... panel threshold estimation technique were used to estimate the relationship. Findings The empirical results from the direct relationship reveal that investment income and solvency significantly predict life insurance companies' profitability. On the other hand, underwriting risk, reinsurance...

..., the authors invoke Seo and Shin's (2016) sample splitting approach while relying on the recently developed Seo et al.'s (2019) computationally robust bootstrap algorithm to achieve the purpose of this study. Findings The authors find evidence of economic freedom threshold that bifurcates the link...