Insuring large stakes : a normative and descriptive analysis of households' flood insurance coverage

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<dc:date>2022-05-09</dc:date>
<dc:description xml:lang="es">Sumario: 
Households' insurance coverage against severe losses is central to their financial resilience. Features of the US National Flood Insurance Program offer insights into consumers' coverage over large stakes that are not typically possible in other markets. We examine the coverage limits (the amount of a home's value that is insured) of over 100,000 households. We determine the optimal coverage based on a standard expected utility calibration. This model indicates that consumers should purchase a low limit and retain much of their exposure due to the high premium loads in our sample. Instead, households in the sample typically fully insure their homes, paying premiums well above their contract's expected value. We investigate possible explanations for homeowners' coverage limits and conclude that some combination of industry practices that emphasize fully insuring and probability distortions in decision-making are likely explanations.

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<dc:identifier>https://documentacion.fundacionmapfre.org/documentacion/publico/es/bib/179634.do</dc:identifier>
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<dc:rights xml:lang="es">InC - http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</dc:rights>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Seguro multirriesgo del hogar</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Inundaciones</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Coberturas</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Estados Unidos</dc:subject>
<dc:type xml:lang="es">Artículos y capítulos</dc:type>
<dc:title xml:lang="es">Insuring large stakes : a normative and descriptive analysis of households' flood insurance coverage</dc:title>
<dc:relation xml:lang="es">En: The Journal of risk and insurance. - Nueva York : The American Risk and Insurance Association, 1964- = ISSN 0022-4367. - 09/05/2022 Volumen 89 Número 2 - mayo 2022 , p. 273-310</dc:relation>
<dc:coverage xml:lang="es">Estados Unidos</dc:coverage>
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