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dc.contributor.advisorJakubík, Petr
dc.creatorDorofti, Cristina
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-01T23:00:25Z
dc.date.available2017-06-01T23:00:25Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/81200
dc.description.abstractThe insurance industry is a major component of the economy by virtue of the amount of premiums it collects and the scale of its investments. Interest rate risk constitutes the greatest individual source of risk for insurance companies, especially following the most recent global financial turmoil, when ECB and other Central Banks across Europe have steadily been cutting the base rate in order to cope with the deteriorated economic environment. In this paper, we examine the effect of the macroeconomic environment, notably that of the interest rates, on life and non-life European insurance companies profitability ratios by employing a dynamic panel regression with GMM to a cross-country aggregated data. Our empirical results reveal that decreasing market rates, intensifying inflationary pressure and poor equity market performance are robust indicators of a diminishing insurance rentability, especially when we model using ROE. The estimates of ROA models are inconclusive as we believe that the complexity of this ratio requiers a more in-depth analysis. Additionaly we analyse a smaller group of life insurance companies' on their Embedded Value's sensitivity to several potential negative shocks. To the author's best knowledge, those are the first implied macroeconomic estimates on insurance companies'...en_US
dc.languageEnglishcs_CZ
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniverzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědcs_CZ
dc.titleThe Impact of a Prolonged Period of Low Interest Rates Environment on Solvency And Profitability of Insurance Companiesen_US
dc.typediplomová prácecs_CZ
dcterms.created2015
dcterms.dateAccepted2015-09-22
dc.description.departmentInstitute of Economic Studiesen_US
dc.description.departmentInstitut ekonomických studiícs_CZ
dc.description.facultyFakulta sociálních vědcs_CZ
dc.description.facultyFaculty of Social Sciencesen_US
dc.identifier.repId137683
dc.contributor.refereeHausenblas, Václav
dc.identifier.aleph002029580
thesis.degree.nameMgr.
thesis.degree.levelnavazující magisterskécs_CZ
thesis.degree.disciplineEkonomie a financecs_CZ
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics and Financeen_US
thesis.degree.programEkonomické teoriecs_CZ
thesis.degree.programEconomicsen_US
uk.thesis.typediplomová prácecs_CZ
uk.taxonomy.organization-csFakulta sociálních věd::Institut ekonomických studiícs_CZ
uk.taxonomy.organization-enFaculty of Social Sciences::Institute of Economic Studiesen_US
uk.faculty-name.csFakulta sociálních vědcs_CZ
uk.faculty-name.enFaculty of Social Sciencesen_US
uk.faculty-abbr.csFSVcs_CZ
uk.degree-discipline.csEkonomie a financecs_CZ
uk.degree-discipline.enEconomics and Financeen_US
uk.degree-program.csEkonomické teoriecs_CZ
uk.degree-program.enEconomicsen_US
thesis.grade.csVelmi dobřecs_CZ
thesis.grade.enVery gooden_US
uk.abstract.enThe insurance industry is a major component of the economy by virtue of the amount of premiums it collects and the scale of its investments. Interest rate risk constitutes the greatest individual source of risk for insurance companies, especially following the most recent global financial turmoil, when ECB and other Central Banks across Europe have steadily been cutting the base rate in order to cope with the deteriorated economic environment. In this paper, we examine the effect of the macroeconomic environment, notably that of the interest rates, on life and non-life European insurance companies profitability ratios by employing a dynamic panel regression with GMM to a cross-country aggregated data. Our empirical results reveal that decreasing market rates, intensifying inflationary pressure and poor equity market performance are robust indicators of a diminishing insurance rentability, especially when we model using ROE. The estimates of ROA models are inconclusive as we believe that the complexity of this ratio requiers a more in-depth analysis. Additionaly we analyse a smaller group of life insurance companies' on their Embedded Value's sensitivity to several potential negative shocks. To the author's best knowledge, those are the first implied macroeconomic estimates on insurance companies'...en_US
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uk.publication.placePrahacs_CZ
uk.grantorUniverzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut ekonomických studiícs_CZ
dc.identifier.lisID990020295800106986


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