A survey of data envelopment analysis applications in the insurance industry 1993–2018

S Kaffash, R Azizi, Y Huang, J Zhu - European journal of operational …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently in the insurance sector, efficiency measurement of insurance firms has attracted
great interest from investors, financial market analysts, insurance regulators, and …

Frontier efficiency methodologies to measure performance in the insurance industry: Overview, systematization, and recent developments

M Eling, M Luhnen - The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues …, 2010 - Springer
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview on frontier efficiency measurement in the
insurance industry, a topic of great interest in the academic literature during the last several …

Efficiency in the international insurance industry: A cross-country comparison

M Eling, M Luhnen - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2010 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on frontier efficiency
measurement in the international insurance industry, a topic of great interest in the academic …

An efficiency comparison of the non-life insurance industry in the BRIC countries

W Huang, M Eling - European Journal of Operational Research, 2013 - Elsevier
We analyze the efficiency of non-life insurance companies in four of the fastest-growing
markets in the world—the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries. An innovative …

The impact of competition on cost efficiency of insurance and takaful sectors: Evidence from GCC markets based on the Stochastic Frontier Analysis

AA Alshammari, SMSJ Alhabshi, B Saiti - Research in International …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, competition in the insurance sector has increased due to the number of
players added by the emergence of takaful. This paper examines the impact of competition …

Türkiye hayat sigortasi sektöründe etkinliğin incelenmesi

S Kılıçkaplan, G Karpat - Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi İktisadi İdari …, 2004 - dergipark.org.tr
Sigorta sektörü tamamıyla güven sistemine dayalı bir oluşumdur. Bu kapsamda sigorta
sektörü, özellikle bireysel emeklilik sisteminin uygulamaya konulması ile yoğun bir rekabet …

Regulations, profitability, and risk-adjusted returns of European insurers: An empirical investigation

C Gaganis, L Liu, F Pasiouras - Journal of Financial Stability, 2015 - Elsevier
This study examines the effect of regulations on European insurers' profitability and risk-
adjusted returns. We find an inverted U-shaped relationship between return on assets and …

Measuring human, physical and structural capital efficiency performance of insurance companies

M Nourani, VGR Chandran, QL Kweh… - Social Indicators Research, 2018 - Springer
Based on the strategy perspective of intellectual capital, this paper proposes an integrated
framework that is practical to estimate the human, physical, and structural capitals …

Performance determinants of life insurers: A systematic review of the literature

T Zinyoro, MJ Aziakpono - Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Efficiency drivers of insurers in GCC: an analysis incorporating company-specific and external environmental variables

R Bansal, D Singh - Cogent Economics & Finance, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The study aims to a comprehensive measure of listed insurance companies' technical
efficiency in GCC countries and benchmarking, peer count summary, and measuring …