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The portuguese insurance industry: basis for strategic process decision

dc.contributor.authorCruz, Manuel Mendes da
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Hélder Fanha
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-22T22:15:25Z
dc.date.available2011-11-22T22:15:25Z
dc.date.issued2009-05
dc.description.abstractNowadays, the Portuguese insurance industry operates in a market with a much more aggressive structure than a few decades ago. Markets and the economy have become globalised since the last decade of the 20th century. Market forces have gradually shifted – power is now mainly on the demand side. In order to meet the new requirements, the insurance industry must develop a strong strategic ability to respond to constant changes of the new international economic order.One of the basic aspects of this strategic development will focus on the ability to predict the future. We introduce the subject by briefly describing the sector, its organisational structure in the Portuguese market, and challenges arising from the development of the European Union. We then analyse the economic and financial structure of the sector. From this point of view, we aim at the possibility of designing models that could explain the demand for insurance, claims and technical reserves evolution. Such models, (even if based on the past), would resolve, at least partly, one of the greatest difficulties experienced by insurance companies when estimating the budget. Thus, we examine the existence of variables that explain the previous points, which are capable of forming a basis for designing models that are simple but efficient, and can be used for strategic planning.por
dc.identifier.citationCruz MM, Martins HF. The portuguese insurance industry: basis for strategic process decision. Alicerces. 2009;II(2):63-75.por
dc.identifier.issn1645-7943
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/479
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherInstituto Politécnico de Lisboapor
dc.subjectIndústria seguradorapor
dc.subjectSegurospor
dc.subjectProcura e ofertapor
dc.subjectPlaneamento estratégicopor
dc.subjectProcesso de decisãopor
dc.titleThe portuguese insurance industry: basis for strategic process decisionpor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage75por
oaire.citation.startPage63por
oaire.citation.titleAlicercespor
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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