..., savings attitude and risk management behavior proxied by insurance uptake. Using an instrumental variable approach, the authors account for the possible endogeneity associated with the financial literacy variable. Findings The authors find that less than 9% of individuals have correctly answered...

...Rafiqul Bhuyan; Deanne Butchey; Jerry Haar; Bakhtear Talukdar Purpose We investigate the relationship between chief executive officer (CEO) compensation and a firm's financial performance in the insurance industry to determine CEO pay policies that are more effective in promoting specific...

...Alpen Sheth; Hemang Subramanian Purpose The purpose of this paper is to model blockchain-based smart contracts specifically for the insurance industry. The authors introduce the concept of smart contracts and further discuss the implementation of a decentralized insurance marketplace, namely...

...Monzurul Hoque; Jin Park; Sukho Lee; Han Bin Kang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate coexistence of multiple distribution systems in property‐casualty (P/C) insurance industry in the USA. Design/methodology/approach Stochastic frontier analysis is used to measure cost...

...Fotios Pasiouras; J. David Cummins; Xiaoying Xie Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the market‐value relevance of frontier efficiency scores and to test hypotheses from corporate control and production theory by analyzing the market response to US property–liability (P–L) insurer...

...Fabiano Colombini; Simone Ceccarelli This paper discusses dynamic financial approaches to solvency analysis in non‐life insurance companies by explaining cash flow simulation models which are based on the planning of their typical cash inflows and outflows. Posits that these models take...

... was the utilities sector, which recorded total deals valued at RM1.87 billion. The sector, which has been most active in terms of volume, is the manufacturing sector, which is consistent with the previous six-month period. The other notable sectors during the period are finance and insurance, information technology...

...Hong Zou This paper analyses the development, regulation and future trend of the corporate insurance market in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Using data for 212 Chinese listed companies over the period 1997‐99, this study provides some preliminary empirical evidence regarding the property...

...Chen Tao This paper examines the risk factors of medical expense in China and applies statistical models to analyze these factors. Adopting data from social and private health insurance, this paper discusses the application of some multi‐variable statistical models in analyzing the risk factors...

... to protect middle class income/assets without losing Medicaid eligibility; and the alternative of private LTC insurance, including its tax implications. Discusses efforts to develop a partnership between Medicaid and the insurance companies in some states; and the pros and cons of the plans available...

...Robert J. Carney; Lise Graham Notes increasing US support for the BTID insurance strategy, i.e. buy low cost term life insurance and invest the difference between the cost of this and of whole life insurance. Points out some other investment possibilities and compares the terminal and interim...