Economic crisis and determinants of solvency in the insurance sector: new evidence from Spain
This paper analyzes the factors that determine the solvency of the insurance companies operating in Spain. The selected time span, from 2008 to 2015, encompasses a period of economic instability characterized by record low interest rates and low or even negative economic growth. Using a dynamic pane...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Jaén |
| Repositorio: | RUJA. Repositorio Institucional de la Producción Científica de la Universidad de Jaén |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ruja.ujaen.es:10953/6000 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acfi.12422 https://hdl.handle.net/10953/6000 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Insurance Solvency Capitalization Economic crisis European financial system G22 G28 G32 G33 |
| Sumario: | This paper analyzes the factors that determine the solvency of the insurance companies operating in Spain. The selected time span, from 2008 to 2015, encompasses a period of economic instability characterized by record low interest rates and low or even negative economic growth. Using a dynamic panel data model, we conclude that actual solvency margins are positively related to profitability, underwriting risk, and a mutual-type organization but inversely related to size, reinsurance use, longer-tailed business, and life insurance specialization. We also find that less concentrated markets and the context of an economic crisis decrease solvency margins. |
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