Master of Economics and Business Bissenova R.A.

 

Kyzylorda State University Korkyt Ata, Kazakhstan

 

Insurance market and its features

 

One of the important segments of the financial market is the insurance market. Insurance - a risk sharing agreement in which one party agrees to insure the other.

In the insurance market, policyholders are in need of insurance and insurers (insurance companies), satisfying the demand for them, insurance brokers and insurance company infrastructure (consulting forms, etc.).

Basic functions of the insurance market:

• regulating - the market, like everything else, is subject to government regulation;

• Commercial - provides income from insurance operations;

• pricing - provides the formation of prices for insurance services company;

• Reliability function - ensure the reliability of the insurance operations in the event of an unfavorable situation, and others.

Types of insurance:

1. By branch attribute: life insurance market (here also includes all kinds of long-term security: pensions, health, for the wedding, annuity and other.);  property insurance markets; liability insurance market; market accident insurance.

2. by the scale: National; Regional; International.

3. Depending on the organizational and legal form of the insurance industry:  State insurance; Insurance conducted by joint-stock companies; Mutual insurance, which creates corresponding insurance funds.

  4. Depending on the form of implementation: obligatory; voluntary;  projects:personal; property.

 

 

Figure 1. Institutional structure of the insurance market in Kazakhstan

Insured - a person who has entered into an insurance contract with the insurer.

Insurance agent - natural or legal person carrying out mediation activities on the conclusion of insurance contracts on behalf and on behalf of the insurance company in accordance with the submission of credentials.

Insurance broker - a legal entity engaged in consulting activities for insurance and reinsurance mediation activities and on the conclusion of the insurance contract on its own behalf and on behalf of the insurer or reinsurance contract on its own behalf and on behalf of the assignor.

Actuary - is a natural person carrying out activities related to the economic and mathematical calculations liabilities under insurance and reinsurance contracts in order to ensure the required level of solvency and financial stability of the insurance (reinsurance).

Mutual Insurance Society - a new participant in the Kazakh financial market. It insures property and other property interests of its members and is a non-profit organization, the functioning of which it is carried out in accordance with the requirements established for insurance (reinsurance companies).

Insurance pool - an association of insurance companies for the co-insurance of certain risks. Its activity is based on the principle of co-insurance.

Based on the tools of the insurance market of Kazakhstan, its structure can be represented as follows.

 

Literature

 

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