The life insurance industry plays a crucial role in the economy as it serves as one of the channels through which countries mobilize long-term savings, promote the development of capital markets, foster efficient capital allocation, and substitute and complement government security programs....

This study examines the relative effects of the different types of international financial flows on economic performance in Kenya both in the long- and short-runs using the autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) bounds approach and data for the period 1970 to 2017. This is against the...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face obstacles in raising capital and accessing financial services due to information asymmetry, high transaction costs and lack of collateral. FinTech developments have made gathering and sharing information easier, changed how funds are mobilized and...

The performance of non-life insurers is essential to the economy because of their role in mitigating the risks firms and households face. This study provides a comprehensive overview of studies examining factors affecting non-life insurers' performance. Based on 235 studies published between...