Prior studies suggest that directors' and officers' (D&O) insurance induces moral hazard and reduces incentives on behalf of stockholders. As a result, we argue that purchasing D&O insurance exhibits lower investment efficiency. Using data from Taiwan between 2008 and 2010, which is mandatorily...

In this paper we treat economic and legal advantages to firms in business financing through the issuance of bonds. Besides theoretical analysis paper includes the empirical analysis, a survey conducted in 50 businesses, including individual businesses and corporations, about the types of...

In this report we discuss the factors driving the growth of the global financial sector that are considered by many authors (e.g. Toporowski,1999 and Orhangazi, 2008) to have precipitated the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Our analysis focuses on the behavior of the different types of financial...

The article presents the initial proposal for the group risk measurement based on the comparison of two interconnected sets of webs. The risk scalar has been presented both for each separated subsidiary as well as for the group itself. It was shown the risk profile of the group could be...

This paper develops a theory of capital allocation in opaque financial intermediaries. The model endogenizes risk management and capital structure decisions, and it provides a simple setting within which to address questions relating to capital budgeting, performance measurement, and employee...

The aim of this paper is to study the influence of nonlinear dependencies on a nonlife insurer's risk and return profile. To achieve this, we integrate several copula models in a dynamic financial analysis (DFA) framework and conduct numerical tests within a simulation study. We also test...

Dynamic financial analysis (DFA) has become an important tool in analyzing the financial situation of insurance companies. Constant development and documentation of DFA tools has occurred during the last years. However, several questions concerning the implementation of DFA systems have not been...

Demographic risk, i.e., the risk that life tables change in a nondeterministic way, is a serious threat to the financial stability of an insurance company having underwritten life insurance and annuity business. The inverse influence of changes in mortality laws on the market value of life...

In his seminal paper, Bruno de Finetti (1957) laid the foundations of what would become an increasingly popular branch of risk theory: the study of dividend strategies. The recent burst of research in this field encouraged the author to carry out a systematic literature review of modern...

In today's world of financial uncertainty, one major public concern is to assess (and possibly improve) the stability of companies that take on risks. Actuaries are aware of that issue for a very long time and have a great experience in modeling the activity of a risk business. During the first...