Evaluation of Life Insurance Market Development in Poland During the Years 1991-2010

• Authors: Grzebieniak Andrzej
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Radical changes in Poland during the last decade of the 20th c. causednot only a significant acceleration of Poland's economic growth rate but also rapid increase in the importance of insurance for the national economy. The penetration coefficient, i.e. the ratio of the gross premium written to the GDP, which in case of the total premiums increased from 1.83% in 1991 to 3.83% in 2010, and in case of life insurance from 0.26% to 2.31% respectively, is considered one of the synthetic measures of that importance. Although the Polish insurance market is developed far less than the European Union market where that coefficient is 7.9% and 4.8% respectively those differences decrease every year. The similar trend is presented by the depth coefficient that is the per capita insurance premium that additionally in case of life insurance increases faster than in case of the insurance sector as a whole. This indicates a relatively good life insurance market development rate in Poland although that market still ranks within the second half of the total number of the European Union countries' domestic markets.

Keywords

EN

life insurance; penetration coefficient; density coefficient; insurance premium; life insurance market concentration

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Olsztyn Economic Journal
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 209-227

Dates

published

2012-12-31

Contributors

author

Grzebieniak Andrzej

• Department of Social Policy and Insurance, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

References

• Comite Europeen des Assurances. CEA (on line) www.cea.eu (access 04.06.2012).
• Handschke J. 2009. Polskie doświadczenie w formowaniu i rozwoju rynku ubezpieczeń - wybrane aspekty, Wiadomości Ubezpieczeniowe, 3.
• Polish Financial Supervision Authority, (on line) www.knf.gov.pl (access 04.06.2012).
• Polish Insurance Association, (on line) www.piu.org.pl (access 04.06.2012).
• Przegląd dziesięciolecia. Rozwój ubezpieczeń w Polsce w gospodarce wolnorynkowej. 2001. PUNU.
• Stroiński E. 2003. Ubezpieczenia nażycie, teoria i praktyka. Poltext, Warszawa.
• Śliwiński A. 2012. Przestrzenne zróżnicowanie ryzyka ubezpieczeniowego a efektywność ubezpieczeń na życie. OWSGH, Warszawa.
• Ubezpieczenia 2010, Polska Izba Ubezpieczeń (on line), http://www.piu.org.pl/raport- roczny-piu (access 04.05.2012).
• Ubezpieczenia życiowe. 1996. Ed. O. Doan. Poltext, Warszawa.
• Ustawa o działalności ubezpieczeniowej. Dz.U. 2003, nr 124, poz. 1151.