Recent corporate events have brought a heightened public awareness to corporate
governance issues. Much work has been accomplished to date, but it is clear that much …

This article examines whether managers impact firm performance. We conservatively define
managerial ability as the manager's capacity to deploy the firm's resources. We verify the …

We analyze the impact of factors related to corporate governance (ie, compensation,
monitoring, and ownership structure) on risk taking in the insurance industry. We measure …

Analysis of abnormal premium growth surrounding changes in financial strength ratings for a
large panel of property/casualty insurers generally indicates significant premium declines in …

Since changes in the firm-specific or unsystematic risks faced by a corporation have no
effect on firm value, corporate insurance purchases might seem unwarranted. However …

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of firm-specific, industry-specific and
macroeconomic factors on the performance of life insurance firms. This study focuses on the …

This study examines the impact of organizational structure and board composition on risk
taking in the US property casualty insurance industry, addressing different risk‐taking …

This paper explores the relation between capital and risk in the life insurance industry in the
period after the adoption of life risk-based capital (RBC) regulation. To examine this issue …

This article is the first step toward integrating in a single framework two previously separate
lines of research on major structural decisions of life insurers. The literature has previously …

This research aims to investigate the effect of board gender diversity on private firm risk.
Using a sample of 27,352 UK private firms from 2005 to 2017, we report a negative …