scholarly journals The evolution and determinants of Chinese property insurance companies’ profitability: A DEA-based perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teng-yu Zhao ◽  
Ruimin Pei ◽  
Jiao-feng Pan
Keyword(s):  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Property Insurance

SUBROGATION IN INSURANCE CONTRACT

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1985-1991
Author(s):  
Tatjana Dimov
Keyword(s):  
Insurance Contract ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Property Insurance ◽  
Insured Person ◽  
Legal Position ◽  
Insured Loss ◽  
Injured Party ◽  
The Right ◽  
Insurance Agreement ◽  
Responsible Person

Subrogation is a legal right characteristically reserved by property insurers. Subrogation occurs in property insurance and in some particular cases of liability insurance. The doctrine of subrogation operates to ensure protection of certain specific principles relevant to the property insurance including the principle of indemnification whereby the compensation received is no more and no less than a full indemnity for the insured loss or damage suffered by the insured due to loss occurrence, the principle of non-cumulation in terms of claims under the same insurance contract and the principle which excludes claiming indemnity from the person who is legally responsible for causing the loss, because otherwise the insurance contract may be an unjustified source of profit for the insured as the insured would get double recovery or paid out twice for the same claim.With the payment of the reimbursement from an insurance agreement on the insurer, all rights that the insured has towards the persons responsible for the damage up to the amount of the paid compensation are transferred. With the subrogation, the insurer takes up the legal position of the insured person and exercises his right to subrogation from the rights of the insured (derivative acquisition of the right), so that the insurer exceeds the claims in scope and amount as the insured had towards the perpetrator.Subrogation is the right of the insurer, it is not his obligation. The insurer is not obliged to use this right to transfer the rights to the responsible person.The notion of subrogation is often associated with the concept of insurance regression. But there is a difference between these two terms: recourse is the right of the insurer to claim the amount of compensation that he has paid to the insured (injured parties) from the harmful person, while subrogation is the transfer of the right (the claim for damages to the responsible person) from the insured to the insurer up to the amount of the compensation paid on the basis of an insurance contract. The right to recourse is a consequence of the existence of subrogation, i.e. transfer of the rights of the insured person to the responsible person, and which is reached by the law itself.Тhe subrogation doctrine also operates to ensure that the defendant or the person who is legally responsible for the loss shall not be absolved of liability under the civil law. Namely, the perpetrator should bear the consequences of his liability for the caused damage, and therefore the legislator of the insurer (as one of the contractual parties in insurance contract) has recognized the right what he has paid the injured party (as the contractual party in the insurance contract called the insured) to calm from the perpetrator.Furthermore, subrogation doctrine operates to ensure profit for the insurance companies whereby the reimbursement funds the claims or sum insured are covered from additionally grow; therefore, this doctrine is of great importance to the insurers.

Configuration analysis of influencing factors of operating efficiency based on fsQCA: evidence from China’s property insurance industry

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiguang Li ◽  
Yaokuang Li ◽  
Wei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Operating Efficiency ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Leverage Ratio ◽  
Property Insurance ◽  
High Loss ◽  
Core Conditions

Purpose Based on the perspective of complexity theory, the operation process of property insurance companies can be regarded as a complex dynamic nonlinear chaotic system. This paper aims to measure the operating efficiency of 29 Chinese domestic property and casualty (P&C) companies and 18 foreign-invested P&C companies from 2011 to 2017 and outline the path to achieving high-quality development. Design/methodology/approach The data were obtained from the Chinese Insurance Yearbook and China Statistical Yearbook 2012–2018. The data envelopment analysis method was used to calculate the technical efficiency of property insurance companies and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis is used for configuration analysis of determinants affecting technical efficiency. Findings This paper founds the average technical efficiency of Chinese domestic P&C insurance companies was 0.914 and that of foreign-invested P&C insurance companies was 0.895. The average total factor productivity of Chinese domestic P&C insurance companies was 1.058 and that of foreign-invested P&C insurance companies was 1.051. There were three modes to improve the company’s technical efficiency, with high loss ratio and low reinsurance ratio, poor employee education and higher leverage ratio and high leverage ratio and low reinsurance ratio as the core conditions. Originality/value This study puts forward four applicable, targeted and proven ways to improve the technical efficiency of China’s P&C insurance industry. These configurations were verified by the cases of existing property insurance companies, which can provide practical references for the insurance industry.

Extension of product line of property insurance (insurance of memorial monuments and plates as an example)

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 186-195
Author(s):  
Ирина Суслова ◽  
Irina Suslova ◽  
Елена Бокарева ◽  
Elena Bokareva ◽  
Антонина Соколова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Line ◽  
Insurance Contract ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Material World ◽  
Property Insurance ◽  
The Law ◽  
Funeral Services

Experience of the last ten years says that monuments become the object of violations and destructions. Almost daily shocking news of vandalism on burial places are appearing in mass media. Such behavior of violators of the law causes sincere neglect and misunderstanding in decent citizens. At the same time citizens are concerned by safety of monuments as subjects of a material world, look for ways to save them from possible encroachments, and themselves from unplanned expenditure on their restoration. It is known that the monuments executed from noble stones, shod fencings and marble slabs cost much, and from time to time is very expensive. And it is twice offensive when such gravestone constructions are exposed to attack and plunder. Today in Russia there are protected cemeteries, but as practice shows, and protection isn´t able to save a grave from this trouble. In that case insurance companies come to the rescue. They are ready to compensate the damage caused by vandals in the presence of the insurance contract. At first sight this service is strange, but its demand says that the condition of society where such immoral manifestations are possible is strange. The insurance contract execution of gravestone constructions of insurance company requires the passport of the insurer, the name of a cemetery and number of a grave, and also the documents for production of these constructions confirming the corresponding expenses. It is need to be note that such insurance can directly be made out on a place and supplement the list of the provided funeral services.

Die Vorteile des Staatsmonopols in der Gebäudeversicherung: Erfahrungen aus Deutschland und der Schweiz

2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Private Insurance ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Cross Section Data ◽  
Property Insurance ◽  
Section Data ◽  
Eu Directive ◽  
Standing Up

Abstract This paper compares the prices charged and the quality of service provided by state monopolies and private insurance companies on the property insurance market. Both the cross-section data from Switzerland and the time-series evidence from Germany strongly suggest that in this specific market the presence of state monopolies is very advantageous for the customers. This raises the question why German academic economists made practically no effort to defend their state insurance monopolies in the debate about the 3rd EU directive on property insurance. Is it possible that peer pressure prevents academic economists from standing up to defend state monopolies, even if these are clearly to the benefit of consumers?

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF COMPETITIVE POSITIONS OF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN THE NON-LIFE INSURANCE MARKET IN UKRAINE

2019 ◽  
pp. 88-94
Author(s):  
O. Pakhnenko ◽  
O. Zhuravka ◽  
V. Podhorna ◽  
A. Sukhomlyn
Keyword(s):  
Market Share ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Market Concentration ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Insurance Premiums ◽  
Property Insurance ◽  
Financial Condition

The paper explores the practical aspects of forming a competitive environment in the non-life insurance market of Ukraine and analyzes the competitiveness and financial performance of leading insurance companies. Based on the analysis of non-life insurance market concentration indicators, the authors concluded that there is no clear leader in this market, the level of market concentration is negligible. Based on the analysis of non-life insurance market leaders by volume of gross insurance premiums in the whole market and by main types of non-life insurance (CASCO, motor vehicle liability insurance, property insurance, fire and catastrophe risk insurance, CARGO, health insurance) the authors found that the leadership of insurance companies in the market does not mean their leadership in all types of non-life insurance; some insurance companies specialize in certain types of insurance and not being leaders in the insurance market at all occupy leading positions in certain segments of non-life insurance market. In order to provide a general assessment of the competitiveness of individual insurance companies in the non-life insurance market, the following indicators were selected: the volume of gross insurance premiums, gross insurance payments, insurance reserves and the amount of equity. In order to assess the size of market share of an individual insurance company in a more objective way, it is suggested to calculate the average share of the insurance company. The calculations made it possible to identify the leaders of the non-life insurance market in 2018 and to explore the dynamics of changes in their competitive position during 2016-2018. For the three insurance companies that have been identified as the leaders of the Ukrainian market non-life insurance in 2018 (“UNIKA”, “AXA Insurance” and “PZU Ukraine”), the authors analyzed the main indicators of their financial condition, namely the profitability of insurance services, profitability of sales, return on assets, return on equity, overall liquidity, absolute liquidity and autonomy. It was found that all the analyzed insurance companies are profitable, however, among the three leading Ukrainian insurance companies, the most effective in 2018 was the insurance company “PZU Ukraine” and the least profitable – “UNIKA”. Keywords: competitiveness, insurance company, market concentration, market share, competition.

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