Enhanced annuities and the impact of individual underwriting on an insurer's profit situation

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 150-157

  Hoermann, Gudrun ^a   Ruß, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Institute for Finance and Actuarial Science (ifa)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Enhanced annuity; IB13; IM12; IM22; Individual underwriting

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249152667     PISSN: 01676687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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