Analysis and valuation of insurance companies

D Nissim - CE| ASA (Center for Excellence in Accounting and …, 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
During 2008 and 2009, the insurance industry experienced unprecedented volatility. The
large swings in insurers' market valuations, and the significant role that financial reporting …

Catastrophe risk, reinsurance and securitized risk-transfer solutions: A review

Y Zhao, JP Lee, MT Yu - China Finance Review International, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Catastrophe (CAT) events associated with natural catastrophes and man-made
disasters cause profound impacts on the insurance industry. This research thus reviews the …

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on abnormal returns of insurance firms: a cross-country evidence

U Farooq, A Nasir, Bilal, MU Quddoos - Applied Economics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This research investigates the abnormal returns of 958 insurance companies from Australia,
Canada, Germany, USA, UK, Brazil, India, and Indonesia under the COVID-19 scenario …

Determinants of corporate diversification: Evidence from the property–liability insurance industry

TR Berry‐Stölzle, AP Liebenberg… - Journal of Risk and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This article analyzes variations in line‐of‐business diversification status and extent among
property–liability insurers. Our results show that the extent of diversification is not driven by …

The impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on the world's largest listed insurance firms

AM Martins, P Correia, R Gouveia - The Geneva Papers on Risk and …, 2024 - Springer
We examine the short-term market impact of the beginning of the military conflict between
Russia and Ukraine (24 February 2022) on the world's largest insurance firms. Using an …

Firm performance and aspiration levels as determinants of a firm's strategic repositioning within strategic group structures

M Schimmer, M Brauer - Strategic organization, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous studies on strategic group dynamics have generated valuable insights into the
industry-level determinants of changes in strategic group membership and group strategy …

Should I stay or should I go? The impact of natural disasters and regulation on US property insurers' supply decisions

PH Born… - Journal of Risk and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we identify the main factors that drive insurers' willingness to offer coverage in
catastrophe‐prone property insurance lines. We compare insurers' supply decisions in …

Evolutionary stable strategy for postdisaster insurance: Game theory approach

MS Eid, IH El-Adaway, KT Coatney - Journal of Management in …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
Mitigation of the financial impacts associated with natural disasters is becoming an urgent
objective at both the national and international levels, as the rate and magnitude of natural …

Risk transfer beyond reinsurance: the added value of CAT bonds

T Götze, M Gürtler - The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues …, 2022 - Springer
Reinsurance and CAT bonds are two alternative risk management instruments used by
insurance companies. Insurers should be indifferent between the two instruments in a …

Market expectations following catastrophes: An examination of insurance broker returns

MA Ragin, M Halek - Journal of risk and insurance, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the effect major catastrophes are expected to have on equilibrium price and
quantity in the insurance market. In particular, we examine whether investors expect total …