Risk Modeling Concepts Relating to the Design and Rating of Agricultural Insurance Contracts

The authors identify the key issues and concerns that arise in the design and rating of crop yield insurance plans, with a particular emphasis on production risk modeling. The authors show how the availability of data shapes the insurance scheme an...

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Main Authors: Goodwin, Barry K., Mahul, Olivier
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14134
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spelling okr-10986-141342017-12-13T12:30:15Z Risk Modeling Concepts Relating to the Design and Rating of Agricultural Insurance Contracts Goodwin, Barry K. Mahul, Olivier ACTUARIAL SCIENCES ACTUARIES ADVERSE SELECTION AGENTS AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE APPLICATIONS ASSURANCE CATASTROPHIC RISKS COINSURANCE COMMODITIES COVERAGE CROP INSURANCE CROP PRODUCTION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMETRICS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EXPERIMENTS FARMS FIRE INSURANCE INCOME INDEMNITY INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE POLICIES INSURANCE PREMIUM RATES INSURANCE PRODUCTS INSURERS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS MORAL HAZARD PESTS POLICY MAKERS PREMIUMS PREVENTIVE MEASURES PRICE RISK PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES PRODUCERS PROGRAMS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL WELFARE SOIL QUALITY UNDERWRITING The authors identify the key issues and concerns that arise in the design and rating of crop yield insurance plans, with a particular emphasis on production risk modeling. The authors show how the availability of data shapes the insurance scheme and the ratemaking procedures. Relying on the U.S. experience and recent developments in statistics and econometrics, they review risk modeling concepts and provide technical guidelines in the development of crop insurance plans. Finally, they show how these risk modeling techniques can be extended to price risk in order to develop crop revenue insurance schemes. 2013-06-24T13:57:03Z 2013-06-24T13:57:03Z 2004-09 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14134 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3392 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ACTUARIAL SCIENCES
ACTUARIES
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGENTS
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
APPLICATIONS
ASSURANCE
CATASTROPHIC RISKS
COINSURANCE
COMMODITIES
COVERAGE
CROP INSURANCE
CROP PRODUCTION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMETRICS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EXPERIMENTS
FARMS
FIRE INSURANCE
INCOME
INDEMNITY
INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES
INSURANCE CONTRACTS
INSURANCE COVERAGE
INSURANCE PLANS
INSURANCE POLICIES
INSURANCE PREMIUM RATES
INSURANCE PRODUCTS
INSURERS
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
MORAL HAZARD
PESTS
POLICY MAKERS
PREMIUMS
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
PRICE RISK
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES
PRODUCERS
PROGRAMS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MITIGATION
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL WELFARE
SOIL QUALITY
UNDERWRITING
spellingShingle ACTUARIAL SCIENCES
ACTUARIES
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGENTS
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
APPLICATIONS
ASSURANCE
CATASTROPHIC RISKS
COINSURANCE
COMMODITIES
COVERAGE
CROP INSURANCE
CROP PRODUCTION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMETRICS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EXPERIMENTS
FARMS
FIRE INSURANCE
INCOME
INDEMNITY
INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES
INSURANCE CONTRACTS
INSURANCE COVERAGE
INSURANCE PLANS
INSURANCE POLICIES
INSURANCE PREMIUM RATES
INSURANCE PRODUCTS
INSURERS
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
MORAL HAZARD
PESTS
POLICY MAKERS
PREMIUMS
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
PRICE RISK
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES
PRODUCERS
PROGRAMS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MITIGATION
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL WELFARE
SOIL QUALITY
UNDERWRITING
Goodwin, Barry K.
Mahul, Olivier
Risk Modeling Concepts Relating to the Design and Rating of Agricultural Insurance Contracts
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No.3392
description The authors identify the key issues and concerns that arise in the design and rating of crop yield insurance plans, with a particular emphasis on production risk modeling. The authors show how the availability of data shapes the insurance scheme and the ratemaking procedures. Relying on the U.S. experience and recent developments in statistics and econometrics, they review risk modeling concepts and provide technical guidelines in the development of crop insurance plans. Finally, they show how these risk modeling techniques can be extended to price risk in order to develop crop revenue insurance schemes.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Goodwin, Barry K.
Mahul, Olivier
author_facet Goodwin, Barry K.
Mahul, Olivier
author_sort Goodwin, Barry K.
title Risk Modeling Concepts Relating to the Design and Rating of Agricultural Insurance Contracts
title_short Risk Modeling Concepts Relating to the Design and Rating of Agricultural Insurance Contracts
title_full Risk Modeling Concepts Relating to the Design and Rating of Agricultural Insurance Contracts
title_fullStr Risk Modeling Concepts Relating to the Design and Rating of Agricultural Insurance Contracts
title_full_unstemmed Risk Modeling Concepts Relating to the Design and Rating of Agricultural Insurance Contracts
title_sort risk modeling concepts relating to the design and rating of agricultural insurance contracts
publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14134
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