Akhigbe, Aigbe; Martin, Anna D.; Whyte, Ann Marie - In: Journal of Insurance Issues 32 (2009) 1, pp. 78-104
We analyze the changes in capital market risk measures following the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 for publicly-traded insurers. The most substantive impact occurs for life insurers, who experience significant increases in all risk measures, although we also document...