The Economics of Insurance Intermediaries

By J. Cummins, Neil A. Doherty. 2006

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Subfields: Demography, Economics and Econometrics

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Citations in the corpus

• The relationship between insurance and economic growth in Europe: a theoretical and empirical analysis (2008, background): “Depending on the insurance costs, the signalling effect may also lead to the opposite situation where the insured feels freed from taking precautionary measures against the secured event, denoted as the ‘‘moral hazard’’ problem (Cummins and Doherty 2006).”
• How (not) to pay for advice: A framework for consumer financial protection ☆ (2012, background): “Sellers of life insurance plans may be paid both up-front or via a trail-commission over the duration of the contract; see Cummins and Doherty (2006). When making a recommendation, the adviser is also concerned about the suitability of the option chosen by the customer.”