Risk of Insurance Products and Portrait of Insurance Practise

All businesses are risky. But risk is the essence of insurance. It is the nature risk of insurance products that make it such an interesting business. Investors and managers must decide in advance what goods or services to produce, and how, in light of expected sales even further in the future. Insurers, however, have to make such projections not only on production and sales, but also about developments even beyond the point of sale. Any insurance product is unusual in that, even at the point of sale, the cost of production is not known. Product development, sales, and certain administrative expenses are incurred up front. However, the major expense is not such “loading,” but rather future payments to policyholders on claims plus the associated cost of resolving those claims. (more…)





