The role of the overall economic development on the insurance market growth – Evidence of the European union
The role of the overall economic development on the insurance market growth – Evidence of the European union
In this paper the authors wanted to reveal the relationship between overall economic development measured by gross domestic product per capita (GDPPC) influences the insurance market development measured by indicators such as gross written premium per capita (GWPPC) and the share of gross written premium in GDP. Therefore, the authors have calculated correlation coefficients for EU27, and separately for old EU members (EU15) and new EU member states (EU12) for the 2000-2009 period. Moreover, thi