PERCEPTION OF COMPETITIVENESS OF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC BASED ON SETTLEMENT AND COMPARISON OF COMPETITIVENESS INDEXES

Elena ŠIRÁ

Abstract


This article deals with competitiveness of insurance companies in Slovak Republic. The main goal of this article is to define the competitiveness factors of insurance companies and based on this to set the index of competitiveness for commercial insurance companies (IKPOI). At the end, there were defined 2 competitiveness indexes, competitiveness index declared by insurance companies (IKPOIp) and competitiveness index declared by population (IKPOIo). Mentioned 2 indexes were tested on conformance of the middle values.

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Keyword(s)


competitiveness, insurance companies, index of competitiveness of insurance companies (IKPOI), KAM methodology

JEL Codes


G22, O16

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