竞争与多元化——航意险纷扰几时休？

航意险只是一种最简单的超短期意外伤害保险,却总是倍受市场关注,争议不休。2002年初,经济学家茅于轼在学界发起的一场航意险暴利的争论言犹在     

我国保险产品管理制度介绍(三)

近年来，保险监管部门为我国保险事业的发展在产品创新方面做了大量的积极的指导和推动工作，如航空意外伤害保险(以下简称“航意险”)及投资型财产保险的产品创新。下面对这两种产品的创新实践与管理进行简要分析。     

航意险,我们到底该不该爱你

今年4、5两个月,我国就连续发生了3起空难事故,两起是大陆航班,一起是台湾航班.这几起空难事故所造成的损失都特别惨重.一时间,空难阴影又笼罩着整个世界民航业.与此同时,国内关于航空意外保险的话题被诸多媒体热炒起来.有人指责航意险是一种暴利行为;有的则为航意险鸣冤叫屈,甚至抱怨国内旅客购买航意险的比率太低.各保险公司也趁热打铁,大张旗鼓地宣传推广航意险,动员更多的乘客购买航意险.     

航意险亟待完善

航空旅客人身意外伤害保险是指乘坐客运航班班机的旅客在搭乘航班过程中因遭受意外伤害导致身故或残疾，保险公司根据旅客与其签订的保险合同给付身故保险金或残疾保险金。对未造成身故或残疾的．根据旅客实际支出．给付一定医疗保险金的保险。航意险与其他类型的意外伤害保险相比，笔者认为有以下特征。     

航意险将由市场导航

2002年末,中国保监会发布"关于征求社会各界对航空意外保险业务改革措施有关意见公告",针对航意险条款费率自由化及财险公司的经营权等改革措施,向社会各界征求意见.对政策变化异常敏感的各保险公司及业界机构,从短短千数字的公告中,感受到了监管部门改革航意险市场的决心.     

马航事件引发“飞行”担忧 选择意外险有讲究

马航事件为我们敲响了安全警钟,近来,从保险公司的咨询电话来看,咨询意外险的客户骤增,同时,各大保险网销平台航意险、旅行险、短期意外险销售也异常火爆。大家最为关注的是：对于航空意外,意外险是不是都给赔？如何根据自身需求选择适合的意外险？＂乘机多了份恐慌,买份保险心里踏实＂近日,人们在关注马航事件进展的同时,对于乘机的安全性也日渐担忧。     

登机前,买份保险好

航空人身意外保险(以下简称"航意险"),是指当旅客在乘坐航班期间,因意外事故而身亡、残疾或受到其他伤害时,由保险公司按照条款和有关规定承担赔偿责任的保险合同.一般而言,航意险有三种赔付情况:第一种是在有效期内身故,给付身故保险金.第二种是在有效期内残疾,给付残疾保险金.第三种是在有效期间内,未造成身故或残疾,按3万元的限额给付医疗保险金.     

反思航意险事件

中央财经大学保险系教授郝演苏领着一帮学生在春运期间，发现了大量手工出单的航意险保单。在媒体曝光，民众批评的情况下，保险监管部门没有藏着掖着，而是迅速调查纠错。保险的发展需要民众的监督。     

保险公司具有信息优势下的保险市场均衡问题研究

本文应用博弈论的方法,分析了当保险公司拥有信息优势时,在完全竞争、垄断经营和销售渠道垄断等不同竞争条件下的市场均衡状况,并通过航意险业务的实际发展过程说明从保险业长远发展角度看,应着力培养市场竞争环境,推动保险费率市场化,丰富保险销售渠道,提高投保人理性购买保险的意识,促使市场实现公平、有效的均衡。     

航意险突围垄断

人们正为南京、北京的航意险共保体解散而欢呼，岂知航意险又陷入销售渠道垄断。     

财产保险的保险价值界定探析——解读新《保险法》第55条

保险价值在财产保险中占有核心地位,是确定赔付比例和赔偿限额的标准。在实务和媒体报道中,财产保险索赔争议案例多与对保险价值的不同理解有关。本文将通过案例分析保险法和保险条款对保险价值界定中存在的问题,并对保险价值相关立法和司法解释的进一步完善提出合理建议。     

回顾1978-2008年重大承保

1986年 10月中国人民保险公司承保广东大亚湾核电站的保险业务. 1990年 4月7月中国人民保险公司承保中国长征三号运载火箭发射亚洲一号卫星升空,保险金额为1.2亿美元.此为我国第一次承揽发射国际商用卫星.     

Huntington's disease,critical illness insurance and life insurance

We describe briefly a model of Huntington's disease (HD), a highly penetrant, dominantly inherited, fatal neurological disorder. Although it is a single-gene disorder, mutations are variable in their effects, depending on the number of times that the CAG trinucleotide is repeated in a certain region of the HD gene. The model covers: (a) rates of onset, depending on CAG repeat length as well as age; (b) post-onset rates of mortality; and (c) the distribution of CAG repeat lengths in the population. Using these, we study the critical illness and life insurance markets. We calculate premiums based on genetic test results that disclose the CAG repeat length, or more simply on a family history of HD. These vary widely with age and policy term; some are exceptionally high, but in a large number of cases cover could be offered within normal underwriting limits. We then consider the possible costs of adverse selection, in terms of increased premiums, under various possible moratoria on the use of genetic information, including family history. These are uniformly very small, because of the rarity of HD, but do show that the costs would be much larger in relative terms if family history could not be used in underwriting. We point out some difficulties involved in applying a moratorium that recognises simply a dichotomy between ‘carriers’ and ‘non-carriers’ of any mutation in a gene when these mutations are, in fact, very variable in their effects. These complexities suggest that restrictions on the disclosure, rather than on the use, of genetic information, if it became established as a principle, could deprive insurers of information needed for risk management even if not used in underwriting.     

论信用保险项下重复保险制度的构建

信用保险在我国是一个新兴的保险种类,根据我国《保险法》对于保险的基本分类,信用保险属于财产保险的一种,但实际上信用保险较之一般的财产保险存在诸多特殊之处,特别是在重复保险问题上更是难以适用《保险法》针对财产保险所设计的相关制度,同时,也不能按照人身保险生命无价原理确定和解决重复保险问题。当信用保险市场开放时,各保险人就会面对重复保险如何界定和分担责任的问题。本文对这一问题提出了一些解决思路。     

投资连结保险产品设计及推广分析

投资连结保险的产品设计独特,将其保障功能与投资功能分开,一方面为消费者提供了调整保险和投资计划的便利,另一方面也使之与资本市场的走势密切相关。我国寿险市场上的供给方存在资本市场繁荣时过多引导消费者关注投资收益,边缘化其保险功能的问题;需求方则由于对投资连结保险产品收益的刚性预期,不能接受产品收益下降的情况。两方面共同的结果是导致投资连接保险成为寿险市场上的不稳定因素。为促使投资连接保险在我国的健康发展,应当强调投资连接保险的保障功能;针对销售导向进行实质的约束;利用税收对市场进行引导等。     

我国保险文化与保险教育问题探讨

保险业的竞争,不仅是经济实力和管理水平的竞争,更是在企业文化基础上发展形成的保险文化的竞争。作为行业文化的一个重要组成部分,保险文化的研究、探讨与建设也日益受到保险业及相关部门的重视,保险文化建设与保险教育问题的研究和实践也在不断深入进行。本文结合我国保险业的实际,对保险文化与保险教育问题进行初步探讨。     

Optimal health insurance

I formulate expected-utility-maximizing models for health insurance with a single optimal coinsurance (C*) and (separately) a single optimal deductible (D*). While so-doing, I formalize Nyman's challenge to standard welfare-loss models, clarifying when and by how much this alters unadjusted models. Using MEPS-calibrated lognormal distributions and incorporating skewness and kurtosis measures of financial risk, I show how C* shifts as various economic parameters change. For reasonable parameter values, C* < 0.1, much lower than variance-only estimates would conclude. Omitting higher-order risk parameters importantly understates risk and hence understates optimal insurance coverage. I separately develop methods to determine D*, showing that it is approximately a fixed percentage of income that falls as the distribution of financial risks rise. This finding contrasts with existing US public policy regarding high-deductible health plans, which employ fixed deductibles, independent of income.     

Disability insurance overview

In summary, I think the industry is doing the right things to return to profitability. Rates are increasing, underwriting and products are tightening, claim administration is becoming more proactive, and reserves are being strengthened. I think this will lead to future profitability, and future profitability will attract some new companies into the marketplace. The real long-term question is, once profitability has returned, will the industry shoot itself in the foot again in its efforts to do competitive battle?     

Mutual fund insurance

During the 1970's, mutual fund insurance was sold in the U.S. by the Harleysville and Prudential Insurance Companies. This paper examines the valuation and demand for this insurance. It illustrates that because of its design, for many plausible combinations of model parameters, a competitive premium need not exist for the Harleysville contract. A competitive premium will always exist for the Prudential policy, however the value is directly related to the age of the purchaser. Harleysville charged the same premium to all funds and therefore was subject to adverse selection. Evidence of this effect is provided by illustrating that the demand for the insurance was directly related to its competitive market value.