Performance of the Polish Insurance Sector in the Second Decade of the 21st Century

Ryszard Stempel

Faculty of Economics Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3525-3396


Abstract

The study analyzes the performance of the Polish insurance sector between 2010 and 2019. The analysis was based on source materials from the Statistical Yearbook published by Statistics Poland (GUS), reports of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) and the Polish Chamber of Insurance (PIU). The main indicators describing the performance of the insurance market, including its concentration, number of policies, market structure, competitiveness, consumer behavior, and the financial performance of insurance companies were identified and analyzed.

The strengths and weaknesses of the Polish private insurance market in the last ten years were determined. The main weakness was a considerable decrease in the sale of life insurance (branch I) policies, which was manifested by a steady decrease in gross premium, a continued decline in insurance density and penetration rate, deteriorating financial performance, and a decrease in the number of branch I insurance companies. Considerably better results were reported in the non-life insurance segment (branch II), where gross earned premium continued to improve and increased by around 64% over the analyzed decade. The non-life sector was also characterized by a steady improvement in density (increase of PLN 436), penetration rate (increase of 0.07%) and financial performance (net technical result increased by PLN 4.2 billion, net profit increased by PLN 1.5 billion).


Keywords:

life insurance, property insurance, insurance market indicators


Cichorska, J. (2017). Misselling, czyli sprzedaż niepotrzebnych instrumentów finansowych i jej skutki. Stan prawny w Polsce i Wielkiej Brytanii. Journal of Insurance, Financial Markets & Consumer Protection, 24(2/2017), 18-34.   Google Scholar

Gąsiorkiewicz, L., & Kruk, M. (2018). Podejście procesowe w zarządzaniu zakładami ubezpieczeń. Ubezpieczenia wobec wyzwań XXI wieku, 241, 39-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.15611/pn.2018.541.03.
Crossref   Google Scholar

Majewski, P. (2017). Autonomous vehicles – challenges for the insurance industry. Olsztyn Economic Journal, 12(1), 67-77.
Crossref   Google Scholar

Mały Rocznik Statystyczny Polski 2020. (2020). Główny Urząd Statystyczny. Retrieved from https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/roczniki-statystyczne/roczniki-statystyczne/maly-rocznik-statystyczny-polski-2020,1,22.html (18.12.2020).   Google Scholar

Pieńkowska-Kamieniecka, S. (2018). The Issue of Responsibility for Financial Security in Old Age and Additional Retirement Saving. European Financial Systems 2018. Proceedings of the 15 th International Scientific Conference. June 25-26. 518-524. Retrieved from https://is.muni.cz/do/econ/sborniky/2018/Proceedings_finalni_verze_September_3.pdf.   Google Scholar

Polski rynek ubezpieczeniowy 2018. (2019). Główny Urząd Statystyczny. Retrieved from https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/podmioty-gospodarcze-wyniki-finansowe/przedsiebiorstwa-finansowe/polski-rynek-ubezpieczeniowy-2018,11,8.html (12.12.2020).   Google Scholar

Polski rynek ubezpieczeniowy 2014. (2015). Główny Urząd Statystyczny. Retrieved from https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/podmioty-gospodarcze-wyniki-finansowe/przedsiebiorstwa-finansowe/polski-rynek-ubezpieczeniowy-2014,11,4.html (10.12.2020).   Google Scholar

Raport sektora ubezpieczeń IV kwartał 2019 r. (2020). Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego. Retrieved from: https://www.knf.gov.pl/knf/pl/komponenty/img/Raport_sektor_ubezpieczen_IV_kw_2019_69648.pdf (23.12.2020).   Google Scholar

Raport o stanie sektora ubezpieczeń po I kwartale 2020 roku. (2020). Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego. Retrieved from https://www.knf.gov.pl/?articleId=70389&p_id=18 (10.12.2020).   Google Scholar

Rocznik Statystyczny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2017. (2017) Główny Urząd Statystyczny. Retrieved from file:///C:/Users/UWM/Downloads/rocznik_statystyczny_rzeczypospolitej polskiej_2017.pdf (20.12.2020).   Google Scholar

Rokicki, T. (2018). Rynek ubezpieczeniowy w krajach UE. Scientific Journals Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW. Polityki europejskie, finanse i marketing, 20(69). http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/pefim.2018.20.69.39.
Crossref   Google Scholar

Samuelson, P.A., & Nordhaus, W.D. (Eds.) (2012). Ekonomia. Dom Wydawniczy REBIS, Poznań. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/rpeis.2013.75.2.24.
Crossref   Google Scholar

Sangowski, T. (2002). Polski rynek ubezpieczeń – stan i kierunki rozwoju. In T. Sangowski (Ed.). Ubezpieczenia w gospodarce rynkowej. Bydgoszcz-Poznań: Oficyna Wydawnicza Branta.   Google Scholar

Ustawa z 11 września 2015 r. o działalności ubezpieczeniowej i reasekuracyjnej. Dz.U. 2015, poz. 1844 ze zm.   Google Scholar

Ustawa z 15 grudnia 2017 r. o dystrybucji ubezpieczeń. Dz.U. 2017, poz. 2486.   Google Scholar

Witkowska, J. (2014). Stakeholders on the insurance market, Olsztyn Economic Journal, 9(3), 215-223. http://dx.doi.org/10.31648/oej.3177.
Crossref   Google Scholar

Download


Published
2020-11-30

Cited by

Stempel, R. (2020). Performance of the Polish Insurance Sector in the Second Decade of the 21st Century. Olsztyn Economic Journal, 15(3), 251–264. https://doi.org/10.31648/oej.6542

Ryszard Stempel 
Faculty of Economics Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3525-3396



License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

An Author declares that his paper has not been published before (under the same or another title, or is a part of another publication) and does not infringe copyrights of other persons**. At the same time, the Author transfers to the Publisher the exclusive right to publish and to circulate this work in print in the form of a non-serial journal publication and in a form of an electronic publication.

Author's statement

The journal is available on Creative Common license CC-BY-NC-ND