Valuation effects of insurers' security offerings are examined by measuring the share price response to announcements of impending security issues. Insurers exhibit unique characteristics that can cause the signal emitted by their security offerings to differ from that of other firms. An event...

The purpose of this study is to determine what firm-specific factors affect the risk of insurance companies. Traditional methods used to identify potential failures have been severely criticized. Thus, alternative approaches to risk assessment should be of interst to investors and managers of...

This study examines the market's reaction to foreign divestitures and explains why reactions vary across firms. A significant positive reaction is observed, which is similar in magniture to that observed for a matched control sample of domestic divestitures. The size of the reaction is...

Insurance company risk is assessed after their acquisitions. An acquisition may increase risk if it is a strategic mismatch, or an acquisition may reduce risk through cash flow diversification. Over thirty-six month periods surrounding insurance company acquisitions, systematic risk changes are...