determine the efficiency of the non-life sector and the insurers using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The empirical research … the overall efficiency. For the purpose, appropriate statistical test is applied. The study is based on secondary data … showed that in terms of technical and pure technical efficiency, the overall result of the public sector surpasses that of …

profit efficiency are estimated using a stochastic frontier analysis and including several firm‐specific factors to overcome …

deregulation and the succeeding changes on efficiency of the Japanese life insurance industry using a Stochastic Input Distance … efficiency difference between mutual and stock life insurers has been getting larger since deregulation. Third, there is not much … difference of efficiency between foreign insurers and domestic insurers. We also find that efficiency of life insurers has …

This paper investigates the cost efficiency and competitive behaviour of the non-life - or property and casualty …-health LOB non-life insurance, we find similar significant effects of efficiency on both market shares. The non-life effects are …

)Efficiency and equity are the two aspects of pension system ,and the aging problem,labor productivity,ma- croeconomic environment …,et al. will affect the relationship between efficiency and equity.(2)Parameter adjusting and Structure reforming is a good … important ,but also the efficiency,the disequilibrium of capital market and labor market can be improved through pension …

Corporate finance theory predicts that firms' characteristics affect agency costs and hence their efficiency. Cummins … et al. (2006) have proposed a cost function specification that measures separately insurer efficiency in handling risk …. Independent agents and high capitalization reduce the cost efficiency of risk pooling. Certain characteristics such as being a …

The paper aims to examine the revenue efficiency of Nepalese life insurance companies based on their periods of … operation. Secondary data have been used in order to observe the revenue efficiency of companies during five-year period from … of business operation have better efficiency in terms of GPAC and GPOE ratios while companies with shorter period of …