Can we insure these risks?
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Fat Tails
Tail Dependence
Micro Correlations
Can we insure these risks?
Cooke and Kousky nsf# 0960865
These risks have big loss years: NFIP example
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($20,000,000,000)
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$5,000,000,000
Rates of Return on Net Worth for Homeowners Ins: US vs. Florida
Source: NAIC; 2005/6 US and FL estimates from the Insurance Information Institute.
94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02-10%
-5%
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40%US Florida
Measure of firm profitability
Rates of Return on Net Worth for Homeowners Ins: US vs. Florida
Source: NAIC; 2005/6 US and FL estimates from the Insurance Information Institute.
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05E 06E-800%
-700%
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-300%
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0%
100%US Florida
Averages: 1990 to 2006EUS HO Insurance = -0.7%FL HO Average = -38.1%
Andrew
4 Hurricanes
Wilma, Dennis, Katrina