The Insurance Business

Massimiliano Maggioni and Giuseppe Turchetti
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Massimiliano Maggioni: University of Milano
Giuseppe Turchetti: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Chapter 6 in Fundamentals of the Insurance Business, 2024, pp 81-106 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, the fundamental aspects of insurance business are explored. The main rules governing the authorisation and carrying on of insurance business are described. The aspects concerning the legal form (corporate form, European company etc.) are deepened. The authorisation procedure and related activities (scheme of operations, single authorisation, cross-border business, registry etc.) are explained. The reader can understand the classification of risks according to classes of insurance underlying the lines of business (LoB), as required by the European legislation. Then, the classes of risks (for life and non-life) and the related classification are illustrated in detail. The following paragraphs illustrate the three fundamental pillars to understand the functioning of the insurance industry: solvency margin, technical reserves and investments in accordance with the directive in force. The legal discipline of equity investments, of an insurance group, and financial conglomerates is described. At the end, extraordinary events (mergers and spin-off) and the crisis management of an insurance undertaking are explained.

Keywords: European company; Scheme of operations; Authorisation procedure; Single authorisation—home country control; Classes of insurance; Line of Business; Ancillary risk; System of corporate governance; Premium reserve; Loss reserve; Mathematical reserve; Prudent individual; Solvency Capital Requirement—SCR or solvency margin; Own Funds (OF); Solvency ratio or cover(age) ratio; Equity investments or holdings; Dominant influence; Insurance holding enterprise; Financial conglomerate; Reinsurance; Insurance portfolio; Transfer of an insurance portfolio; Merger; Spin-off or demerge; Extraordinary administration; Revoking of authorisation; Obligation to take out insurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52851-9_6

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