Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Bank-insurance risk spillovers : evidence from Europe

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Bank-insurance risk spillovers : evidence from Europe / Alberto Dreassi... [et al.]

Sumario: We investigate cross-sector financial contagion o ver the period 2006-2014 for a sample of large European banks and insurers. We use CDS spreads and define contagion as correlation over and above what is explained by fundamental factors. Moreover, we assess the impact of different business models on contagion and the channels through which it spreads. We find that, for insurers, size and investment income raise contagion, while for banks capital adequacy, funding and income diversification are the most relevant factors . Furthermore, leverage is crucial in both sectors. We also provide evidence of the main risk transmission channels: the asset-holding and the guarantee channel for insurers and the additional collateral channel for banks. Our results offer new insight on how credit risk spillovers spread across sectors and call for further regulatory and supervisory effort in understanding if and where cross-industry similarities increase contagion risks

En: Geneva papers on risk and insurance : issues and practice. - Geneva : The Geneva Association, 1976- = ISSN 1018-5895. - 01/01/2018 Volumen 43 Número 1 - enero 2018 , p. 72-96

1. Crisis financiera . 2. Mercados financieros . 3. Perspectivas económicas . 4. Mercado de seguros . 5. Banca . 6. Riesgo sistémico . 7. Reacción en cadena . 8. Supervisión financiera . I. Dreassi, Alberto . II. Título.