TY - JOUR AU - Aldona Mrówczyńska-Kamińska AU - Aldona Standar PY - 2016/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Role of Business Insurance in National Economy in Poland JF - Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development JA - jard VL - 41 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.17306/JARD.2016.61 UR - http://www1.up.poznan.pl/jard/index.php/jard/article/view/194 AB - The main aim of the study is to show the role of business insurance in the Polish national economy. The fi rst part presents an overview of the insurance market. In the second part the importance of insurance in the national economy is discussed, based on calculated penetration rates, insurance density, activity monitoring, coverage ratio and solvency ratio. Finally the density and penetration rates in Poland were compared with those in other EU countries. The primary research method was descriptive method and the basic indicators of the importance of insurance in the national economy. The main source materials were data from the Central Statistical Offi ce, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority and the Polish Insurance Association. This study covers the period 2006-2014. The study confi rmed a good standing of the Polish insurance market and the fact that it systematically reduces the distance that separates the Polish insurance market from the largest European markets. ER -