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European Insurance Markets in the Face of the 2007 Financial Crisis

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  • Adam Śliwiński

    (Warsaw School of Economics)

  • Tomasz Michalski

    (Warsaw School of Economics)

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This study compares the development of insurance markets in countries such as Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain to mature markets in countries such as the UK and Germany during the 2007 financial crisis. Markets are examined from the product innovation perspective. The market in a country is assessed using taxonomic measures, such as distance and similarity. Markets are described by a set of features divided into five groups: market structure, technical sphere, finance and investment, effectiveness, and product. The measures are calculated at two points in time, 1997 and 2010. The data were gathered from publications of the World Bank, European Union Commission (statistics offices), National Polish Bank and insurance associations. The financial crisis has slowed the speed of market development and influenced other spheres. In countries like Greece and Portugal, progress was even slower than in post-Soviet states, like Poland. The crisis has not imposed structural changes within the selected markets and the influence of the crisis is visible. The sectors were not very innovative, particularly in the product sphere. The literature on the influence of the crisis on insurance is contradictory. This study’s novelty is that it applies multidimensional analysis when comparing insurance-market innovativeness and development.

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  • Adam Śliwiński & Tomasz Michalski, 2020. "European Insurance Markets in the Face of the 2007 Financial Crisis," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 26(4), pages 419-432, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:iaecre:v:26:y:2020:i:4:d:10.1007_s11294-020-09808-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s11294-020-09808-x
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