, public funding has been reduced or is strictly limited in most countries. Private insurance and pensions products therefore … they are exposed to, and lack literacy, knowledge and skills in insurance and private pensions questions and products. This … by OECD governments, to enhance awareness and education on risk, insurance and private pensions issues. …

The OECD has produced a unique glossary of insurance policy terms which covers selected topics ranging from insurance … and provisions with specific references to individual countries and cross references to the OECD Insurance Guidelines for … Economies in transition and related OECD publications. It is a reference tool for public officials in the insurance sector …

Insurance data include: all gross insurance premiums and those relating only to direct insurance; spending on insurance … per capita; and the market share of national insurance by country, relative to the OECD market total. …