This paper estimates a reduced-form model to assess the credit risk of General Insurance (GI) non-life firms in the UK … insurance firms. The implications of these findings for regulators of GI firms under the coming Solvency II are discussed. …

two of New York City's fifteen banks. Life and Fire Insurance became the largest of the bankruptcies. In violation of New … insurance industry. These lending practices, based on an instrument known as a post note, were initially sound, but were later …

insurance portfolio, the proportion of structured finance in their investment portfolio, selling credit default swaps, and …

We estimate a probit model of insolvency risk, using a dataset of about 400 Dutch insurance companies during the period …

-affiliated U.S. property-casualty insurance companies from 1994. While it is generally assumed that affiliate support enhances the …

As a result of Solvency II, academics and practitioners anticipate further consolidation in the insurance industry as … generally aims to enhance the soundness of the insurance sector and its firms, policymakers should be aware of this merger … risk reducing. Consolidation can thus have a stabilizing effect on the insurance sector during market turmoil. Finally, the …

are growing rapidly in Muslim-dominated countries where insurance density and insurance penetration are low …

evaluation among public and private sector companies. Early detection and diagnosis of bankruptcy of insurance companies is much … variables and determine how they contribute to bankruptcy risk prediction, based on which the non-life insurance companies are …The previous performance evaluation studies towards non-life insurance companies emphasized on the comparative …

For insurance firms, underwriting and investment strategies are defined as the dollar weights allocated to underwriting … property-liability insurance companies for 1996 to 2010, we first examine the impact of underwriting and investment strategies … conditions, triggering a new stage of the insurance cycle. In addition, we show that, in hard markets, when insurers are …

Why is the cost of resolving insurance company failures so high? Evidence in this paper suggests that the state … insurance regulatory bodies in charge of the liquidation process turn over an average of only 37 cents for each $1,00 of pre …