1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910824928903321

Autore

Balzac Honore de <1799-1850.>

Titolo

Cousin Bette / / Honore de Balzac

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Auckland, New Zealand] : , : The Floating Press, , 1846

2010

ISBN

1-77651-255-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (724 p.)

Disciplina

944.36106

Soggetti

French fiction

Didactic fiction

Paris (France) Social life and customs 19th century Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Dedication; Cousin Bette; Addendum

Sommario/riassunto

The crown jewel in a remarkable literary career, Cousin Bette is regarded by many critics to be Balzac's last great work before his death in 1850. A fine example of European realist fiction, the story recounts the attempt of a disgruntled housewife to bring about the misery and destruction of her entire extended family. Fans of Tolstoy's War and Peace will enjoy Cousin Bette.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910566476603321

Autore

Bacinello Anna

Titolo

Quantitative Risk Assessment in Life, Health and Pension Insurance

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 p.)

Soggetti

Research and information: general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The high volatility in financial markets, together with the ultra-low interest rate environment and increased life expectancy, constitute serious threats for providers of long-term investment guarantees and lifelong benefits. Even if the COVID-19 pandemic is currently causing a mortality shock, its influence on future mortality is not clear and one possible scenario could be a further increase in the life expectancy of survivors. The risk involved with all of these "exogenous" factors is amplified by the uncertainty characterizing individuals' behavior when making decisions concerning, e.g., surrender, partial withdrawals, annuitization, etc. This special issue aims at contributing to the study of suitable solutions allowing to build resilience against various risks that impact on life, health and pension insurance portfolios. In particular, it collects five high-quality research papers analysing theoretical or practical aspects related to the following topics: Design of new pension insurance products and risk-management of loan insurance; Assessing capital requirements for demographic risk in a life insurance portfolio - Stochastic models and numerical techniques; Analysis and risk-management of the long-run impact of COVID-19 on the life insurance business.