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Title: | Innovation in life insurance : the economic landscape and the insurance distribution directive |
Other Titles: | Life insurance in Europe : risk analysis and market challenges |
Authors: | Śliwiński, Adam Marano, Pierpaolo |
Keywords: | Life insurance -- European Union countries Life insurance -- Law and legislation Insurance policies -- Data processing Legislative oversight Insurance -- Technological innovations Financial services industry -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | Springer Nature Switzerland |
Citation: | Śliwiński, A., & Marano, P. (2020). Innovation in life insurance: the economic landscape and the Insurance Distribution Directive. In M. Borda, S. Grima, & I. Kwiecień (Eds.), Life Insurance in Europe: Risk Analysis and Market Challenges (pp.165-175). Switzerland: Springer Nature. |
Abstract: | Innovation, which is defined as the “beating heart of the economy of the twenty-first century”, is one of the key elements of economic policy and competitiveness. Innovations always require a new “knowledge” and high “organizational efficiency”. Thus, they are stuck in the corporate “intellectual capital” (human, organizational, and relative). Innovations may occur only in those companies where this capital actually exists and is reflected in the competences of the managerial staff. Together with entrepreneurship creates a set of factors conducive to the economic development. Innovations are also challenging for the insurance sector. On the one hand, sector itself can be innovative, with the latter supporting innovative activities of other entities by reducing the degree of risk aversion of these entities. The aim of the paper is to discuss whether life insurance sector is innovative and what is the impact of regulation on that phenomenon. The paper consists two main parts. First part focuses on the idea of innovation within financial sectors starting from definition of innovation activity then moves to an analysis of innovation within financial markets which describes the research conducted by Silber and Barras. In general the authors of the paper assume that insurance markets are now in the first phase of revers Barra’s cycle (improved efficiency phase—it means that the markets innovates within new technology). This part aims at evaluating if the life insurance market is innovative in terms of Pearson’s secondary product innovation rather than on primary product innovations (innovates within distribution channels, etc.). The second part focuses on an analysis of the recent regulation issued by the European Union, that is, the Directive 2016/97 of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (IDD). The IDD posted the innovation on life insurance within the scope of product design and distribution that is now regulated mainly with the set of rules known as product oversight and governance (POG). Thus, the paper investigates if the changes expected from the implementation of the POG may lead to some of the product innovations listed by Pearson. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/109991 |
ISBN: | 9783030496555 |
ISSN: | 21971889 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEMAIns |
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