Journal article
Capital Market Development, Competition, Property Rights, and the Value of Insurer Product-Line Diversification: A Cross-Country Analysis
The Journal of risk and insurance, Vol.80(2), pp.423-459
06/2013
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2012.01470.x
Abstract
In this article, we show that the effect of product diversification on performance is not homogeneous across countries. Diversified insurance companies perform significantly worse than their focused competitors in countries with well-developed capital markets, high levels of property rights protection, and high levels of competition. In addition, we find that the diversificationperformance relationship for insurance companies depends on company size. For large insurers operating in countries with less developed capital markets, diversification significantly increases performance. Our results suggest that the optimal organizational structure may be different for insurers operating in emerging economies than for insurers operating in developed countries.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Capital Market Development, Competition, Property Rights, and the Value of Insurer Product-Line Diversification: A Cross-Country Analysis
- Creators
- Thomas R. Berry-Stoelzle - University of GeorgiaRobert E. Hoyt - Terry College of BusinessSabine Wende - University of Cologne
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of risk and insurance, Vol.80(2), pp.423-459
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2012.01470.x
- ISSN
- 0022-4367
- eISSN
- 1539-6975
- Number of pages
- 37
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2013
- Academic Unit
- Finance
- Record Identifier
- 9984380557702771
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