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Does ESG Performance Reduce Default Risk in Insurance Firms? Evidence From Life and Non‐Life Sectors

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether environmental, social, and governance performance is associated with lower default risk in European insurance firms, and whether the strength of this association differs between life and non‐life business models.
S. Miani, M. Mantovani, E. Palmieri
wiley   +1 more source

Compensation for industrial injuries and occupational diseases

open access: yesActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2011
According to the current legislation in the Labour Code the employer’s liability for personal injury resulting from industrial injury or disease is objective, i.e. liability for result. Employer has always an obligation to pay damages if the employer has
Jana Mervartová
doaj   +1 more source

Building an honest microfinance organization: Embezzlement and the optimality of rigid repayment schedules and joint liability [PDF]

open access: yes
We consider the agency problem of a staff member managing microfinancing programs, who can abuse his discretion to embezzle borrowers' repayments. The fact that most borrowers of microfinancing programs are illiterate and live in rural areas where ...
Doh-Shin Jeon, Domenico Menicucci
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Seats at the Table, Shifts in the Actions: Board Gender Diversity and Climate Activism

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As regulatory and stakeholder pressures intensify, firms are increasingly expected to move beyond symbolic sustainability commitments towards corporate climate activism. This concept refers to the active institutionalisation of climate‐focused mechanisms such as external assurance, board oversight and climate‐linked incentives.
Md Tanvir Hamim, Rasim Simsek
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental liability insurance, green innovation, and mediation effect study

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science
This paper begins by establishing a three-party game model involving three key players: the insurer, the firm, and the government. This model is used to analyze the utility of each party in various scenarios, one of which encourages green innovation ...
Yu Chen, Yuantao Xie
doaj   +1 more source

The regulation and structure of nonlife insurance in the United States [PDF]

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The insurance industry is underdeveloped in most developing countries because of low levels of income and wealth and because restrictive regulations inhibit the supply of insurance services.
Barth, Michael M., Grace, Martin F.
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The Production of a Sustainability Reporting Norm in Spanish State‐Owned Enterprises

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT State‐owned enterprises (SOEs) are hybrid organizations that pursue social and economic goals and are expected to engage in sustainability reporting. Previous literature has shown limited attention to examining the process by which a norm in sustainability reporting has emerged among SOEs.
Javier Andrades   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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