Raportowanie informacji niefinansowych w zakładach ubezpieczeń w Polsce

Raportowanie informacji niefinansowych w zakładach ubezpieczeń w PolsceThis paper aims to show causes of non-financial reporting and to present conclusions from an evaluation of the extent and principles of this area of reporting with regard to the prevailing practice of companies in the Polish insurance market. The paper reviews literature of the subject and applicable regulations and uses the methods of deduction and induction, analysis of the contents of non-financial reports and the author's own observations. The initial part is a review of relevant literature concerning causes of nonfinancial reporting. The second section describes the unique nature of insurance companies as public trust organisations and its effects on management systems of insurers and qualitative characteristics of nonfinancial reports. Non-financial reports have been examined that were drafted in 2001–2015 by insurance companies operating in Poland as of 31 December 2015. Reports submitted to the GRI as reports from Poland and reports of parent entities have been studied. Image considerations have been found to be the fundamental cause of non-financial reporting. 48.2% of insurance companies produced reports although it was not mandatory at the time. No results of research using a similar sample have been found in academic literature