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Analysis of insurance companie's efficiency in the Republic of Serbia
Lukic, Radojko; Sokic, Miro; Kljenak, Dragana Vojteski - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 18 (2018) 1, pp. 249-264
Lately, as it is known, considerable theoretical and practical attention has been dedicated to the problems of analysing the business efficiency of insurance companies, both worldwide and in particular countries. In view of this, the paper conveys a complex analysis of the 2016 business...
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The effects of firm-specific factors on the profitability of non-life insurance companies in Turkey
Kaya, Emine Öner - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 3 (2015) 4, pp. 510-529
, current ratio, and premium growth rate. …
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On the Existence of Positive Equilibrium Profits in Competitive Screening Markets
Veiga, Andre - 2020
We assume a fixed number of symmetric firms, competition in prices, constant returns to scale and frictionless consumer choices. Consumers differ in their preferences and profitability (e.g., due to heterogeneous risk aversion and loss probabilities), which creates adverse selection. Firms can...
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Insurance Firms’ Capital Adjustment, Profitability, and Insolvency Risk Under Underwriting Cycles
Guidara, Alaa - 2015
activities (direct premium, net reinsurance, etc.) and the investment of assets respectively. Using a sample of 83 Canadian …
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Cost, Uncertainties and Profit in Commercial and Social Insurances
Mehedi Nizam, Ahmed - 2021
meet present and future expenditures, social insurances entail a lower amount of premium for the policy holders than its … insurance companies born out of the premium after meeting up operating expenditures and claim settlements and how this profit …, we collect annual country level data of premium collection, claim settlement and operating expenditure incurred for 04 …
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Performance Evaluation of Nepal Life and LIC : A Comparative Analysis of Earnings and Profitability Indicators
Ghimire, Rabindra - 2014
The objective of this paper is to compare the financial performance between the two largest private sector domestic and joint venture life insurers in Nepal. The study concludes that in FY 2012/13, both Nepal Life and LICs has significantly grown their revenue, assets, net profit, life fund and...
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Get the balance right : a simultaneous equation model to analyse growth, profitability, and safety
Eling, Martin; Jia, Ruo; Schaper, Philipp - 2018
three fundamental goals of business: growth, profitability, and safety. Insurers balance on premium and underwriting …
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Long-Term Earnings Forecasts, Managerial Distortion, and Stock Returns
Hameed, Allaudeen; Massa, Massimo; Ni, Zhenghui - 2023
We explain stock mispricing linked to long-term expectations of earnings growth in terms of managerial manipulation in high-growth conglomerates. Manipulation does not affect analysts’ forecasts of conglomerate earnings, which are more accurate relative to pseudo-conglomerates. The combined...
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Managerial Discretion, Earnings Opacity, and Stock Price Informativeness
Carson, James M.; Ellis, Cameron; Elyasiani, Elyas; … - 2022
Managerial, or discretionary, earnings opacity is the intentional lack of transparency to hide the intrinsic value of a firm. Opacity arises through two channels. The first is ex ante, when managers manipulate current expectations about future performance; and the second is ex post, when managers...
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Effects of directors and officers insurance on earnings management strategies : moderating role of restatement announcements
Chueh, Meng-Chi; Chang, Shen-Ho - In: International journal of business and economic sciences … 15 (2022) 1, pp. 71-93
Purpose: The purpose of this study investigates the role of directors and officers (D&O) insurance and restatement announcements in earnings management strategies. Design/methodology/approach: Using data on Taiwan's capital market, we implement two-stage method regression to examine the effects...
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