This book explores causes and consequences of interfirm rivalry within the global insurance industry. Based on three …

This book applies econometric techniques to test the relationship between efficiency and risk within the banking … industry in China. Chapters examine how efficiency has been affected by different types of risk-taking behaviour and how risk … has been an important determinant of bank efficiency in the context of the series of reforms impacting banks in China …

An Overview of the Pharmaceutical Sector in India -- The sources of Heterogenity in the Efficiency of Indian … Pharmaceutical Firms -- Comparing Efficiency Across Various Groups of Firms: A Meta-Frontier Approach -- Examining the Efficiency … envelopment analysis (DEA), a useful technique for understanding productivity and efficiency. It can provide guidance to the …

-owned Hybrid Organizations: Interpreting Democracy in Mutual Insurance Companies; Tiziana Sardiello, Susanna Alexius and Staffan … Mutual Insurance Companies; Jan Andersson -- 16. New International Rules for Corporate Governance and the Roles of Management …

The book analyzes the role of technology in the redefinition of the competitiveness of insurance markets. With a focus … technology both in the development and in the distribution of insurance services and explore the customer relationship evolution … how digitalization impacts the insurance environment and regulation, and how InsurTech development represents a threat for …

revenue, cost efficiency and control, as well as improved business agility in the insurance industry …

profitability of the life insurance companies using measures of efficiency and competition. By helping regulatory authorities …: Sample of Life Insurance Companies -- References -- 3 Life Insurance in India: Efficiency and Profitability -- 3 …This book traces the development and analyses the performance of life insurance industry in India, since inception of …

insurance. It discusses how new actuarial approaches were developed within each practice area, and how these emerging ideas … general insurance reserving; the adoption of risk-based reserving and the Guaranteed Annuity Option crisis at the end of the … Insurance (1851 - 1994) -- Conclusions: Looking Back, Looking Forward …