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Insurance and Risk

This report studies a concept rather than a market. The aim is to assess consumer attitudes to risks and risk taking and how these attitudes impinge on the market for general insurance products. The insurance market is designed to cover the risks inherent in everyday life; therefore, how consumers view risks and price risks is important for understanding how they approach the general insurance market as buyers of risk cover.

Around 30 questions were asked in total, covering the following topics:

  • Ownership of general insurance products
  • Insurance events suffered recently and insurance claims made
  • The insurance, financial, health/safety, recreational, ethical and social risks consumers are prepared to take
  • How risky consumers perceive a range of insurance, financial and general life events
  • How beneficial consumers feel taking risks can be to them
  • Whether the insurance policies owned provide value for money
  • What factors influence which policies are purchased
  • How well consumers understand the policies they own
  • How vulnerable consumers feel they are to insurance risks
  • How well do consumers cover the insurance risks they are exposed to?
  • How well consumers can cover the financial consequences of a claim event without insurance cover
  • How much consumers are prepared to pay to cover insurance risks
  • Consumer personality types.

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