Modeling market shares of the leading personal automobile insurance companies

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An analysis of private passenger car insurance firms' market shares reveals that practices such as price-cutting and commission-reduction are not relied on by the companies to improve their market status. The results indicate that computerization, automation and promotional activities play an important role in determining a company's market position. An interesting result is the finding that clients are willing to pay higher in exchange for personalized attention.

Fire, marine, and casualty insurance, Auto Insurance, Market share, Marketing management, Automobile insurance

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The characteristics of derivatives users: an analysis of the thrift industry

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Thrift institutions that use derivatives tend to be dependent on abilities to overcome technological, informational and skill barriers. The study used market values of assets and liabilities as data. The study also reveals that these barriers to entry tend to produce a complimentary between on-balance and off-balance sheet derivatives as they tend to be dependent on the way they are reported on financial statements.

Savings & Loan Assns, Savings Institutions, Financial Management NEC, Management, Usage, Derivatives (Financial instruments), Savings and loan associations, Financial management

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The structure of the property/casualty insurance industry

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The structure of the property/casualty insurance industry is studied. It is argued that the industry has no economies of scope while economies of scale exist only for the smallest firms. It is also shown the property/casualty firms cannot dominate the market by virtue of their size or product offerings since large firms exhibit diseconomies of scale for firms in the upper quartile size class.

Property & Liability Insurance, Surety insurance, Research, Property and casualty insurance, Economies of scale

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