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  • January 2020
  • Teaching Note

Lemonade: Disrupting Insurance with Instant Everything, Killer Prices, and a Big Heart

By: Elie Ofek
Teaching Note for HBS No. 520-020. View Details
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Ofek, Elie. "Lemonade: Disrupting Insurance with Instant Everything, Killer Prices, and a Big Heart." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 520-064, January 2020.
  • 11 Apr 2024
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“Copay Accumulators” Put Patients in Middle of Battle Between Insurers and Drugmakers

  • August 2004 (Revised April 2007)
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Allianz (A1): An Insurer Acquiring a Bank?

By: Joseph L. Bower, Marc L. Bertoneche, Anders Sjoman and Sonja Ellingson Hout
The deal of the year in 2002, was the acquisition of Dresdner Bank by Allianz. Written from the perspectives of Allianz's CEO, Henning Schulte-Noelle, before and after the deal and a regional manager implementing the concept of a full-line financial service provider.... View Details
Keywords: Management; Corporate Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Acquisition; Financial Institutions; Corporate Finance; Banking Industry; Germany
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Bower, Joseph L., Marc L. Bertoneche, Anders Sjoman, and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Allianz (A1): An Insurer Acquiring a Bank?" Harvard Business School Case 305-013, August 2004. (Revised April 2007.)
  • 1992
  • Working Paper

A Framework for the Economic Analysis of Deposit Insurance and Other Guarantees

By: Zvi Bodie and R. Merton
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Bodie, Zvi, and R. Merton. "A Framework for the Economic Analysis of Deposit Insurance and Other Guarantees." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 92-063, January 1992.
  • February 2005 (Revised July 2005)
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Allianz (A2): An Insurer Acquired a Bank

By: Joseph L. Bower, Marc L. Bertoneche, Anders Sjoman and Sonja Ellingson Hout
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Banking Industry; Germany
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Bower, Joseph L., Marc L. Bertoneche, Anders Sjoman, and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Allianz (A2): An Insurer Acquired a Bank." Harvard Business School Case 305-088, February 2005. (Revised July 2005.)
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Retirement Plan or Life Insurance - Alumni

cost basis (whichever is less). Or you can name HBS as the beneficiary of your life insurance policy to benefit the School at your passing. Benefits May help reduce your income and estate taxes Doesn’t... View Details
  • May 21, 2020
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Primary Care Is Hurting: Why Aren't Private Insurers Pitching In?

By: Leemore S. Dafny and J. Michael McWilliams
Primary care clinicians are the front line for patients with suspected infection. We rely on them to diagnose, triage, and manage patients with potential or confirmed COVID infections. They are also responsible for keeping non-COVID medical conditions under control... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Primary Care; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Financial Condition; Insurance
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Dafny, Leemore S., and J. Michael McWilliams. "Primary Care Is Hurting: Why Aren't Private Insurers Pitching In?" Health Affairs Blog (May 21, 2020).
  • 2021
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Business Continuity Insurance in the Next Disaster

By: Samuel Gregory Hanson, Adi Sunderam and Eric Zwick
This article draws lessons from the business support policies pursued in the COVID-19 pandemic to guide policy design for the next disaster. We contrast the performance of the Paycheck Protection Program to the Main Street Lending Program to illustrate how design... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Policy; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financing and Loans; United States
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Hanson, Samuel Gregory, Adi Sunderam, and Eric Zwick. "Business Continuity Insurance in the Next Disaster." In Rebuilding the Post-Pandemic Economy, edited by Melissa S. Kearney and Amy Ganz, 52–77. Washington, DC: Aspen Institute, 2021.
  • July 1989
  • Article

On the Application of the Continuous-Time Theory of Finance to Financial Intermediation and Insurance

By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Theory; Finance; Insurance
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Merton, Robert C. "On the Application of the Continuous-Time Theory of Finance to Financial Intermediation and Insurance." Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance 14, no. 52 (July 1989): 225–262. (Reproduced as Chapter 14 in Continuous-Time Finance.)
  • December 1993
  • Article

Risk Management: Coordinating Corporate Investment and Financing Policies

By: K. A. Froot, David S. Scharfstein and J. Stein
Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Banking And Insurance; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing; Insurance Industry
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Froot, K. A., David S. Scharfstein, and J. Stein. "Risk Management: Coordinating Corporate Investment and Financing Policies." Journal of Finance 48, no. 5 (December 1993): 1629–1658. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 4084, February 1993. Reprinted in RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas, Management Journal of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP), Business School for Administration in Sao Paulo, Brazil, volume no. 48, issue no. 1 (January-March 2008): 87-118. Reprinted in Insurance and Risk Management, Volume II, Corporate Risk Management, Part I: Theory on Why and How Firms Manage Risk, Chapter 3, edited by Gregory R. Niehaus, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. (October 2008). Also in M.J. Brennan, The Theory of Corporate Finance from The International Library of Critical Writings in Financial Economics, edited by R. Roll, 1995; and in Merton Miller and Chris Culp, eds. Corporate Hedging in Theory and Practice: Lessons from Metallgesellschaft, Risk Books, 1999.)
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Understanding the Advice of Commissions-Motivated Agents: Evidence from the Indian Life Insurance Market

By: Santosh Anagol, Shawn Cole and Shayak Sarkar
We conduct a series of field experiments to evaluate the quality of advice provided by life insurance agents in India. Agents overwhelmingly recommend unsuitable, strictly dominated products, which provide high commissions to the agent. Agents cater to the beliefs of... View Details
Keywords: Advice; Customers; Insurance; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Ethics; India
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Anagol, Santosh, Shawn Cole, and Shayak Sarkar. "Understanding the Advice of Commissions-Motivated Agents: Evidence from the Indian Life Insurance Market." Review of Economics and Statistics 99, no. 1 (March 2017).
  • March 2013 (Revised March 2013)
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Rough Justice: Stuart Eizenstat and Holocaust-era Asset Restitution (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
Beginning in 1994, a series of articles and public disclosures indicated that Swiss banks may have retained assets belonging to victims of the Holocaust, and also may have engaged in long term attempts to block survivors' ability to recover those assets after World War... View Details
Keywords: Banking; Banking And Insurance; U.s. History; Germany; Europe; Governance; History; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Germany; United States; Switzerland
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Sebenius, James K., and Laurence A. Green. "Rough Justice: Stuart Eizenstat and Holocaust-era Asset Restitution (A)." Harvard Business School Case 913-037, March 2013. (Revised March 2013.)
  • 14 Nov 2024
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How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
  • 28 Sep 2020
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Some Workers Face Looming Cutoffs in Health Insurance

  • April 2022
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AI Insurance: How Liability Insurance Can Drive the Responsible Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

By: Ariel Dora Stern, Avi Goldfarb, Timo Minssen and W. Nicholson Price II
Despite enthusiasm about the potential to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to medicine and health care delivery, adoption remains tepid, even for the most compelling technologies. In this article, the authors focus on one set of challenges to AI adoption: those... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Medicine; Health Care and Treatment; Legal Liability; Insurance; Technology Adoption; AI and Machine Learning
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Stern, Ariel Dora, Avi Goldfarb, Timo Minssen, and W. Nicholson Price II. "AI Insurance: How Liability Insurance Can Drive the Responsible Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care." NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 3, no. 4 (April 2022).
  • February 2025
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Slice Labs: Creating a Fraud-Free Online Insurance Platform

By: Amit Goldenberg, Max Bazerman and Ruth Page
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Goldenberg, Amit, Max Bazerman, and Ruth Page. "Slice Labs: Creating a Fraud-Free Online Insurance Platform." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 925-024, February 2025.
  • Forthcoming
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Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulation and Cross-Subsidies

By: Ishita Sen, Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva and Sangmin Oh
We study the pricing of homeowners’ insurance, a $15 trillion market essential for hedging climate-related losses. We show that insurance premiums are subject to starkly different regulations across states, creating persistent cross-subsidies and price distortions. We... View Details
Keywords: Climate Risk; Homeowners' Insurance; Price Controls; Financial Regulation; Cross-subsidization; Climate Change; Price; Risk and Uncertainty; Geographic Location; Insurance Industry; United States
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Sen, Ishita, Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva, and Sangmin Oh. "Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulation and Cross-Subsidies." Journal of Finance (forthcoming).
  • 1987
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Pension Plan Integration as Insurance against Social Security Risk

By: Robert C. Merton, Zvi Bodie and Alan J. Marcus
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Integration
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Merton, Robert C., Zvi Bodie, and Alan J. Marcus. "Pension Plan Integration as Insurance against Social Security Risk." In Issues in Pension Economics, edited by Zvi Bodie, John B. Shoven, and David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
  • April 2014
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Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market

By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
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Kirby, William C., and Erica M. Zendell. "Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 314-133, April 2014.
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Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Rainfall Insurance in India

By: Sarthak Gaurav, Shawn A. Cole and Jeremy Tobacman
Recent financial liberalization in emerging economies has led to the rapid introduction of new financial products. Lack of experience with financial products, low levels of education, and low financial literacy may slow adoption of these products. This article reports... View Details
Keywords: Literacy; Insurance; Marketing; Decisions; Demand and Consumers; Financial Instruments; Emerging Markets; Education; Personal Finance; Agribusiness; Developing Countries and Economies; Innovation and Invention; Gujarat
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Gaurav, Sarthak, Shawn A. Cole, and Jeremy Tobacman. "Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Rainfall Insurance in India." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 48, no. SPL (November 2011): S150–S162.
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