There are so many benefits of insurance in economic growth this are as follows-
1) Promote financial stability :
- By indemnifying those who suffer or harm, insurance helps stabilize the financial situation of individuals, families and organisations.
- It encourages individuals and firms to invest and create wealth.
- Peace of mind and financial carelessness.
2) Substitutes for and complements Government security programmes :
- Private insurance can relieve pressure on social insurance system, preserving Government resources for essential social security.
- Pension fund and life insurance.
- Natural disaster indemnity plan.
3) Facilities trade and commerce :
- Many products and services and produced and sold only if adequate liability insurance is available to cover any claims for negligence.
- Malpractices.
- Innovation.
- Credit enhancement.
4) Help mobilize savings :
- Insurance and financial intermediation.
- Insurance enhance financial system efficiency in three ways-
i) Reduce transaction costs associated with bringing together savers and borrowers.
ii) Create liquidity.
iii) Facilitate economics of scale in investment.
5) Financial intermediaries vs. financial markets :
The more developed a country's financial system, the greater the reliance on markets and the less the reliance on intermediaries.
- Commercial banks - short-term deposits.
- Contractual saving institution - long-term view.
6) Enable risk to be manged more efficiently :
- Risk pricing - greater the expected loss, higher the price.
- Risk transformation - risk exposures can be transformed to an insurer for a price.
- Risk pooling and reduction.
i) Insurers make reasonably accurate estimates as to the pool's overall losses.
ii) Insurers diversify their portfolios.
7) Encourages loss mitigation :
- If pricing is tied loss experience, insureds have economic incentives to control losses.
- Example : experience rating, no claim bonus.
8) Fosters a more efficient capital allocation :
- Insurers will monitor the companies to reduce risk-increasing behavior and act in the best interests of their various stakeholders.
- A water-dog role.
- Insurers incur sales, servicing, administration and investment management expenses.
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