Precondition on microinsurance in Ukraine: Contingent valuation approach for poor population behaviour regarding insurance services
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https://doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v6i2.378Keywords:
microinsurance, contingent valuation, low-income people, price, insurance coverageAbstract
The work represents the risk-behavioral aspects of finance and insurance related to low-income people in Ukraine and answers the main question concerning microinsurance: can microinsurance provide value for low-income people? The definition of microinsurance is presented. The study uses the contingent valuation method, as it used a survey to directly ask low-income people how much they would be willing to pay for insurance. The polling was performed in 2011-2013 and covered about 3000 people. It is found that Urban poor were found to prefer to have an annual microinsurance premium of less than 3% of the Minimal Ukrainian Salary (MUS) and the desired size of annual microinsurance coverage was found to be not less than the 3MUS microinsurance tariff, at a rate 1% of the desired insurance sum.
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