RENEWAL AND RECONSTRUCTION IN WORLDWIDE ENERGY INSURANCE MARKETS—TOWARDS A MORE COMPETITIVE 2000

1997 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 594
Author(s):  
W.N. Grierson ◽  
I. P. Curtin
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Markets ◽  
Year 2000

Whilst the over-riding aim of insurance for oil and gas explorers/producers is to provide financial stability to their operations, the recent fortunes of the market, and consequently the availability and pricing of the protection it provides have been more volatile than any objective assessment would allow.Following record underwriting losses in the late 1980s and early 1990s, which quite literally bankrupted a large number of names and underwriters at Lloyds as well as several of the smaller speciality energy insurance companies, the market has been undergoing a period of significant change. This paper provides a 'snap shot5 of the current position, including reference to major influential factors such as:the changing structure of the market and the emergence and effect of new underwriting capital;the progress of the 'renewal and reconstruction' program at Lloyds-still the undoubted international leader in energy insurance;the increase in capacity of oil industry mutuals and other alternatives to the traditional insurance market;the effects of new technologies on pure risk;the safety imperative worldwide; andglobal loss trends and possible effects of escalating weather-related catastrophes.The paper reaches the conclusion that whilst nothing in the oil industry is certain, the combination of factors currently in play should provide a more competitive and stable energy insurance market for Australian explorers/producers into the year 2000.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATION OF BANKRUPTCY INSURANCE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliya Ignatovich
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Accurate Analysis ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Probability Of Bankruptcy

The analysis of probability of bankruptcy is one of directions of financial analysis, and the general purpose of financial analysis – rendering assistance in development of reasonable and effective administrative decisions. The analysis is important for all subjects of the insurance market, including the National Bank of Ukraine, as the regulator of the financial services market, which is interested in the financial stability of the insurance market. Especially, if in recent years there has been a tendency to reduce the number of insurers. The bankruptcy probability assessment may be carried out by the management of the company itself to identify weaknesses and prevent bankruptcy. There is great interest in methods that allow assessing the probability of bankruptcy in advance, predicting the onset of financial insolvency of the organization. Analysis of the likelihood of bankruptcy allows the company to obtain an objective assessment of its activities, can adjust it in the right direction by taking prompt or preventive measures. The aim of the research is to determine the probability of bankruptcy of the insurance company, by the example of ALC “IC “Motor-Garant”” on the basis of foreign and domestic models, such as Taffler-Tishaw, Springate, A.P. Zaitseva. Analysis of the likelihood of bankruptcy by several methods will be carried out on the basis of the data reflected in the company’s financial statements. These models are considered to determine the probability of bankruptcy of the insurance company, determining their main advantages and disadvantages, as well as the possibility of their use in practice. It is proved, that the estimation of probability of bankruptcy of insurance companies in modern conditions of doing business allows to define the real situation of the insurer in the market and to reveal critical moments in activity. As a matter of fact, the earth models were started for the old enterprises, but is it the land has its own specifics. However, one should take into account that all forecasting methods have their limitations and inaccuracies. For the most complete and accurate analysis it is recommended to rely on the results of three or more different models.

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in the Oil Industry: Will it Take My Job?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armstrong Lee Agbaji
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Deep Dive ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Robotics

Abstract Historically, the oil and gas industry has been slow and extremely cautious to adopt emerging technologies. But in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the industry has broken from tradition. It has not only embraced AI; it is leading the pack. AI has not only changed what it now means to work in the oil industry, it has changed how companies create, capture, and deliver value. Thanks, or no thanks to automation, traditional oil industry skills and talents are now being threatened, and in most cases, rendered obsolete. Oil and gas industry day-to-day work is progressively gravitating towards software and algorithms, and today’s workers are resigning themselves to the fact that computers and robots will one day "take over" and do much of their work. The adoption of AI and how it might affect career prospects is currently causing a lot of anxiety among industry professionals. This paper details how artificial intelligence, automation, and robotics has redefined what it now means to work in the oil industry, as well as the new challenges and responsibilities that the AI revolution presents. It takes a deep-dive into human-robot interaction, and underscores what AI can, and cannot do. It also identifies several traditional oilfield positions that have become endangered by automation, addresses the premonitions of professionals in these endangered roles, and lays out a roadmap on how to survive and thrive in a digitally transformed world. The future of work is evolving, and new technologies are changing how talent is acquired, developed, and retained. That robots will someday "take our jobs" is not an impossible possibility. It is more of a reality than an exaggeration. Automation in the oil industry has achieved outcomes that go beyond human capabilities. In fact, the odds are overwhelming that AI that functions at a comparable level to humans will soon become ubiquitous in the industry. The big question is: How long will it take? The oil industry of the future will not need large office complexes or a large workforce. Most of the work will be automated. Drilling rigs, production platforms, refineries, and petrochemical plants will not go away, but how work is done at these locations will be totally different. While the industry will never entirely lose its human touch, AI will be the foundation of the workforce of the future. How we react to the AI revolution today will shape the industry for generations to come. What should we do when AI changes our job functions and workforce? Should we be training AI, or should we be training humans?

scholarly journals Mechanisms of Protection from Interest Rate Risk with Reference to the Life Insurance Market in Montenegro

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-42
Author(s):  
Milijana Novović Burić ◽  
Vladimir Kašćelan ◽  
Milivoje Radović ◽  
Ana Lalević Filipović
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Interest Rate Risk ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Rate Risk

Abstract Insurance companies are facing major challenges that point to the need for control process and risk management. Risk management in insurance has a direct impact on solvency, economic security, and overall financial stability of insurance companies. It is very important for insurance companies to adequately calculate risks to which they are exposed. Asset liability management (ALM), as an integrated approach to financial management, requires simultaneous decision-making about categories and values of assets and liabilities in order to establish the optimum volume and the ratio of assets and liabilities, with the understanding of complexity of the financial market in which financial institutions operate. ALM focuses on a significant number of risks, whereby the emphasis in this paper will be on interest rate risk which indicates potential losses that may reflect in a lower interest margin, a lower value of assets or both, in terms of changes in interest rates. In the above context, the aim of this paper is to show how to protect from interest rate changes and how these changes influence the insurance market in Montenegro, both from the theoretical and the practical point of view. The authors consider this to be an interesting and very important topic, especially because the life insurance market in Montenegro is underdeveloped and subject to fluctuations. Also, taking into account the fact that Montenegro is a country that has been making serious efforts to join the EU, it is expected that insurance companies in Montenegro will strengthen their financial position in the market even using the ALM traditional techniques, which is shown in this paper.

scholarly journals Institutional forms and their competitive analysis of organization of insurance activities in Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
Olga Slobodianiuk ◽  
Galina Tolkacheva
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Competitive Analysis ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Strategic Development ◽  
Ability To Act

Introduction. In the insurance market of Ukraine, there is a need for non-commercial insurance, which does not carry out business activities in favor of shareholders, but implements the principle of collective mutual assistance of insurance participants. Its necessity is determined, first of all, by the possibility at affordable prices to provide real insurance coverage to the general population, agricultural producers, small business representatives, and others like that. The development of the strategic development of the work of insurance companies prompts them to rational use of all their resources, in order to increase their efficiency at all stages of development. For this purpose, special methods of strategic management are used, which include the search for economic criteria that provide an objective assessment of the company's activities. Thus, conducting this analysis will enable each company to make it competitive on the insurance market. Aim and tasks. The purpose of the article is to reveal and substantiate the institutional forms and perform SWOT analysis to identify the weak and strong points of the organization of the insurance company and the strategic development of insurance activities in general. Research results. The article reveals the concept of institutional forms of organization of insurance activity in Ukraine. Conducted competitive analysis (SWOT-analysis) of strategic development of insurance companies and organization of insurance activity in Ukraine. The proposed ways of strategic development, weak and strong forms of organization of insurance activity are revealed. Conclusion. Insurance companies have financial institutionalization of their forms of activity. Under this concept is understood the process of consolidation of norms, roles, statuses, rules for bringing and combining them into the insurance system for the ability to act for insurance protection. The conducted analysis of the activity of the insurance company, its development strategy provides an opportunity to identify the most promising directions for its development and organization of work. Thus, the identification of weak and strong sides of the company, based on SWOT analysis, positively influences the development of the company's future strategy, its organizational structure, as well as the quality and price of insurance services.

scholarly journals Insurance Sector Development and its Effect on the Financial Markets in Developing Countries: The Case of Kosovo

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Blerta Haliti Baruti
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Direct Role ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Insurance Sector

The purpose of this paper is to extract the important factors in the nature of insurance companies and their direct role in the economic and financial system development. This market study aims to analyse the insurance system in Kosovo by determining and then analysing its structure, the degree of concentration of insurance companies on the insurance market, their behaviour towards price, number of participants, companies operating in this market and types of products and services they provide. Our analysis are gathered on statistical and qualitative data through the study of the theories on insurance market development in other countries. Furthermore, for the empirical analysis, we used secondary data from Central Bank of Kosovo, Insurance Companies and Association Insurance of Kosovo. Also, we conducted two surveys. First, we conducted a survey with finance managers from all insurance companies and secondary survey was in general, for people who work. This way we tried to get a better understanding of the issue at hand.  The identification of these factors would enable insurance companies to design policies that tackle the demands of consumers for voluntary insurance policies and at the same time to contribute to financial stability of Kosovo’s economy. At the end we have to come out with conclusions on the main research question: Does Insurance Development affect the Financial Markets in developing countries? The expected outcome is that the insurance sector in Kosovo is an important factor for the further development of the financial system.

Market structure, efficiency and profitability of insurance companies in Ghana

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 648-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Latif Alhassan ◽  
George Kojo Addisson ◽  
Michael E. Asamoah
Keyword(s):  
Market Structure ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Consumer Welfare ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Markets ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the regulatory-driven market structure on firm pricing behaviour by testing the structure-conduct-performance (S-C-P) hypothesis for both life and non-life insurance markets in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach – Using a panel data on 14 life and 22 non-life insurers from 2007 to 2011, the authors employed the Herfindahl Hirschman Index and concentration ratio as proxies for the S-C-P hypothesis while efficiency scores were estimated using the data envelopment analysis technique to proxy for the efficient structure (ES) hypothesis. The dependent variable, profitability was measured as return on assets while controlling for size, underwriting risk, leverage, GDP growth rate and inflation. The models were estimated using the panel corrected standard errors of Beck and Katz (1995) and random effects estimations. Findings – The results from the empirical estimation provide ample evidence in support for ES hypothesis for both life and non-life insurance markets. While conflicting results was found for SCP hypothesis in the non-life insurance market, it was rejected in the life insurance market. The findings also point to an increasing level of competition in both life and non-life insurance industry in Ghana though they still remain concentrated with the life insurance sector having high levels of efficiency compared to the non-life sector. Practical implications – The findings of the study will enhance the understanding of firm behaviour in the new markets created to shape regulatory and competition policies of the regulator to promote consumer welfare while ensuring a stable industry to enhance its role in economic development. Originality/value – This is the first study to test the market power and efficient hypotheses on the insurance industry in Ghana. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first to examine the determinants of profitability in the non-life insurance market.

scholarly journals The insurance market in the young population of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl

2019 ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Mónica Álvarez-García ◽  
Carlos Guerrero-Ibarra ◽  
Silvia Gutiérrez-Jiménez ◽  
Margarita Larios-Calva
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Young Population ◽  
Market Sector ◽  
National Insurance ◽  
General Director

The insurance market in Mexico has grown slowly even though crime has increased in recent years, this is due to the lack of risk prevention culture within the population. Regarding young people, nowadays with the advance of new technologies, the use of cell phones, tablets, laptops and video games has increased. Likewise, for them, the favorite means of transport are "motorcycles and bicycles," which is why some insurance companies are working to offer new and diverse products, thus seeking a change in the use of insurance by the future customers: the "Millennials." Insecurity is one of the great problems that afflict our country. It has gone from car and house theft, to the theft of the vehicles most used by young people: motorcycles. According to figures from the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions (AMIS), motorcycles of the Italika and Honda brands were among the 10 most stolen insured vehicles in the period from May 2017 to April 2018 (eldictamen.mx). Regarding cell phones, Anatel (National Communications Association) General Director Gabriel Székely said that in 2016, 900 thousand were stolen, while 2017 exceeded one million (heraldodemexico.com.mx). The general objective of this project is to find out if Millennials currently have a culture of insuring their belongings against theft and if this new market sector of young people can be considered. A documentary review and descriptive-quantitative research was carried out in Bosques de Aragón, Nezahualcóyotl, with a sample of 122 young people between 15 and 29 years of age. In the documentary review it was detected that car and life policy insurances are the most sold by insurance companies. According to the National Insurance and Bail Bonding Commission (CNSF), in this regard, the insurance companies have the possibility of creating new and better services that can cover the equipment currently being used by young people and, at the same time, increase their market. The results obtained show that 89% of the population investigated considers that it is important to have insurance and 36% have one, mainly for cars or life, but they never mentioned having electronic equipment or motorcycles insured.

scholarly journals Financial stability analysis and forecasting insurance market of Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
pp. 06013
Author(s):  
Mikhail K. Chernyakov ◽  
Olesya V. Usacheva ◽  
Natalia I. Aksenova ◽  
Saidmuktori Mukhtorzada
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Prospective Analysis ◽  
Real Sector ◽  
Loss Ratio ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Debt Burden ◽  
Coefficient Method

The article investigates the influence of various parameters and coefficients on financial stability, groups the factors according to their degree of influence and highlights the most significant for the insurance sector. We assumed the existence of a relationship between financial stability and indicators of debt burden, capital stock for meeting obligations, ratio of receivables and payables, expense ratio and loss ratio. The hypothesis was substantiated by analyzing investment investments of insurance companies in the real sector of the economy using the coefficient method and a prospective analysis of the paradoxical theory of regulation.

scholarly journals ROADMAP FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF CYBER INSURANCE IN UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 217-226
Author(s):  
N.V. Prykaziuk ◽  
◽  
L.S. Gumenyuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Customer Orientation ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Markets ◽  
Cyber Insurance ◽  
Current State ◽  
Mechanism Of Interaction ◽  
Goals And Objectives

The article examines the process of implementing cyber insurance in the world and proposes a Roadmap for implementation in Ukraine. The key goals and objectives facing the insurance market of Ukraine and the regulator in order to achieve this goal are considered. Approximate deadlines for the necessary measures to prepare for the introduction of cyber insurance in the Ukrainian economy are outlined. The key features of regulations in the field of cyber security in the EU and Australia are highlighted and ways to adapt them in Ukraine are proposed. Promising means to increase the security of individuals and legal entities in the digital space on the example of the mechanism of interaction between insurers and expert organizations in Australia. The main vectors of cooperation between insurance companies and expert organizations in the field of cyber security in the Ukrainian and global insurance markets are listed. A system of interaction between the subjects of cyber-insurance relations with the positioning of the insured in the center of relations as a key participant in insurance has been developed, which proves the high customer orientation of this area of ​​insurance business. The current problems of the Ukrainian insurance market are substantiated and the ways of their solution through the mechanism of cyber insurance implementation are offered: modeling of the mechanism of estimation of losses from cyber attacks, monitoring of the current state of insurers, development of ways to minimize cyber incidents. The dynamics of cyber incidents in 2020 is analyzed and the correlation between the occurrence of global lockdowns caused by COVID-19 and the growth in the number of cyber attacks is revealed. Based on the analysis, it is proved that the introduction of cyber insurance in Ukraine is a necessary tool to protect all participants in insurance relations from cyber risks and for the development of the insurance market as a whole.

FINANCIAL STABILITY MANAGEMENT OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 128-135
Author(s):  
E. A. RUSETSKAYA ◽  
◽  
L. V. AGARKOVA ◽  
V. V. AGARKOV ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
The State ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Individual State ◽  
State Control ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Insurance Business

When substantiating the relevance of management decisions to ensure the financial stability of insurance companies, both for the insurers themselves and for individual state institutions, it is necessary to point out the tightening of the practice of state control and regulation of the insurance business in order to comply with the requirements of insurance legislation, protect the interests and rights of policyholders, insurers, the state and other subjects of the insurance market. The article is devoted to the study of the issues of financial stability of the insurance company and the substantiation of the mechanism for managing this category, which includes a sequence of interrelated stages. The priority directions for improving the mechanism for managing the financial stability of an insurance company are presented.

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