The Global Insurance Sector
May 12th, 2010Problem and developing insurance markets may consist in the absence
necessary purchasing power of the insured. Solution to this problem
depends on the one hand, the growth of purchasing power and financial
viability of economic agents, on the other hand - Extension
purchasing power of insurance services possible and by some measures,
taken by the government at the national level on a scale of macroeconomics of the country.
For example, permission to vyupochenie in expenses deducted from the proceeds
from the production and sale of goods, works and services, the cost of property insurance
Dramatically expanded the possibilities
businesses and organizations to purchase insurance. In the same way as the demand for
insurance services can be stimulated by a resolution to exclude from taxable
revenue base grayaodan expenses for payment of premiums on life insurance contracts,
health insurance and other social insurance. Specialists pay
attention to the fact that the demand for insurance services is subjective in nature, ie
largely recognized need to provide insurance protection can not be
implemented in the form of acquisition of insurance services due to lack of awareness of consumers about
availability of such services, its consumer quality, efficiency, cost, etc. It
circumstance requires that insurers conduct marketing activities to
on the “awakening latent needs to cover the insurance risk.”
Offer insurance services provided by the presence of insurance companies, rather
professional and financially stable, able to meet the needs
potential in the insurance policyholders. Important factors of market
SC Insurance Services is the interest of investors for the establishment of insurance companies, the presence of
the statistical and information base for the calculation of insurance rates and
possibility to assess the insurance risk, the efficient functioning of financial markets,
allows to guarantee the return of investment and profitability of insurance companies,
and the availability of professional managers, insurance companies and specialists
in the underwriting of insurance services.
Like any other market goods, works and services, insurance market
subject to cyclical fluctuations in economic laws in the growth and decline
prices for insurance services. The following diagram illustrates the evolution of the
Features of economic cycles in the insurance market are determined by the following
factors:
- Attraction of excess capital in the insurance in good years and as
result - a price reduction on insurance services;
- Increase the effectiveness of preventive measures that can significantly reduce
the negative impact of adverse effects, and reduction of such
the demand for insurance;
- The relative decline in the devastating consequences of adverse events
in good years;
- Offensive against catastrophic losses caused by both natural disasters
and consequences of human activities that lead to price rise
the cost of insurance and reinsurance protection.
The price of insurance rises sharply in the bad years after the onset of
devastating losses. Thus, according to preliminary data, the losses are
terrorist attacks in New York in September 2001 and which
must be paid in the global insurance market, up about 50.0 billion
U.S. $ ^. This has led to higher prices for insurance services - during the air
insurance up to 200% or more, property insurance and liability insurance 40 -
60]. Projections of the leading experts argue that the upward trend of prices for insurance
services will continue over the next 3-4 years.
The structure of the insurance market is determined by the market place:
a) professional members of the insurance market, which include insurance
organization, reinsurance companies, insurance intermediaries;
b) insured ~ insurance consumers;
a) the subjects of the insurance infrastructure Market (surveyors, actuaries, auditors,
consultants, etc.);
as well as key indicators of development of various types of insurance services, a set
insurance contributions (premiums) and benefits and their dynamic parameters, the ratio
these indicators for major industries and types of insurance, etc.
The main indicators of the level of development of the insurance industry,
are: the share of insurance services in the gross national product, the degree of protection
property interests of policyholders of the most common risks;
investment potential of the insurance industry, including the amount of investment.
attracted to the country’s economy through a system of insurance, the level of the structure
national insurance market, the degree of its integration into the international
insurance sector, the level of demand for insurance as a tool for implementation
government programs, increasing their economic efficiency and the level of
Employment in the insurance industry and others.
The modern insurance market is underdeveloped and not fully
provides insurance services relating to the protection of property
interests of its stakeholders. Much of the risk in the economy remains uninsured,
and the average insurance premium per head of population,
significantly lower than that of developed countries.
Only in recent years has been a tendency of growth in the insurance market and
You can talk about the positive dynamics of the industry.
As follows from the above data, is still quite large
number of insurers with lower capitalization requirements legislator.
This makes it possible to predict the tendency to reduce the number of insurance companies
and as soon as possible of their mergers and acquisitions. This process, in particular, may
accelerated and regular changes to be made to the current insurance
legislation in part to increase the minimum paid-up share capital
insurance companies.
Dynamic indicators of collecting insurance premiums for the period from 1997 to 2001 reflect
growth of insurance premiums received by Russian insurers on all types of insurance,
and the growth rate of collection of premiums for voluntary insurance.
As can be seen from the data, the percentage of premiums for voluntary insurance
steadily growing. This figure has increased over the period from 1997 to 2001, more than 24
paragraph. There was a significant reduction in the proportion of premiums for compulsory health
insurance.
The increase and growth of insurance premium income reached before
all due to progressive rates of life insurance. as well as certain
growth of insurance against accidents and diseases and voluntary health
insurance.
The structure of insurance premiums in the period from 1997 to 2001, according to the aggregated forms of insurance
activities as follows:
consistently high proportion of the structure of the investment portfolio of insurers
bank deposits, promissory notes of banks and enterprises * - this is due to widespread
practice of “bill” in the treatment of insurance organizations as
additional tool “salary” schemes and the current practice of posting
of the charter capital of insurance companies (so far
There are no statutory requirements concerning
order placement of the charter capital);
Two) consistently high proportion of reinsurers in reserves of insurers;
3) consistently low percentage of the money, government securities and
Other fixed assets;
4) a low share of the declining trend of investment in real estate.
During the period from 1998 to 2000 in a redeployment of shares of individual
directions of investments in the investment portfolio of insurers. In particular:
decreased the proportion of investments in government securities and bank deposits,
promissory notes of banks and enterprises.
The number employed in the national insurance industry, according to various estimates, is
from 250 to 300 thousand people.
Important role in the development of insurance business are labor unions and associations
insurers, association of insurance brokers, actuaries.
Association of insurers created on a voluntary basis to coordinate activities
their members, protect the interests of its members and implement joint programs.
Associations, unions, associations are not entitled to exercise proper insurance activities,
are, as a rule, public organizations, associations of professional
grounds - as belonging to her professional participants of the insurance market.
Unions, associations and other associations of insurers to carry out its activities
must obtain approval from the Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy and Support
entrepreneurship. To obtain such consent association of insurers
submit a petition, copies of constituent documents of association, copies of licenses
participants together on insurance activities, information on performance
its activities, and other documents required by applicable law
to satisfy the request.
To register the union submits an application for registration, incorporation
documents, information on the composition of the participants with the registration number of licenses
in insurance activities, the conclusion of the competition authority, the certificate
the payment of state fees. In confirmation of registration issued association
certificate of state registration.
insurance markets, as part of the global insurance sector, on the present
stage has several characteristics:
1) relatively low ratios of aggregate floor
chennyh premiums to gross domestic product - compared
with other national insurance markets;
2) closed to foreign investment in the insurance business;
3) low level of capitalization of insurers.
As evidenced by indicators of development of insurance in different countries in
The insurance legislation introduced the concept of “child” in relation to foreign
insurance organization of society, and foreign companies set up subsidiaries
society must possess a number of attributes:
higher level requirements of the authorized capital of insurance companies
(Not less than 1.0 million minimum wage in the operations of
insurance, and 1.5 million minimum wage - in conducting reinsurance
operations);
strahovgh for organizations with 100% foreign participation provided
restrictions on operations of life insurance, compulsory
insurance, including compulsory State insurance.
Classification of insurance, both in terms of professional participants of the insurance
, and in part of the list of insurance services, subject to licensing,
regulation on foreign participation in capital of insurance companies,
restrict the activities of subsidiaries of foreign insurance companies
investors in certain types of insurance operations,
absence of uniform standards of quality of insurance intermediaries (brokers,
Agents), affiliated to the insurance services (auditors, actuaries,
consultants, etc.)
absence of a transparent accounting system.