Part I - Market Picture and Development Challenges -- European Life Insurance Market – Analysis of Current Situation and Development Prospects -- Social Determinants of Life Insurance in the European Union -- The Challenges Faced by Life Insurance Companies in the Baltic States -- The Turkish...

With the knowledge that we are living in dynamic time, the purpose of this introductory chapter is to depict a picture of the European life insurance market position and structure and to discuss its size, main features and most important factors, as well as the potential and development...

Underwriting is a vital stage in the life insurance process and involves accepting individuals into an insurance fund on particular terms. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the underwriting development and its associated processes since the nineteenth century to the...

This book examines the challenges for the life insurance sector in Europe arising from new technologies, socio-cultural and demographic trends, and the financial crisis. It presents theoretical and applied research in all areas related to life insurance products and markets, and explores future...

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...

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...