Is the market classification of risk always efficient?: evidence from German third party motor insurance

Reimund Schwarze; Thomas Wein

Is the market classification of risk always efficient? evidence from German third party motor insurance

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Is the market classification of risk always efficient? evidence from German third party motor insurance. / Schwarze, Reimund; Wein, Thomas.
In: German Risk and Insurance Review, Vol. 1, 2005, p. 173-203.

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abstract = "This paper studies the empirical effects of risk classification in the mandatory third-party motor insurance of Germany following the European Union{\textquoteright}s directive to de-regulate insurance tariffs of 1994. We find evidence that inefficient risk categories had been selected while potentially efficient information was dismissed. Risk classifi-cation did generally not improve the efficiency of contracting or the composition of insureds in this market. These findings are partly explained by the continuing exis-tence of institutional restraints in this market such as compulsory fixed coverage and unitary owner insurance. ",

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