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2015

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Information & Equilibrium In Insurance Markets With Big Data, Peter Siegelman Dec 2014

Information & Equilibrium In Insurance Markets With Big Data, Peter Siegelman

Peter Siegelman

The presence of asymmetric information makes the behavior of insurance markets very difficult to predict. But I argue that the increasing use of Big Data by insurers will not result in forecasts of loss that are so accurate that they eliminate uncertainty, and with it, the possibility of insurance. Big Data techniques might lead to a “flip” in informational asymmetry, resulting in a situation in which insurers know more about their customers than the latter know about themselves. But the effects of such a development could actually be benign. Finally, the article considers the potential for Big (or at least, …


Insurance Agents In The Twenty-First Century: The Problem Of Biased Advice, Daniel Schwarcz, Peter Siegelman Dec 2014

Insurance Agents In The Twenty-First Century: The Problem Of Biased Advice, Daniel Schwarcz, Peter Siegelman

Peter Siegelman

No abstract provided.


Insurance Law & Economics, Daniel Schwarcz, Peter Siegelman Dec 2014

Insurance Law & Economics, Daniel Schwarcz, Peter Siegelman

Peter Siegelman

No abstract provided.