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- December 1993 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Patriot National Insurance Company
Hammond, John S., and Marjorie Corman Aaron. "Patriot National Insurance Company." Harvard Business School Case 394-096, December 1993. (Revised December 1994.)
- June 2023
- Teaching Note
From Cradle to Heaven: Taikang Insurance Group
By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 320-088. The case explores the rise of Taikang Insurance Group and its quest to be a leader of one of China's fastest-growing industries. Due to China's underdeveloped social welfare state, Taikang saw an opportunity for the private...
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- 20 Apr 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
Making Health Insurance That Consumers Actually Like
- 2023
- Working Paper
When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets
By: Pari Sastry, Ishita Sen and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva
This paper studies how homeowners insurance markets respond to growing climate losses and how this impacts mortgage market dynamics. Using Florida as a case study, we show that traditional insurers are exiting high risk areas, and new lower quality insurers are...
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Keywords:
Insurance;
Natural Disasters;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Insurance Industry;
Florida
Sastry, Pari, Ishita Sen, and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva. "When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-051, February 2024. (SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 4674279, December 2023.)
- January 2012
- Case
Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market
By: William C. Kirby and Tracy Yuen Manty
As a joint-stock insurance company in China, with both state-owned enterprises and foreign firms as investors, Taikang Insurance was becoming a force in the industry. It not only competed with well-entrenched state-owned rivals, but it was also seen as an...
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Kirby, William C., and Tracy Yuen Manty. "Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market." Harvard Business School Case 312-109, January 2012.
- 2010
- Working Paper
The Insurance Industry in Brazil: A Long-term View
By: Marcelo de Paiva Abreu and Felipe Tamega Fernandes
This paper surveys the formation and development of insurance business in Brazil. It describes its origins, from the colonial times and imperial era to recent events. Particular attention is given to regulatory changes, showing how they evolved in response to...
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Abreu, Marcelo de Paiva, and Felipe Tamega Fernandes. "The Insurance Industry in Brazil: A Long-term View." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-109, June 2010.
- January 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Technical Note
U.S. Commercial Health Insurance Industry
By: Susanna Gallani, Mary Witkowski and Harry B. Wolberg
This note describes the role of commercial payers in the U.S. healthcare industry. We begin with a review of the historical evolution of commercial payers and their role in the market, from the beginning to the Affordable Care Act and beyond. Every wave of reforms in...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Insurance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Insurance Industry;
Insurance Industry;
United States
Gallani, Susanna, Mary Witkowski, and Harry B. Wolberg. "U.S. Commercial Health Insurance Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 119-064, January 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- July 1987
- Case
Prudential Insurance Co. of America--1985
By: Andre F. Perold
Perold, Andre F. "Prudential Insurance Co. of America--1985." Harvard Business School Case 288-007, July 1987.
- March 1987 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
Paul Revere Insurance Co. (B)
Describes a program of value-analysis workshops undertaken by this company as part of its massive effort to regain the number one position in its industry. The value-analysis workshops are the second half of the company's two-part Quality Has Value process. The focus...
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Hart, Christopher. "Paul Revere Insurance Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 687-033, March 1987. (Revised January 1988.)
- February 2016
- Article
Labor Unemployment Insurance and Earnings Management
By: Yiwei Dou, Mozaffar N. Khan and Youli Zou
There is relatively little prior evidence on the potential impact of rank and file employees on financial reporting choices outside union negotiations. We contribute to the literature by providing new evidence that firms appear to manage long-run earnings upward in...
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Dou, Yiwei, Mozaffar N. Khan, and Youli Zou. "Labor Unemployment Insurance and Earnings Management." Journal of Accounting & Economics 61, no. 1 (February 2016): 166–184.
- winter 1971
- Article
Patient Incentives and Hospital Insurance
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Lester Lave
Kaplan, Robert S., and Lester Lave. "Patient Incentives and Hospital Insurance." Health Services Research 6 (winter 1971): 288–300. (see also "Further Thoughts on Patient Incentives," Health Services Research (summer 1972): 148-150.)
- February 1994 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Leland O'Brien Rubinstein Associates, Inc.: Portfolio Insurance
By: Peter Tufano
Leland O'Brien Rubinstein Associates, a small financial advisory firm founded in 1980, has created a successful business by selling a product commonly known as portfolio insurance. Portfolio insurance is a trading strategy that institutional investors use to establish...
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Tufano, Peter, and Barbara Kyrillos. "Leland O'Brien Rubinstein Associates, Inc.: Portfolio Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 294-061, February 1994. (Revised September 1995.)
- December 2021 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
Value-Based Insurance Design at Onex
By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Amitabh Chandra and Amram Migdal
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 921-023.
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- January 2024
- Case
Net Zero Insurance Alliance: An Alliance in Crisis
By: Peter Tufano and Karina Val
The Net Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), a UN-convened alliance of major global insurers, was formed in 2021, but by 2023 had lost over 60% of its members. While NZIA had enjoyed a rapid and productive start by setting standards for the industry and sharing best...
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- January 1980
- Supplement
Capital Mortgage Insurance Corp. (F)
Ware, James P. "Capital Mortgage Insurance Corp. (F)." Harvard Business School Supplement 480-062, January 1980.
- January 1980
- Supplement
Capital Mortgage Insurance Corp. (C)
Ware, James P. "Capital Mortgage Insurance Corp. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 480-059, January 1980.
- January 1980
- Supplement
Capital Mortgage Insurance Corp. (B)
Ware, James P. "Capital Mortgage Insurance Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 480-058, January 1980.
- Article
Theory of Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance
By: André Perold and Fischer Black
Perold, André, and Fischer Black. "Theory of Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance." Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control 16, nos. 3-4 (July–October 1992): 403–426.
- August 2019 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Lemonade: Disrupting Insurance with Instant Everything, Killer Prices, and a Big Heart
By: Elie Ofek and Danielle Golan
Launching its first products in the fall of 2016 in New York, insurtech startup Lemonade was on a mission to disrupt the insurance market by using AI and behavioral economics principles. The company offered renters, homeowners, and condo insurance and mainly targeted...
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Keywords:
AI;
Business Startups;
Insurance;
Technological Innovation;
Business Model;
Disruption;
Brands and Branding;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Global Strategy;
Decision Making;
Insurance Industry;
Insurance Industry
Ofek, Elie, and Danielle Golan. "Lemonade: Disrupting Insurance with Instant Everything, Killer Prices, and a Big Heart." Harvard Business School Case 520-020, August 2019. (Revised March 2022.)