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Gérard de LA MARTINIERE Chairman FFSA Monte-Carlo Rendezvous 9 September 2003 , Monte-Carlo. CAUSES and LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES of ASSET VOLATILITY on INSURANCE. Market situation. Stock price fall & overreaction of insurance. Three main over/underreaction turning points.
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Gérard de LA MARTINIEREChairmanFFSAMonte-Carlo Rendezvous9 September 2003,Monte-Carlo CAUSES and LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES of ASSET VOLATILITY on INSURANCE
Stock price fall & overreaction of insurance • Three main over/underreaction turning points
An exuberance not totally irrational • … but a turning point in autumn 2000
Price’s correlation with expected return • … particularly during the fall of stock prices
Expected return driven by interest rate • … but its rise after mid 2000 is not
Risk premium driven by business sentiment • … but its rise since 2002 is not
Decomposition of price variation since 1993 • …expected return explains most price variations
Decomposition of expected return • …underlines the crucial role of the risk premium
Recent overreaction of insurance quotation • … overreaction during the recent falling episode
Growing expected return gap vs market • … exploding between mid 2002 & mid 2003
Decomposition of price variation since 1993 • … negative contribution of the risk premium
Whole market perspectives • … clear upturn perspectives
Insurance market perspectives • … upturn so as for the whole market
Conclusions What lessons from the current financial crisis ?