[HTML][HTML] Improving insurers' loss reserve error prediction: Adopting combined unsupervised-supervised machine learning techniques in risk management

IJ Song, W Heo - The Journal of Finance and Data Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging literature focuses on insurers' earnings management using estimated liability for
unpaid claims, known as loss reserve. An insurance company generally uses the traditional …

Gender differences in reserving conservatism

X Che, J Xu - North American Actuarial Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Given the rapidly growing industry-wide trends to promote diversity, we provide the first
evidence that executive gender differences impact insurer corporate decisions by examining …

Market reactions to enterprise risk management adoption, incorporation by rating agencies, and ORSA Act passage

EM Eastman, J Xu - Risk Management and Insurance Review, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Prior literature on Enterprise Risk Management's (ERM) value implications focuses
on cost–benefit analyses of implementing an ERM program. We take a novel approach by …

Earnings management before mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from the US property‐casualty insurance industry

X Che, E He, DW Sommer, X Xie - Risk Management and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the earnings management behavior of target insurers before mergers
and acquisitions by investigating their reserving conservatism compared to control insurers …

Investment in big data analytics and loss reserve accuracy: evidence from the US property-liability insurance industry

X Che - The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues and …, 2024 - Springer
This study explores the impact of big data analytics investment on loss reserve accuracy in
the US property-liability insurance industry. Utilising a dataset of 1243 insurers from 2002 to …

Reducing medical malpractice loss reserve volatility through tort reform

PH Born, EM Eastman, WK Viscusi - North American Actuarial …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines how tort reform affects uncertainty in insurance markets by testing
whether noneconomic damage caps influence reserving volatility for medical malpractice …

Gender differences in reserving conservatism: Evidence from the US property-liability insurance industry

X Che, J Xu - Available at SSRN 3893250, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Given the rapidly growing industry-wide trends to promote diversity, we provide the first
evidence that executive gender differences impact insurer corporate decisions by examining …

It's about time: An examination of loss reserve development time horizons

MM Barth, EM Eastman, DL Eckles - North American Actuarial …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
A rich body of academic research has addressed the question of earnings management in
the property-casualty insurance industry via manipulation of loss reserve estimates. This …

The impact of monitor choice on insurer loss reserves

J Bisco, K McCullough… - Risk Management …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the association between monitoring and earnings management by
property‐casualty insurers. Prior literature has evaluated the impact of auditors and …

Accounting Conservatism in the Property-Liability Insurance Industry

JD Cummins, MA Weiss, J Zhang - Fox School of Business …, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
In this paper, we study two types of accounting conservatism in the property-liability (P&L)
insurance industry–ex-ante and ex-post conservatism. Ex-ante conservatism means that …