A key feature of insurance markets is that the cost of selling insurance policies is contingent upon not only the number of policies sold but to whom they are sold. This differentiates insurance markets from conventional markets and admits novel strategies, such as segmentation strategies,...

The aim of this work is to give a perspective about the utility of the strategic alliances from the view of three theories: The resource-based theory, the industry-based theory and the institutional-based theory. The raised hypotheses were that the strategic alliances are useful to enter to the...

This paper analyses the concentration in the insurance sector and the impact of the market structure (distribution of market shares) and the number of insurance companies on the level of concentration (and competition) in the insurance sector in Serbia (excluding Kosovo and Metohija) in the...

Serbian Abstract: У раду се анализирају утицаји структуре тржишта (распореда тржишних удела) и броја друштава за осигурање на степен концентрације (и конкуренције) у...

Serbian Abstract: U radu se analizira koncentracija u sektoru osiguranja i uticaj strukture tržišta (rasporeda tržišnih udela) i broja osiguravajućih društava na stepen koncentracije (i konkurencije) u sektoru osiguranja u Srbiji (bez Kosova i Metohije) u desetogodišnjem periodu od 2011....

In this chapter, we review the development of the insurance industry in China. We provide a comprehensive discussion of its regulatory framework, major insurance segments, market structure, InsurTech, social insurance and the prospects for the future development

We study the effect of the life settlement market on the structure of long term contracts offered by the primary market for life insurance, as well as the effect on consumer welfare, using a dynamic model of life insurance with one sided commitment and bequest-driven lapsation. We show that the...

Increasing premiums, increasing claims and decreasing profits are three striking facts associated in some European countries to motor insurance liberalization of 1990's. In this paper, we argue that these phenomena may be considered not a consequence of collusion or other misapplications of...