scholarly journals Insurance Market Risk Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-147
Author(s):  
Olena Sukach ◽  
◽  
Svitlana Kozlovska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract. Introduction. The modern insurance market is characterized by a negative trend of reduction of companies-participants of the market. This situation is associated with a number of factors: crisis phenomena in the economy, a decrease in solvent demand, increased risks, growth of unprofitability of the insurance sector, regulatory work of the state. Рurpose. The main purpose of the study is to analyze the domestic insurance market, to identify modern methods and approaches to risk management in the market. The research methodology is based on modern provisions of statistical and economic analysis, empirical research, as well as methods of expert assessments. Results. The article reveals the risks of insurers taking into account the specifics of their manifestation, as well as the specific features of risk management of insurance companies. The problems of managing risks that affect financial stability in insurance companies in modern conditions are examined in the article. A classification of insurance risks and their impact on insurance companies are prepared. It is shown that today a wide range of techniques for estimating the insurance risks exist. The reference points that should be included in the system of risk management of the insurance organization at the present stage are determined. Conclusions. According to the results of the study, a decrease in insurance companies operating in the market, a decrease in premiums and total assets was noted. The expediency of building an optimal risk management system that affects the financial stability of the insurance business has been determined. The application of an integrated approach to risk management of insurance companies has been substantiated. Keywords: risk; risk management; insurance; insurance market; insurer; government regulation; risk classification; risk management strategy.

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 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.

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 Trends in Marketing of New Insurance Schemes and Distribution: An Empirical Study on Indian Life Insurance Sector

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-81
Author(s):  
Suman Kalyan Chaudhury ◽  
Sanjay Kanti Das
Keyword(s):  
Life Insurance ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Private Insurance ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Insurance Sector

Insurance has been an integral part of financial services system and recognised as a cornerstone of a country’s financial health and symbol of progress. Insurance provides for the financial security of citizens and their families. The present paper discusses the role of marketing in insurance distribution of life insurance sector in India as insurance offers a valuable investment advices and serves as an effective step towards both individual and national financial stability. The waves of globalisation have deeply influenced the insurance sector worldwide. Financial globalisation has been strongly supported by globalisation of insurance. With the increase in trade, direct investment and portfolio investment, there has been an ever growing demand for insurance services particularly in the emerging markets. Globalisation of insurance market, as a part of the overall process of liberalisation in emerging and other countries enabled the foreign insurance companies to enter in those countries and benefited both. Triggered by the sound fundamentals in global economy and internationalisation of world markets, several countries turned towards free market regimes in banking and insurance, putting an end to several decadeold state-owned controlled markets. There was a remarkable progress in the Indian insurance industry soon after the acceptance and adaptation of LPG in the year 1991. After 1991, the Indian life insurance industry has geared up in all respects, as well as it has been forced to face a lot of healthy competition from many national as well as international private insurance players. It is also reported by Swiss Re and Munich Re that there would be 20-25 percent growth in life and health insurance market by 2015, particularly in India and China. In this paper an effort is made to study the current status and challenges faced by the life insurance business houses in India.Journal of Business and Technology (Dhaka) Vol.9(2) 2014; 61-81

Part Two: Insurance Sector Development And Its Effect On The Financial Markets In Developing Countries: The Case Of Kosovo

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
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 study is to identify the connection between the insurance market and the financial markets. More specifically to analyze the nature of insurance companies and their direct role in the economic and financial system development. This market study aims to analyze the insurance system in Kosovo by defining and analyzing its structure, the degree of concentration of insurance companies on the insurance market, their behavior towards price, number of participants, companies operating in this market, and types of products and services they provide. This paper (part two of the study) will present the secondary data from Central Bank of Kosovo, Insurance Companies, and Insurance Association of Kosovo. The analysis are performed on quantitative and qualitative data through applying theories on insurance market development in other countries. It is imported to identify the factors because it enables 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. The study aims to conclude 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.

scholarly journals Dynamics of Ukrainian insurance market development through the prism of top-rating indicators of insurance companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (8) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
I. Demyanyuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Government Regulation ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Specific Weight ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
General Scientific

Insurance is a powerful catalyst for development of economy around the world. The domestic market of insurance services promotes to the redistribution of risks in the economy and forms the social protection of the population. Constant changes in economic processes and improvement of the provisions of state regulation form the relevance of the study of changes in insurance market indicators. The purpose of the study is to establish the dynamics of development of the insurance market in Ukraine through the prism of the top rating of insurance companies, including analysis of indicators of Zhytomyr region and to identify major gaps in the insurance sector and ways to remove it. The key tasks include: analysis of insurance payments and payouts of the top rating of insurance companies of Ukraine; assessment of the insurance market of Zhytomyr region in terms of insurance types; analysis of risks and prospects of the insurance market in the conditions of COVID-19. General scientific and statistical methods became research methods, namely: system analysis and generalization; methods of scientific abstraction, observation and comparison. The level of insurance payments and insurance payouts according to the top rating of insurance companies in Zhytomyr region and in Ukraine in general is assessed. A tendency to reduce the number of insurance companies due to changes in government regulation is detected. The specific weight of insurance payments and insurance payouts of Zhytomyr region within Ukraine is determined. A need to restore public confidence in the insurance market in order to increase the percentage of life insurance is detected. Leading companies in risky types of insurance in Zhytomyr region are identified. The risks and prospects of the insurance market in a pandemic are studied. The types of insurance that will suffer mostly from COVID-19 are identified. Ways to solve the problems of the modern insurance market in Ukraine are offered. Prospects for further research in this area are to improve regulations and to evaluate the actual indicators of the insurance market in a pandemic.

scholarly journals TOOLS FOR IMPROVING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: REALITIES AND PROSPECTS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Hevchuk ◽  
Liudmyla Yurchyshena ◽  
Oleh Hevchuk
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Capital Adequacy ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
The Impact

The relevance of the study is that the crisis in the financial and real sectors of the economy leads to financial instability of business. This issue is especially acute for insurance companies, which attract significant financial resources on a long-term basis or funds from risky types of insurance. The crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to problems in the Ukrainian insurance services market, which requires the introduction of new management tools for insurance companies. Under such conditions, there is a need to find and implement ways to improve management efficiency, which will be aimed at achieving financial stability, increasing profitability and eliminating crisis manifestations in financial activities. The object of the study is the financial activity of the insurance company to improve the tools of business management. It is noted that the insurance services market is the second in terms of capitalization among other non-banking financial markets. An analysis of the situation in the insurance market for the previous period, which shows that the number of insurance companies continues to decline, which requires a more detailed study of the impact of business management tools. It is noted that the NBU has been a regulator of insurance companies for more than a year in terms of solvency requirements, which is positive in the development of this business, as more decisive action has been taken to apply enforcement measures for non-compliance with Ukrainian legislation. It is proposed to introduce a set of tools to improve the management of the insurance company: the development of an effective procedure for adjusting the financial condition, tools to improve management and government regulation to create a strategy for the development of the insurance market. The regulator’s implementation of financial performance and the adoption of relevant laws will help determine the development strategy and business model, which will form capital adequacy, provide the necessary level of liquidity and asset quality, which will help financial stability of companies, restore consumer confidence in the insurance market.

scholarly journals Formation of the insurance market in Ukraine: realities and problems

2019 ◽  
pp. 132-137
Author(s):  
Natalia Botvina
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
The State ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Slow Increase ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Investment Process

Insurance is one of the important financial segments of the national economy, where financial and investment resources are formed, accumulated, redistributed and used, and there is an interaction between producers and consumers of insurance products. The financial condition of most insurers is quite low and does not provide them with competitive advantages even in the domestic insurance market. The decisive factor in the opacity of insurance processes is determined by the insurers of circuit transactions. Public reporting of insurers does not contribute to an objective diagnosis of their financial condition, stability, and often inaccuracies and errors. However, the fall in the relative indicators of insurance indemnity in the conditions of a steady rise in the size of insurance premiums convinces that insurance has not yet fully realized its function of providing real insurance protection and covering the existing risks of economic entities. Carrying out structural restructuring of the economy and economic reforms necessitate further development of the insurance market of Ukraine as part of the financial market. Insurance implements the state policy of socio-economic protection of the population, as well as generates significant investment resources. Foreign experience shows that insurance companies have a special place in ensuring the investment process, the possibility of accumulating financial resources, the transformation of the insurance market into a powerful source of investment resources. The main reasons that threaten insurers and, consequently, the financial security of the state, are a significant narrowing of the life insurance segment, a slight increase in insurance capital, slow growth of insurance reserves, slow increase in financial stability, there are structural transformations to expand voluntary property insurance. The development of the insurance sector and increase the confidence of economic entities in insurance institutions depends on the insurance policy, method and regulatory levers of the state. It should be noted that the domestic insurance market is considered to be a fairly closed and non-transparent market. This is due to the extremely heterogeneous construction of the market environment, low level of transparency of the insurance market, the lack of detailed objective data on the functioning of a particular insurer and the structure of its financial capital. The main problems hindering the development of the insurance market in Ukraine are considered. The article pays attention to significant information secrecy, political and financial instability, lack of insurance professionals. Currently, the domestic insurance system is slowly developing due to formal schemes, mainly in an extensive format, and is accompanied by various problems of financial, information-analytical, organizational and institutional-infrastructural nature. However, there are problems of increasing the quality of insurance products, combining and harmonizing the interests of participants in the insurance system. The decisive problems of Ukrainian insurers in the transition to new market conditions was the need to adapt to a tough competitive environment.

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.

DEA Window Analysis of Insurance Sector Efficiency in the Republic of Serbia

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-310
Author(s):  
Zlata Đurić ◽  
Milena Jakšić ◽  
Ana Krstić
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Financial Investment ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Window Analysis ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Dea Window Analysis

Abstract Insurance market is characterized by growing competition. This has imposed needs relating to the continuous capacity building of insurance companies, the continuous improvement of operating results and the assessment of the effects of insurers’ financial investment. The ultimate goal of these activities is to implement the planned goals and achieve positive business results. It is evident that the financial stability and efficiency of the insurance sector strengthens the confidence of citizens in this type of financial intermediaries. Bearing in mind the importance of the insurance sector for the financial system and economic system growth and development, the research subject is the analysis of the insurance sector efficiency in the Republic of Serbia. The main research objective is to look at the insurance sector efficiency through the performance analysis of nine selected insurance companies in the period 2007-2018, using DEA window analysis. The analysis and systematization of theoretical research findings, along with empirical data interpretation, description and comparison yielded results pointing to very poor performance of the insurance sector as a whole, because in all years of the observed period the relative average efficiency (technical, pure technical and scale efficiency) was below 100%, especially in the period 2015-2018.

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