Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mikhail L. Kozlov Author-Email: Nerevar111@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: St. Petersburg State University of Economics, St. Petersburg 191023, Russia Title: Management Decisions in Insurance as an Expression of Synergetic Management Abstract: The article substantiates the approach of the consideration of insurance as a synergetic process, both at the at micro level of the insurance company and at the macro level of financial services institution, because by the building of an insurance portfolio the positive economic impact, which exceeds the economic effect of the individual risks adoption, is achieved. The article also discusses the role management decision carriers in the formation of an insurance portfolio. Depending on the quality of insurance management both synergetic and entropic effects are possible in the insurance. Classification-JEL: G22 Keywords: insurance, risk management, entropy, synergy, insurance portfolio, risk assessment, management Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 120-126 Issue: 5 Year: 2016 Month: October File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2016/5/statii/5_12.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:160512:p:120-126