La mauvaise perception des risques de longévité et de dépendance ne suffit pas à expliquer la faiblesse du marché de l'assurance dépendance (au Canada)

M. Martin Boyer, Philippe De Donder, Claude Fluet, Marie-Louise Leroux and Pierre-Carl Michaud

Revue d'économie financière, 2023, vol. N° 152, issue 4, 185-201

Abstract: This article studies some of the reasons underlying the small market for LTC insurance in Quebec and Ontario. Using 2016 survey data, we explain that misperception biases alone regarding demographic risks (of mortality and of dependency) cannot explain the weak demand for such an insurance product. To be specific, even if individual perceptions of these risks are fairly uneven, individuals tend on average to overestimate their survival probability and the probability of entering a retirement home, which should lead to purchasing too much LTC insurance rather than too little. We argue that the most probable reason for the weak demand for LTC insurance is that individuals are not familiar with this type of financial product. Therefore, if policymakers wish to encourage the purchase of LTC insurance, we recommend ad campaigns to inform potential policyholders about the existence of such products. Another approach would be to develop combined insurance products. JEL classification: D82, D83, G22, I13.

JEL-codes: D82 D83 G22 I13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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