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Hodnocení procesu harmonizace českého pojistného trhu s jednotným pojistným trhem EU

Title in English Evaluation of the harmonization process of the Czech insurance market with the single insurance market of the EU.
Authors

ČEJKOVÁ Viktória VÁVROVÁ Eva

Year of publication 2004
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Keywords indicator, commercial insurance company, insurance market
Description For the Czech insurance industry, it has been 13 years since the passage of the Insurance Act in 1991, which did away with the monopoly and allowed competition in this business sector. In our evaluation, we can state that the positives outweigh the negatives. A relatively high pace of growth in total premiums written was achieved and the ratio of premiums written to GDP increased, up to 4,0% in 2002. In comparison with EU countries, the Czech insurance market is behind in 2 global indicators: the ratio of premiums written to GDP and the share of life insurance in total premiums written. The Czech insurance market must count on greater competition from foreign insurance companies, as the Czech Republic was May 1, 2004, accepted as a member of the European Union.

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