...Habib Jouber Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between boardroom gender diversity (BoGD) and risk-taking by property-liability (P-L) stock insurers from an analytical framework that control for organizational form and ownership structure. It relies on the behavioral agency...

...Abdul Latif Alhassan; Kalwani Zyambo; Mary-Ann Afua Boakye Purpose This paper examines the role of corporate governance on the financial performance of life insurers in South Africa. Specifically, the paper tests two competing hypotheses on the role of boards as effective monitors of opportunistic...

... by reason of their position, on the basis of many types of violations. A corporate governor may be at least partially protected from personal liability with insurance, with increased cash compensation, and/or with one or more delegations of powers. Practical implications Enables both foreign...