scholarly journals CONCENTRATION AND COMPETITION RESEARCH. THE INSURANCE MARKET OF UKRAINE

2019 ◽  
pp. 26-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Zhuravka ◽  
O. Pakhnenko ◽  
A. Sukhomlyn
Keyword(s):  
Life Insurance ◽  
Concentration Level ◽  
Market Concentration ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Insurance Premiums ◽  
The World ◽  
Risk Insurance ◽  
Significant Concentration

The concentration of the insurance market is an objective process that evolves by the trends of the world market laws. In practice, many countries use a whole set of indicators that are developed by the world economic science to estimate the concentration level in different sectors of the economy. Official statistics, unfortunately, give only a fragmentary assessment of the concentration level of the domestic insurance market. The National Financial Services Commission considers two indicators: the concentration ratio and the Herfindahl-Hirschman index. The analysis of these indicators is provided on the whole market and separately on the non-life and Life insurance markets only by the volume of insurance premiums. Such an assessment is very general, and the insurance market of Ukraine remains informationally closed. Studies have shown that the level of market concentration is related to the processes of monopolization and competition. Significant concentration on the life insurance market, which in turn defines it as moderately monopolized and not a significant concentration on the risk insurance market, which has a significant level of competition. However, among a large number of insurance companies in the insurance market other than life insurance, it is possible to single out leaders who, compared to their competitors, have a significant amount of insurance payments and hold a significant share of the market in terms of insurance premiums, assets and what is important for customer - the proper level of payments, which is confirmed by the amount of insurance claims. In the market of risk insurance of Ukraine the leaders are such system-forming insurance companies as «UNIKA», «IG TAS», «ARSENAL UKRAINE», «PZU UKRAINE», «АХА INSURANCE» and «INGO UKRAINE». Key words: insurance market, concentration of insurance market, rating, assets of insurance companies, level of payments, competition.

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.

Indian Life Insurance Market and Corporate Performances: A Study of Selected Firms

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy Chakraborty ◽  
Partha Pratim Sengupta
Keyword(s):  
Market Share ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Market Concentration ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Life Insurance Company ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Life Insurers ◽  
Company Limited

In the pre-reform era, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LICI) dominated the Indian life insurance market with a market share close to 100 percent. But the situation drastically changed since the enactment of the IRDA Act in 1999. At the end of the FY 2012-13, the market share of LICI stood at around 73 percent with the number of players having risen to 24 in the countrys life insurance sector. One of the reasons for such a decline in the market share of LICI during the post-reform period could be attributed to the increasing competition prevailing in the countrys life insurance sector. At the same time, the liberalization of the life insurance sector for private participation has eventually raised issues about ensuring sound financial performance and solvency of the life insurance companies besides protection of the interest of policyholders. The present study is an attempt to evaluate and compare the financial performances, solvency, and the market concentration of the four leading life insurers in India namely the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LICI), ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited (ICICI PruLife), HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited (HDFC Standard), and SBI Life Insurance Company Limited (SBI Life), over a span of five successive FYs 2008-09 to 2012-13. In this regard, the CARAMELS model has been used to evaluate the performances of the selected life insurers, based on the Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) as published by IMF. In addition to this, the Solvency and the Market Concentration Analyses were also presented for the selected life insurers for the given period. The present study revealed the preexisting dominance of LICI even after 15 years since the privatization of the countrys life insurance sector.

STATE OF CONCENTRATION AND MONOPOLIZATION OF THE INSURANCE MARKET OF UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (21(49)) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Anna Novoseletska
Keyword(s):  
Life Insurance ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Property Insurance ◽  
Insurance Group ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Risk Insurance ◽  
Financial Groups

The intensity and quality of insurance market development are directly related to the level of competition, concentration and monopolization between insurance companies. Although the insurance market of Ukraine is insignificant in terms of key indicators in comparison with foreign ones, the competitiveness of its insurers is very important to ensure proper insurance protection of policyholders. The article is devoted to the assessment of the processes of concentration and monopolization of the insurance market of Ukraine. The study analyzed the structure of the insurance market by segments, concentration indicators and the Herfindahl-Hirschman index for the market as a whole and for individual types of insurance, gradation of insurance companies by the amount of collected insurance premiums. Based on the assessment, it was determined that the insurance market of Ukraine is generally low concentrated, as well as the sector of risky types of insurance. Among the selected segments of the insurance market, the most concentrated is the CASCO insurance. In the field of health insurance there is a slightly lower level of concentration and monopolization as in the OTSPVVNTZ segment. The market of classical property insurance is the least concentrated. The life insurance segment is characterized by moderate concentration and monopolization. The most powerful insurance companies in the relevant sectors of the insurance market of Ukraine are outlined. Since 2015, the top three leaders of the life insurance market are PJSC “MetLife”, PJSC “Insurance Group TAS” and PJSC “IC UNIСA LIFE”. Virtually unchanged leaders in the field of risk insurance during 2018-2020 were PJSC “IC ARX”, PJSC “IC UNICA” and PJSC “Insurance Group TAS”, which are members of financial groups that include leaders of the life insurance market. In general, the national insurance market is becoming more concentrated, which will be appropriate and accepted benefits while strong market players will not involve their residents, and the state controls these processes.

scholarly journals Life insurance: features, present state and problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 11/2 (-) ◽  
pp. 29-33
Author(s):  
Oksana PONOMAROVA ◽  
Viktoriia SYNYPOSTOL ◽  
Alina SHTANKO
Keyword(s):  
Life Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Insurance Risk ◽  
Insurance Premiums ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
General Insurance

The essence of life insurance, its features and advantages in comparison with other kinds of insurance is considered. Influence of changes of insurance payments on change of level of payments is analyzed and the interrelation between insurance premiums and insurance payments is found out. The forecast for 2021–2023 on insurance premiums and payments accordingly is constructed. In connection with this, the study of the life insurance market in Ukraine and the identification of the main problems of its development is currently quite relevant. Life insurance plays an important role in ensuring security and social stability in the country. Considering the economic essence of life insurance, it should be noted its feature, which is a combination of properties of insurance protection and savings. In this regard, in the general insurance market of the country, its structural segment has specific features in defining the basic concepts of insurance risk and insured event. Yes, insurance risk is based on the unpredictability of the event. The brake on the development of the life insurance market in Ukraine is that the capitalization and financial condition of the vast majority of insurance companies is unsatisfactory and does not ensure their competitiveness even in the domestic market. The limited amount and imperfect structure of financial savings of most insurers prevent them from becoming an effective institution of social protection and investment in the Ukrainian economy. Among the inhibiting factors should also be noted the limited investment activities of insurers. It is defined the basic problems that hinder the development of life insurance in Ukraine.

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 The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the insurance market of Uzbekistan and ways to develop funded life insurance

2021 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
pp. 06028
Author(s):  
Dinora Baratova ◽  
Khayrullo Khasanov ◽  
Ikromjon Musakhonzoda ◽  
Shokhruh Abdumuratov ◽  
Khusniddin Uktamov
Keyword(s):  
Life Insurance ◽  
External Factor ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Policy ◽  
Investment Return ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

This article puts the emphasis on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Uzbek insurance market and ways to elaborate funded life insurance. In addition, analyzed international practice in the development of life insurance in the world is analyzed. Scientists and experts have also conducted research on the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on the insurance market of Uzbekistan. It worthy to note that the insurer is a specific entity operating under the laws of Uzbekistan, and the consumer can be real (with a life insurance policy) and potential (which can be insured under accumulative life insurance). The questionnaires developed by us for research purposes were divided into four groups, and a survey was conducted. In addition, the impact of inflation as an external factor, the rate of investment return arising from the results of the insurer’s investment activities, was assessed. In addition, indicators on the mass of risk were offered for the insurer. Conclusions and recommendations were made on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the insurance market of Uzbekistan and ways to develop funded life insurance.

scholarly journals Trust – the Intangible Asset of Policyholder Behavior on Insurance Market

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (s1) ◽  
pp. 125-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela-Mihaela Mureşan ◽  
Gabriel Armean
Keyword(s):  
Life Insurance ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Intangible Asset ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Initial Sample

Abstract Our analysis aims to identify the typology of consumers’ behavior on insurance market. The initial sample consisted of 1579 individuals who were randomly selected by Metro Media Transilvania (MMT) with the Computer-Assisted Telephonic Interview (CATI) method. Using the Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and logistic regression, we are showing that higher levels of trust, pleasant experiences, income and education have a positive impact on insurance development. This theoretical approach is relatively new as there are no specialized studies to investigate the intangible asset in insurance companies in Romania’s case. This article should help the insurers to understand the role of trust and the importance of pleasant experiences in selling financial services such as life insurance and voluntary private pension.

scholarly journals Stackelberg Equilibrium Premium Strategies for Push-Pull Competition in a Non-Life Insurance Market with Product Differentiation

Risks ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Søren Asmussen ◽  
Bent Jesper Christensen ◽  
Julie Thøgersen
Keyword(s):  
Differential Game ◽  
Product Differentiation ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Diffusion Approximation ◽  
Risk Process ◽  
Stackelberg Equilibrium ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies

Two insurance companies I 1 , I 2 with reserves R 1 ( t ) , R 2 ( t ) compete for customers, such that in a suitable differential game the smaller company I 2 with R 2 ( 0 ) < R 1 ( 0 ) aims at minimizing R 1 ( t ) − R 2 ( t ) by using the premium p 2 as control and the larger I 1 at maximizing by using p 1 . Deductibles K 1 , K 2 are fixed but may be different. If K 1 > K 2 and I 2 is the leader choosing its premium first, conditions for Stackelberg equilibrium are established. For gamma-distributed rates of claim arrivals, explicit equilibrium premiums are obtained, and shown to depend on the running reserve difference. The analysis is based on the diffusion approximation to a standard Cramér-Lundberg risk process extended to allow investment in a risk-free asset.

scholarly journals Etyczno-prawne aspekty (nie)odpowiedzialności klimatyczne

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 201-214
Author(s):  
aleksandra Dziubińska
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Weather Extremes ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Intensive Farming ◽  
Diffi Cult ◽  
The World ◽  
Risk Insurance

Climate change has intensifi ed in recent years. The resulting climatic disasters are no longer a distant future, but a diffi cult reality. This subject has been un-derestimated for too long. The aim of this article is to highlight our ineptitude and the mistakes we have made as tenants of this planet, and to fi nd and analyse solutions that would be most eff ective and at the same time most benefi cial to the most disadvantaged. The climate change was caused by man, among others through the burning of fossil fuels, intensive farming, or clearing and burning forests. Mainly a man who lives in highly developer part of the world. The con-sequences of climate change, such as the rise in average temperatures, rising sea and ocean levels, and weather extremes aff ect mainly underdeveloped regions, which due to their diffi cult economic situation, have in fact contributed least to change. The Paris Agreement recognised that losses and damage resulting from weather extremes are indeed caused by climate change. Unfortunately, it was also made clear that countries aff ected by such damage have no right to claim damages for this reason. The problem is being tackled by insurance companies that off er climate risk insurance, as well as climate lawsuits.

scholarly journals Insurance Market of Ukraine: Current State and Development Problems

2020 ◽  
pp. 284-291
Author(s):  
Olha Kotsiurba ◽  
◽  
Daria Nasypaiko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Insurance ◽  
Sharp Decrease ◽  
State Level ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Cyber Insurance ◽  
Current State ◽  
National Insurance ◽  
Stable Development

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the Ukraine’ insurance market functioning in the modern conditions of emergence of new unforeseen threats and challenges. The current state of the national insurance market is analyzed and the main trends of its development in 2017-2020 are identified. It was found that the change in the main indicators of the insurance market of Ukraine occurred under the influence of economic downturn due to the spread of coronary heart disease. Thus, if until 2020 the national insurance market was marked by insignificant but stable development, then from 2020 it was significantly affected by restrictive quarantine measures at the state level, which led to a sharp decrease of 19% in gross insurance premiums compared to 2019. There was a decrease in the number of insurers during the study period from 296 to 215, with the largest decrease in the number of companies providing insurance other than life insurance. It is noted that the impetus for the national insurance market development will provide the sale of new insurance products, such as cyber-insurance, P2P insurance and microinsurance, blockchain and smart contracts in insurance, insuretech. The main problems that hinder the development of the national insurance market are identified. These include: the lack of a unified state strategy for the development of the national insurance market, the change of the regulator and, accordingly, the general vision of the development of the national insurance market by its representatives; imperfection and fragmentation of the regulatory framework in the field of insurance; underdeveloped financial market and lack of liquid and reliable financial instruments for investing resources of insurance companies; fears of fraud; low level of innovation by insurers; improper level of information openness of the insurance market, etc. The solution of these problems will ensure its formation as a driver of economic development of the country.

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