Objective: The objective of the article is to empirically examine the predictors of ROA and ROE for banks and insurance … significant and negative for ROE. Banks earned lower return on their assets and higher return on their equity than insurance … for firms in the insurance industry. …

variables directly related to the insurance product (e.g., a regulatory restriction of insurance acquisition costs) as well as … importance of insurance distribution in banks. Significant risk factors (statistically significant) which determine gross … cooperation between banks and insurers as well as the specificity of insurance products distribution (also local) in the …

in the financial sector. The working hypothesis is that the insurance industry has improved its position, resulting in …