Damages after deregulation - dynamic effects in the German motor vehicle insurance industry

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Damages after deregulation - dynamic effects in the German motor vehicle insurance industry. / Wein, Thomas.
In: IFO-Studien, Vol. 47, No. 4, 2001, p. 505-529.

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title = "Damages after deregulation - dynamic effects in the German motor vehicle insurance industry",
abstract = "Since 1994 the highly regulated German insurance market have been deregulated. Insurers have been allowed to calculate their premiums and to offer contracts without regulation. Especially in the motor vehicle insurance several innovations were introduced: age of car, garage, kilometers per year and so on are decisive to get rebates or additional premiums. According to the traditional literature about adverse selection the paper analyzes whether these tariff items are instruments to select better between low and high risks than before regulation. Age of car and kilometers variables seem to have such selecting effects for one or two years.",
keywords = "Economics, Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung , Pr{\"a}miendifferenzierung , Risikogruppe ",
author = "Thomas Wein",
note = "Literaturverz. S. 528 - 529",
year = "2001",
language = "English",
volume = "47",
pages = "505--529",
journal = "IFO-Studien",
issn = "0018-9731",
publisher = "ifo Institut – Leibniz-Institut f{\"u}r Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universit{\"a}t M{\"u}nchen e. V. ",
number = "4",

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T1 - Damages after deregulation - dynamic effects in the German motor vehicle insurance industry

AU - Wein, Thomas

N1 - Literaturverz. S. 528 - 529

PY - 2001

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N2 - Since 1994 the highly regulated German insurance market have been deregulated. Insurers have been allowed to calculate their premiums and to offer contracts without regulation. Especially in the motor vehicle insurance several innovations were introduced: age of car, garage, kilometers per year and so on are decisive to get rebates or additional premiums. According to the traditional literature about adverse selection the paper analyzes whether these tariff items are instruments to select better between low and high risks than before regulation. Age of car and kilometers variables seem to have such selecting effects for one or two years.

AB - Since 1994 the highly regulated German insurance market have been deregulated. Insurers have been allowed to calculate their premiums and to offer contracts without regulation. Especially in the motor vehicle insurance several innovations were introduced: age of car, garage, kilometers per year and so on are decisive to get rebates or additional premiums. According to the traditional literature about adverse selection the paper analyzes whether these tariff items are instruments to select better between low and high risks than before regulation. Age of car and kilometers variables seem to have such selecting effects for one or two years.

KW - Economics

KW - Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung

KW - Prämiendifferenzierung

KW - Risikogruppe

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 47

SP - 505

EP - 529

JO - IFO-Studien

JF - IFO-Studien

SN - 0018-9731

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