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Insurance: what the evidence base looks like

8 publications, 0 of them trials and 0 syntheses. This page describes the shape of that literature rather than summarising its conclusions.

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What the evidence on insurance is made of Of 8 publications on this topic, the breakdown by study type: 8 other. 8other (8)
8 publications, by study type. Volume is not strength — the same count can be a settled question or a pile of commentary, and which one it is depends almost entirely on this breakdown. Harvested from PubMed and Crossref; publication type as recorded by the source.

What this literature is made of

A reasonable volume of literature, but weighted towards reviews and observational work rather than trials. That is enough to describe a phenomenon and rarely enough to establish that an intervention works.

The distinction that matters most is between synthesis and primary research. A meta-analysis pools trials and is the closest thing to a settled answer a field produces. A narrative review is one group's reading of the same material and can be selective without being dishonest. Counting them together, which most citation counts do, obscures exactly the thing you want to know.

When the insurance literature was published Publication years for the 8 papers on this topic, grouped into bands from before 2015 through to 2023 onwards. 2023 onwards3 papersBefore 20152 papers2020-20222 papers2015-20191 papers
Still active. The most recent paper here is from 2025, so this is a field where an answer written today may not hold for long. Publication years as recorded by PubMed and Crossref.

How this page is built

Everything above is computed from the citations this site harvested from PubMed and Crossref, not written by hand. When the weekly harvest finds a new paper on this topic, these counts change and the characterisation changes with them. That is the point: a hand-written claim about how strong an evidence base is starts decaying the day it is written.

Publication type is taken as the source records it. That is imperfect — journals label inconsistently, and a paper indexed as a "review" may be a systematic one — so treat the bands as approximate. They are accurate enough to distinguish a trial literature from a commentary literature, which is the distinction that matters.

The strongest work on this topic

Ordered by study design first, then recency. The full set is listed in the references below.

  1. Cost analysis of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles including Maintenance & Repair Costs and Resale Values — Propfe B, Redelbach M, Santini D et al., 2012, journal article
  2. Balancing Profitability and Sustainability in Electric Vehicles Insurance: Underwriting Strategies for Affordable and Premium Models — Lin X, Chen F, Zhuang H et al., 2025, journal article
  3. QUANTATIVE MODEL FOR ESTIMATING VEHICLE REPAIR COSTS IN INSURANCE CLAIMS — Sagidolla B, Ali S, Aibolat D et al., 2024, journal article
  4. Application of Analytic Solution of Aggregate Loss Distribution through Laplace Transform on Motor Vehicle Insurance Claims Data in Indonesia — Aryanti P, Mutaqin A, 2023, journal article
  5. PERHITUNGAN MEDICAL REIMBURSTMENT PREMIUM DAN DAILY BENEFIT PREMIUM UNTUK SICKNESS INSURANCE — Andini Setyo Anggraeni, 2022, journal article
  6. Procedure for Submission of Motor Vehicle Insurance Claims at PT. Askrida Syariah Insurance Medan Branch — Anggraini A, Rahma T, 2022, journal article
  7. Comparison of the claims reserves methods by analyzing the run-off error.2016.02) — Ettore D’Ortona N, Melisi G, 2016, journal article
  8. Demand of Insurance under the Cost-of-Capital Premium Calculation Principle — Merz M, Wüthrich M, 2014, journal article
How much research is there on insurance?
8 publications are indexed here, of which 0 are trials and 0 are syntheses.
Does more research mean a stronger conclusion?
No. Composition matters more than volume — five randomised trials support a claim far better than fifty commentaries, and citation counts do not distinguish between them.
How current is this?
The most recent paper indexed here is from 2025. The set is refreshed weekly from PubMed and Crossref.
Why does this page not tell me the answer?
Because summarising a literature into a conclusion requires reading it, and doing that automatically is how confident nonsense gets published. This page tells you how much weight a conclusion could bear; the articles on this site do the interpreting.

References

Every citation below links to the original peer-reviewed record on PubMed or via DOI. Nothing here is a substitute for medical advice.

  1. Cost analysis of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles including Maintenance & Repair Costs and Resale Values Propfe B, Redelbach M, Santini D, et al. · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2012 · Journal article DOI
  2. Balancing Profitability and Sustainability in Electric Vehicles Insurance: Underwriting Strategies for Affordable and Premium Models Lin X, Chen F, Zhuang H, et al. · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2025 · Journal article DOI
  3. QUANTATIVE MODEL FOR ESTIMATING VEHICLE REPAIR COSTS IN INSURANCE CLAIMS Sagidolla B, Ali S, Aibolat D, et al. · Herald of the Kazakh-British technical university · 2024 · Journal article DOI
  4. Application of Analytic Solution of Aggregate Loss Distribution through Laplace Transform on Motor Vehicle Insurance Claims Data in Indonesia Aryanti P, Mutaqin A · International Journal of Current Science Research and Review · 2023 · Journal article DOI
  5. PERHITUNGAN MEDICAL REIMBURSTMENT PREMIUM DAN DAILY BENEFIT PREMIUM UNTUK SICKNESS INSURANCE Andini Setyo Anggraeni · Premium Insurance Business Journal · 2022 · Journal article DOI
  6. Procedure for Submission of Motor Vehicle Insurance Claims at PT. Askrida Syariah Insurance Medan Branch Anggraini A, Rahma T · Journal of Indonesian Management · 2022 · Journal article DOI
  7. Comparison of the claims reserves methods by analyzing the run-off error Ettore D’Ortona N, Melisi G · Insurance Markets and Companies · 2016 · Journal article DOI
  8. Demand of Insurance under the Cost-of-Capital Premium Calculation Principle Merz M, Wüthrich M · Risks · 2014 · Journal article DOI