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Full Insurance, Bayesian Updated Premiums, and Adverse Selection

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  • Richard Watt

    (Departamento de Análisis Económico, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049-Madrid Spain.)

  • Francisco J. Vazquez

    ([1] Departamento de Análisis Económico, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049-Madrid Spain.
    [2] C.U. Francisco de Vitoria, Ctra. Pozuelo-Majadahonda Km. 1,800 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain.)

Abstract

In the classic Rothschild-Stiglitz model of adverse selection in a competitive environment, we analyse a “no-claims bonus” type contract (bonus-malus). We show that, under full insurance coverage, if the insurance company applies Bayes's rule to learn about client probability types over time and uses this information in premium calculations for contract renewals, then there exist conditions under which all client types strictly prefer the Bayesian updating contract to the classic Rothschild-Stiglitz separating equilibrium. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory (1997) 22, 135–150. doi:10.1023/A:1008668101366

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  • Richard Watt & Francisco J. Vazquez, 1997. "Full Insurance, Bayesian Updated Premiums, and Adverse Selection," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 22(2), pages 135-150, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:genrir:v:22:y:1997:i:2:p:135-150
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