Using state-of-the-art frontier efficiency methodologies, we study the efficiency and productivity of Swiss insurance … subsectors. Moreover, we are the first to analyze the internationalization strategies of insurance companies, a topic of high … insurance sector. We find that productivity and efficiency in the Swiss insurance market have improved for the property …

This dissertation consists of four essays on insurance economies. It aims to answer questions in the fields of … insurance transactions (Essays I and IV) as well as insurance operations and strategies (Essays II and III). These questions are … relevant both to the insurance academic community and to the insurance industry. The methodologies explored in the dissertation …

relationship between the degree of internationalization and firm performance (I-P relationship). Considering the global insurance … internationalization. The life insurance industry's idiosyncrasies lead to relatively high liability of foreignness that compromise cost … globalization on life insurers' performance. However, the nonlife insurance industry's idiosyncrasies render this relationship …

erste Beitrag, "The Determinants of Efficiency and Productivity in the Swiss Insurance Industry", untersucht die Effizienz …The thesis at hand aims at advancing the theoretical and practical understanding of efficiency in the insurance … productivity analysis in the Swiss insurance industry. The second research area encompasses the following three papers that analyze …