International Journal of Financial Studies, 2022 A stable and healthy insurance industry plays a vital role in sustaining an economy resistant to economic shocks by providing an efficient risk-transition mechanism.
Md. Nur Alam Siddik +5 more
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The effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty on the Insurance Industry (PMG approach) [PDF]
مدلسازی اقتصادسنجی, 2022 The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) on the insurance industry in the Middle East and North Africa in the period 2000 to 2020.
amir ali farhang
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Process landscape and efficiency in non-life insurance claims management [PDF]
The Journal of Risk Finance, 2016 Purpose In view of the fact that claim payouts account for about 70 per cent of annual direct costs in non-life insurance companies and that claims-handling staff sums up to 10-20 per cent of all employees, an optimal claims management environment is of strategic importance. The purpose of this paper is twofold, i.e.
Mahlow, Nils, Wagner, Joël
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Asymmetric effects of life and non-life insurance on economic growth in Saudi Arabia: A nonlinear analysis [PDF]
Insurance Markets and CompaniesThis paper explores the asymmetric effects of life and non-life insurance on economic growth in Saudi Arabia. Quarterly data on insurance penetration rates and GDP growth from 2009 to 2022, obtained from the Global Economy, Saudi Arabian Monetary ...
Ramzi Drissi, Emtinan Alsuhaibani
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Does economic policy uncertainty affect insurance premiums? Fresh empirical evidence
Heliyon, 2023 Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) is the level of uncertainty or unpredictability arising from government policy on topics such as taxes, trade, monetary policy, and regulation.
Saeed Sazzad Jeris +3 more
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JISR Management and Social Sciences & Economics, 2018 The study is designed to identify the determinants of profitability in the insurance industry of Pakistan. The panel data set of 41 insurance companies (life, non-life, and takaful insurance) from 2007-2017 was employed.
Shams Ur Rahman +2 more
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Interlocking Directorates as a Trust Substitute: The Case of the Italian Non-Life Insurance Industry [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006 This paper investigates the market structure of the insurance business by analyzing the (interlock) linkages among companies created by their directors. We focus on the non-life business since this is a sector relatively closed with respect to the competition with other financial activities; an absence of industry competition cannot thus be compensated
Carbonai, Davide +1 more
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The strategic role of reinsurance in the United Kingdom’s (UK) non-life insurance market [PDF]
, 2015 We demonstrate that by increasing the level of reinsurance, primary insurers increase their product-market share at the expense of rivals with lower reinsurance coverage in five main lines of insurance in the United Kingdom’s (UK) non-life insurance ...
Adam +55 more
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Non-Linear Effects of Life and Non-Life Insurance Penetration Rates on Economic Growth in Iran [PDF]
پژوهشهای اقتصادی, 2018 The main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of life and non-life insurance on economic growth in Iran. To this end, the smooth transition regression (STR) model was used by gathering data on life and non-life insurance penetration ...
Kiumars shahbazi, zhila saleki
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Macroeconomic environment and insurance industry development: The case of Visegrad group countries [PDF]
, 2016 The insurance industry accumulates a considerable number of financial assets and represents an essential element of the sustainable economic growth in all developed countries.
Brokešová, Zuzana +1 more
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