Assistant Professor, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
We are pleased to present an insightful article, “On-Demand Insurance: Idea, Development, Impact on Market Equilibrium,” authored by Łukasz Kuryłowicz and Jakša Krišto. This comprehensive analysis delves into the rapidly evolving world of on-demand insurance, a business model that caters to the modern consumer’s need for flexibility and customization.
The chapter shows the possibility of analyzing the insurance market by using the Rothschild–Stiglitz equilibrium model and its subsequent modifications. As an example the Polish market of compulsory third party liability insurance was used.
Did you know that thanks to the self-selection induced by the possibility of driving behaviour monitoring, the insurance industry can minimise the negative effect information asymmetry has on the motor insurance market. This can be achieved, for example, by observing the choices made by the insured after being offered a new voluntary contract with a premium based on telematics data.
The main objective of the book is to assess the potential consequences of the use of insurance telematics to reduce the effects of information asymmetry on the Polish market of compulsory motor insurance. The conducted research consisted in describing the expected behaviour of the models of the mandatory motor insurance market in relation to different systems regarding the use of telematics by insurers
This chapter shows the possibility of introducing the usage-based insurance (UBI) for the sake of the individualisation of compulsory motor Third-Party liability insurance premiums with the aim of achieving the stability in Central and Eastern European markets and bringing them closer to the state of equilibrium. The chapter presents both the historical perspective of UBI development and the summary of the research carried out over the last decade.
Motor insurance in Poland plays a dominant role in the portfolios of most insurers. At the end of 2016, it accounted for a total of 60.27% of the direct gross written premium of non-life insurance sector, with the share of motor third party liability insurance (MTPL) accounting for 36.2%. Fierce competition and the diminishing diversification of the offer on the motor insurance market led to significant decreases in the margin, and hence, the income of insurers. Year 2016 brought the biggest loss ever. The technical loss of MTPL has remained in this segment for many years since 2007 and at the end of 2016 exceeded PLN 1 billion.
The paper shows that thanks to the Usage‑Based Insurance, the industry can minimise the negative effect information asymmetry has on the Polish motor insurance market. Through an economic analysis, the author gives the forecasts of the market models where three strategies for telematics implementation are used.