Russian laws governing marine insurance and the development of mutual insurance

Author(s):  
Kseniia Novikova ◽  
Mehran Idris Khan ◽  
Yen-Chiang Chang
2021 ◽  
pp. 281-298
Author(s):  
Andrew C. A. Elliott

Insurance makes use of the law of large numbers to mitigate the effects of risks on individuals by allowing them to be shared collectively. Early insurance arrangements arose as friendly societies and mutual insurance companies. Marine insurance has a long history and remains a major insurance market. Fire insurance provides compensation in the face of a capricious and frightening risk, but also invites fraudulent claims. Increasing amounts of information provide challenges for insurance underwriting: can there be too much information? The principle of insurance is that of averaging out of independent risks, but when risks are not independent, as may be the case when it comes to climate change, is there still any role for insurance?


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