group insurance policies involve a joint upper limit but individual deductibles and insurance brokers can play a role implementing such contracts for the group of clients. Our model provides new insights and predictions about the determinants of insurance.
Subjects: 
Deductible Insurance
Upper Limit
Implicit Insurance Contracts
Insurance Brokers
JEL: 
D6
G22
L14
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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