Loss Reserve Estimating and Actuaries Switching in the U.S. Property Casualty Insurance Industry
學年 103
學期 2
發表日期 2015-05-17
作品名稱 Loss Reserve Estimating and Actuaries Switching in the U.S. Property Casualty Insurance Industry
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著者 何佳玲
作品所屬單位 淡江大學保險學系
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會議名稱 2015第十二屆兩岸金融市場發展研討會
會議地點 淡江大學, 新北市, 台灣
摘要 This paper aims to examine the U.S. property casualty insurer’s organizational structure, corporate governance and loss reserve estimating in relation to actuaries switching. The results show that stock insurers are more likely to switch their actuaries than mutual insurers. Insurers with high percentage of long-tail business are also more likely to switch their actuaries. Large and weak financial condition insurers are less likely to switch their actuaries. We find that insurers with under-estimated (over-estimated) reserve error in the previous year are not significantly to switch their actuaries. In terms of corporate governance variables, the evidence shows that insurers with large board size are more likely to switch their actuaries from internal actuary to Big 6 actuarial firms, whereas insurers with CEO/Chairperson duality are more likely to switch their actuaries from Big 6 actuarial firms to internal actuary. We next examine the impact of organizational structure, corporate governance and actuaries switching on reserve error. The evidence shows that insurers tend to have less reserve error after actuaries switching than before. Insurers with CEO/Chairperson duality and high percentage of insider directors on the board are positively related to reserve error post actuaries switching. In addition, stock insurers are more likely to have less reserve error after actuaries switching from internal actuary to Big 6 actuarial firms than stock insurers without actuaries switching. Insurers with CEO/Chairperson duality and large board size are positively and significantly related to reserve error when actuaries switching from Big 6 actuarial firms to internal actuary. We also find that insurers with actuaries switching form internal actuary to Big 6 actuaries are more likely to have less under-estimate reserve error than insurers without actuaries switching. Examination of the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on reserve error indicates that insurers are more likely to switch actuaries after SOX.
關鍵字 Organizational Structure; Corporate Governance; Loss Reserve Error; Actuaries Switching; Internal actuary; Big 6 actuarial firms; Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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會議性質 兩岸
校內研討會地點 淡水校園
研討會時間 20150517~20150517
通訊作者 何佳玲
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出版型式 紙本
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