Journal article
Successful Business Strategies for Insurers Entering and Growing in Emerging Markets
Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice, Vol.35(1), pp.110-129
01/01/2010
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2009.35
Abstract
Entering new markets and growing in existing ones is an area of major interest within the insurance industry across the globe. Insurance market growth rates in emerging markets are far in excess of those available in most developed countries. While these growth rates have attracted new and existing firms to these markets, corporate managers face a number of important strategic decisions as they consider establishing or expanding operations in emerging markets. This study evaluates the impact of several strategies on insurer performance in emerging markets. The main findings suggest that overall, successful business strategies for insurers entering or growing in emerging markets involve a high growth rate, increased size and more emphasis on life insurance. When performance is adjusted for risk, lower financial leverage and mutual organisational form are associated with better performance. However, differences in successful business strategies arise across countries when we control for country-level economic and market characteristics. The Geneva Papers (2010) 35, 110-129. doi:10.1057/gpp.2009.35
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Successful Business Strategies for Insurers Entering and Growing in Emerging Markets
- Creators
- Thomas R. Berry-Stoelzle - University of GeorgiaRobert E. Hoyt - Terry College of BusinessSabine Wende - University of Cologne
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice, Vol.35(1), pp.110-129
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1057/gpp.2009.35
- ISSN
- 1018-5895
- eISSN
- 1468-0440
- Number of pages
- 20
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Finance
- Record Identifier
- 9984380547202771
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