The purpose of this article is to describe the initial concept of household bridging insurance. Design/methodology/approach: In the first part of the article, an extensive literature review is made. This is made to show the research gap of insufficient protection of households against...

This chapter demonstrates the importance for insurance and pension companies of correctly measuring mortality and life expectancy. The analysis focuses on mortality at higher ages (65–95), in line with an interest in pension-related applications where the risk associated with longer-term cash...

An analysis of the trends on the developed markets in the area of liability insurance leads to the conclusion that the main factors causing an increase in the value of benefits paid include: lost income and long-term care costs. In the Polish system, these costs are a component of benefits paid...

Analyses of trends on the third party liability insurance market have indicated in the recent years that the quantity and value of claims have been growing on all markets . The examination of reasons therefor reveals multiple factors, including also a change of social attitudes - a greater...

Motor insurance constitutes the most popular type of insurance products purchased in Poland and consequently the largest part of non-life insurance sector. In this paper the selected results of the questionnaire survey concerning attitudes and choices of the motor insurance buyers on the Polish...