This paper provides evidence on factors affecting the level of the regulatory solvency ratio of Spanish insurers from 2005-2012 by employing the two-step system generalized method of moments in the analysis. Results show a significant degree of persistence in the regulatory solvency ratio. Cost...

This paper provides cross-country evidence on the association between soundness and competition in the life insurance industry, where competition is measured by the Boone indicator. We analyze 10 European Union (EU) life insurance markets over the post-deregulation period 1999–2011. The...

This paper provides evidence on the determinants of the diversification status as well as the extent of diversification for Spanish non-life insurers in the period 2000-2007. Operating efficiency, risk pooling, internal capital markets, conflict of interests and external markets control are the...

This paper fills a gap in the existent literature on the determinants associated with the likelihood of being involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by insurance firms. We investigate firm factors for both becoming a target or becoming an acquirer using a detailed database of the Spanish...

This paper provides new information on the effects of deregulation and consolidation in financial services markets by analyzing the Spanish insurance industry. The sample period 1989-1998 spans the introduction of the European Union?s Third Generation Insurance Directives, which deregulated the...

This paper provides evidence of the role that financial market development and institutional quality play in the integration of European Union (EU) life insurance markets. It analyzes ten EU life insurance markets over a seventeen-year sample period. The meta-technology cost/revenue efficiency...