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Product-market strategy and underwriting performance in the United Kingdom’s property–casualty insurance market

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  • Mike Adams
  • Vineet Upreti
  • Jing Chen

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Drawing on a framework from the organizational economics literature, we utilize a panel data design to examine empirically the effect of motor insurance and liability insurance business on the overall underwriting performance of insurers operating in the United Kingdom’s (UK) property–casualty insurance market. We find that participation in liability insurance contributes positively to underwriting performance, whereas motor insurance is associated with inferior underwriting performance. Additionally, we find that higher reinsurance ratio is associated with better underwriting performance, but reduced profit margins. Our results show that higher leverage too is associated with better underwriting performance. We conclude that our results could have potentially important commercial and/or policy implications.

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  • Mike Adams & Vineet Upreti & Jing Chen, 2019. "Product-market strategy and underwriting performance in the United Kingdom’s property–casualty insurance market," The European Journal of Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(11), pages 1012-1031, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurjfi:v:25:y:2019:i:11:p:1012-1031
    DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2019.1578676
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    1. Adams, Mike & Baker, Paul L., 2021. "Does boardroom nationality affect the performance of UK insurers?," The British Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 53(5).
    2. Courtney B. Baggett & Cassandra R. Cole, 2023. "Insurance groups, product diversification, and the role of surplus lines affiliation," Risk Management and Insurance Review, American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 26(1), pages 35-56, March.
    3. Shi‐jie Jiang & Jeffrey Tzu‐Hao Tsai & Feiyun Xiang, 2023. "Dynamics of underwriting profits in the US market: Payout patterns and regulation effects," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(3), pages 3100-3118, July.

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