Whoops! It Happened Again. Demand for Insurance that Covers Multiple Risks

Hong L, Schlesinger H, Zhuang B. Whoops! It Happened Again: Demand for Insurance That Covers Multiple Risks. Risks. 2023; 11(4):73. https://doi.org/10.3390/risks11040073

26 Pages Posted: 18 Apr 2016 Last revised: 21 Aug 2023

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Liang Hong

The University of Texas at Dallas

Harris Schlesinger

University of Alabama; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Boyi Zhuang

University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration

Date Written: March 29, 2023

Abstract

This article studies insurance demand in a two-period framework in which an individual faces risks in both current and future periods. Models for insurance with and without the presence of endogenous saving are both discussed. In contrast to what most literature suggests, when decisions on insurance and saving are made separately, insurance alone does not always unambiguously reduce risk, and decision makers might demand more insurance when there is a positive loading on the premium than when the insurance price is actuarially fair. We compare the demand for insurance in our framework with that in a two-period model where risk is concentrated in the second period, and derive the conditions under which these demands differ. We examine the effects of risk aversion and derive the conditions under which a more risk-averse individual demands more or less insurance.

Keywords: Two-period Model; Insurance; Multiple Risks; Riskiness.

JEL Classification: D81, D91

Suggested Citation

Hong, Liang and Schlesinger, Harris and Zhuang, Boyi, Whoops! It Happened Again. Demand for Insurance that Covers Multiple Risks (March 29, 2023). Hong L, Schlesinger H, Zhuang B. Whoops! It Happened Again: Demand for Insurance That Covers Multiple Risks. Risks. 2023; 11(4):73. https://doi.org/10.3390/risks11040073, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2765962 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2765962

Liang Hong

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Harris Schlesinger

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