self-insurance
noun[U]
INSURANCEukusasituationin which apersonorcompanydoes notbuyinsuranceagainst aparticularrisk:
Insuring a £1,500personalcomputerwillcostyou around £500. Saving that much in aself-insuranceaccountwould bebetter.
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It follows from the above optimality condition that the two2 period incentive compatibility contract provides greater insurance cover than doesself-insurancefrom issuing risk-free bonds.
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It basically provides a special case whereself-insurancecould be optimal.
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Next,self-insurancerefers to the private financial preparations that individuals make, such as savings, private pensions, insurance and other investments.
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This is because, given the gross consumption allocation, the agent is, on the margin, contemplating deviations to a lower credit level and a higher effort level (theself-insurancemotive).
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In the current framework, neither insurance contracts norself-insuranceby borrowing is available, and only fiat money can provide self-insurance against income fluctuations during middle age.
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In the absence of an insurance contract, only fiat money can play an essential role asself-insurance against the income fluctuations of middle-aged consumers in this environment.
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Second, land ownership providesself-insuranceagainst ever-present income shocks by serving as collateral for credit (formal and informal), and as a marketable asset for expenditure smoothing.
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Prevention is self-protection; control isself-insurance.
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That is a major objection at present to any proposal which encourages an increase inself-insuranceby local authorities.
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Checks could accordingly be carried out so as to guarantee theself-insuranceprinciple.
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I am sure that he understands that the legislation has nothing to do withself-insurance: it is do with third party compulsory insurance.
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The industry makes provision forself-insuranceagainst material damage—for example, to its stations—through its mutually owned subsidiary.
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These include the establishment ofself-insuranceschemes.
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In short, it is an in-houseself-insurancevehicle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When employed workers are imperfectly insured against the occurrence of such spells, they hoard assets forself-insurancepurposes.
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