PROPERTY INSURANCE DECISION-MAKING ON THE BASIS OF UTILITY FUNCTIONS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2023vol2.7308Keywords:
Expected utility, insurance policy, insurance risks, risk attitudeAbstract
Property and other valuables insurance is widespread all over the world. An insurance company assumes the risk of damage or total destruction of the insured property. When this kind of damage or destruction is established, the company pays its client compensation (insurance premium) up to the amount specified in the insurance contract. For his part, the insured must pay a certain amount to the firm for the provision of insurance services. In any property insurance process, the question arises as to whether it is appropriate to insure the property for the price offered by the firm. The paper considers an approach to solving this problem based on expected utility theory.
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