Shedding the Light on Insurance Brokers’ Remuneration: the Role of the Fees

The academic literature analyzed the way insurance brokers are compensated and different theoretical models, discussing the tradeoff between commissions and fees-based compensation system, have been developed. However, an ethical lens through which those systems are applied is still lacking in extan...

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Autor: Latorre Guillem, Miguel Ángel
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Repositório:RIUCV. Repositorio de la Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:riucv.ucv.es:20.500.12466/4137
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12466/4137
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Commissions
Fees
Honorarios
Remuneración bróker de seguros
Estudio caso español
Comportamiento oportunista
Insurance broker remuneration
Spanish case study
Opportunistic behaviors
Comisiones
5307.13 Teoría de la Inversión
53 Ciencias Económicas
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Resumo:The academic literature analyzed the way insurance brokers are compensated and different theoretical models, discussing the tradeoff between commissions and fees-based compensation system, have been developed. However, an ethical lens through which those systems are applied is still lacking in extant literature. To close this gap, in this manuscript we concentrate on fees and propose to the fore some practical examples brokers and customers may face. These examples, set in the Spanish market (which allows both commissions and fees), are used to discuss the role of fees in contexts where unethical behaviors may occur.