Definition: Insurance enterprises

Category: National accounts

The "insurance enterprises" sector consists of all institutional units which are principally engaged in insurance, i.e. which convert individual risks into collective risks, normally by establishing insurance technical reserves. The principal resources of these units come from contractual premiums.
Source:
National Account ESA Detailed tables by sector Non financial transactions 1985-1996, Eurostat, 1999, p.IX
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