Abstract
AbstractWhile adverse selection problems between insureds and insurers are well known to insurance researchers, few explore adverse selection in the insurance industry from a capital markets perspective. This study examines adverse selection in the quoted prices of insurers' common stocks with a particular focus on the opacity of both asset portfolios and underwriting liabilities. We find that more opaque underwriting lines result in greater adverse selection costs for property‐casualty (P‐C) insurers. A similar effect is not apparent for life‐health (L‐H) insurers and we find no effect of asset opaqueness on adverse selection for either L‐H or P‐C insurers.
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