Automobile Insurance: Road Safety, New Drivers, Risks, Insurance Fraud and Regulation

Motor vehicle accidents are still a leading cause of death, even if the trend has somewhat declined over the past 20 years. Indeed, motor vehicle accidents are a significant cause of death in comparison with air and space transport accidents, homicides and even HIV infections, causes which are more...

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Other Authors: Dionne, Georges (Editor), Laberge-Nadeau, Claire (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
Series:Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1 Automobile Insurance Pricing, Risks, and Asymmetric Information
  • 1 Asymmetric Information in Automobile Insurance: An Overview
  • 2 Evidence of Adverse Selection in Automobile Insurance Markets
  • 3 Allowance for Hidden Information by Heterogeneous Models and Applications to Insurance Rating
  • 4 Bayesian Analysis of Road Accidents: A General Framework for the Multinomial Case
  • 5 Commercial Vehicle Insurance: Should Fleet Policies Differ From Single Vehicle Plans?
  • Section 2 Insurance Fraud
  • 6 Costly State Falsification or Verification? Theory And Evidence From Bodily Injury Liability Claims
  • 7 The Frequency of Excess Claims for Automobile Personal Injuries
  • 8 When is the Proportion of Criminal Elements Irrelevant? A Study of Insurance Fraud When Insurers Cannot Commit
  • 9 Insurance Fraud Estimation: More Evidence from the Quebec Automobile Insurance Industry
  • Section 3 Guest Speakers
  • 21 Estimating The Effects Of “No-Pay, No-Play” Auto Insurance Plans On The Costs Of Auto Insurance: The Effects Of Proposition 213
  • 22 Analysis of The Economic Impact of Medical and Optometric Driving Standards on Costs Incurred by Trucking Firms and on The Social Costs of Traffic Accidents
  • 10 The Société De L’assurance Automobile Du Québec -An Integrated Model of Action to Insure And Protect People from Risks Inherent in Use of the Road
  • 11 They Cheat, You Pay!
  • Section 4 Young and New Drivers: Licencing Policies, Evaluation and Risks
  • 12 Graduated Licensing In Québec: The Search for Balance Between Mobility and Safety
  • 13 An Evaluation of the Effects on Crashes of the 1991 Legislative Reform on New Licensees in Quebec
  • 14 Licensing Policies for Young Drivers in The United States
  • 15 Reducing The Risk of New Drivers Through Legislation and Regulation
  • 16 Evaluation of The Accompanied Driver Training By Means of A Markov Chain
  • 17 Risky Driving By Youth
  • 18 Young People, Alcohol And Risks
  • Section 5 Road Insurance Regulation
  • 19 No Fault Automobile Insurance and Accident Severity: Lessons Still To Be Learned
  • 20 The Incentive Effects of NoFault Automobile Insurance