We formulate a noncooperative game to model competition for policyholders among non-life insurance companies, taking into account market premium, solvency level, market share and underwriting results. We study Nash equilibria and Stackelberg equilibria for the premium levels, and give numerical illustrations.

There is a burgeoning literature on IPO allocations to institutions with retail clientele typically being treated as a monolithic entity. However, there is potential for differential treatment of different groups of retail investors because of the underlying relationship with the underwriter. We use a unique proprietary dataset from Germany to analyze how commercial banks treat different groups...