Justyna Witkowska

The importance of systemic risk assessment in a risk-based common European Union deposit insurance system: case of Lithuania

Abstract The financial crisis has shown that the deposit insurance system did not help to maintain depositors’ confidence and financial stability for the whole banking sector. In order to ensure equal protection to depositors in all European Union countries, the European Commission presented the common European Union risk-based deposit insurance system model in 2015. In this model, the individual risk of each bank should be measured. However, there are discussions in scientific literature that the amount of systemic risk of the banks should be measured. In the current economy it is very important to measure the arising amount of systemic risk in the banking sector, but even the new E.U. common deposit insurance system model of 2015 does not take systemic risk assessment into account. The aim of the research is to evaluate the risk-based common European deposit insurance system impact on deposit insurance premiums to Lithuanian banks: not only individual banks’ risks, but the systemic risk as well. The most appropriate systemic risk assessment method was selected according to different scientific researchers and strong Lithuanian banking sector concentration. The results showed that inclusion of the systemic risk assessment in risk-based deposit insurance system helps to have more accurate bank risk assessment.

Directions in the Development of Commercial Insurance in Poland and Lithuania

Abstract This article analyses trends in the development of the commercial insurance market in Poland and in Lithuania over the last decade. The insurance market changed in the 2002-2011 period. Those changes can be seen in various fields of commercial insurance. Data on the number of insurers, total premiums written, and the trends in claim payments and claim ratios were used to perform a market trend analysis. It should be emphasized that Poland experienced the results of the financial crisis in the insurance market later than Lithuania, which is visible in specific ratios under analysis. In Lithuania, in terms of insurance expenditures, non-life insurance products are definitely more popular, while in Poland life insurance plays the most important role. Poles buy most life insurance from group 1, and Lithuanians from group 3. In the case of non-life insurance, motor vehicle insurance (third-party liability insurance and casco (collision/personal liability insurance)) and property insurance are the leading forms of insurance purchased by both Poles and Lithuanians, as well as other Europeans Streszczenie Celem artykułu jest określenie kierunków rozwoju ubezpieczeń gospodarczych w Polsce i na Litwie w ostatnim dziesięcioleciu. Rynek ubezpieczeniowy w latach 2002- 2011 zmienił się. Zmiany te są widoczne w różnych obszarach ubezpieczeń gospodarczych. W nakreśleniu kierunków rozwoju rynku pomocne były informacje na temat liczby ubezpieczycieli przypisu składki i jej dynamiki. wypłaty świadczeń. odszkodowań i ich dynamiki oraz wskaźnika szkodowości. Podkreślenia wymaga fakt. iż Polska później niż Litwa odczuła skutki kryzysu finansowego na rynku ubezpieczeniowym. co jest widoczne w poszczególnych analizowanych wskaźnikach. Na Litwie pod względem wydatków na ubezpieczenia zdecydowanie większym zainteresowaniem cieszą się produkty ubezpieczeń majątkowych. w Polsce natomiast ubezpieczenia na życie. W ramach ubezpieczeń działu I Polacy kupują najwięcej ubezpieczeń z grupy 1. Litwini z grupy 3. Jeżeli chodzi o dział II. zarówno wśród osób mieszkających w Polsce. jak i na Litwie. a także w całej Europie największym powodzeniem cieszą się ubezpieczenia komunikacyjne (OC i AC) oraz ubezpieczenia nieruchomości.