"Economic theory suggests that insurers should prioritize underwriting over investment as a source of income. We find that many U.S. non-life insurers conform to theory: they consistently earn high returns on underwriting and have relatively low-risk investment portfolios. A subset of insurers, however, do the opposite: they consistently earn low returns on underwriting and have relatively high-risk investment portfolios."
"Drawing on recently disclosed information on the Pillar 2 capital requirements of banks directly supervised by the ECB, we find that bank-specific capital requirements are mostly driven by business model and profitability, credit risk, and internal governance and risk management issues. Moreover, we propose a novel measure of bank governance quality that teases out the qualitative dimension of the P2R decision."
"We conclude that the purchase of cyber insurance is indicative of an overall higher risk profile, but that having that insurance after experiencing a breach and formalizing cyber risk oversight within the audit committee reduces auditors’ perceptions of risk."
"Because of the specific nature of a life insurer's business model, the impact of the ESG level on the expected return of life insurers can substantially differ from the corresponding impact for classical investors."
"... the security risks of teleworking are considered. Interviews were conducted with a number of industry professionals and specialist cybercrime police officers to form a sense of the challenges raised by teleworking."
"Our results confirm that the publication of capital requirements can have a disciplinary effect since banks publishing their requirements tend to have more robust capital ratios, which improves market discipline and financial stability."
"Decision theory, both orthodox and behavioural, depicts decision rather narrowly as a prioritisation task undertaken within a delineated problem space where the probabilities “sum to one”. From such a perspective, certain perennial challenges in intelligence and counterintelligence appear resolvable when in fact they are not, at least not when approached from the usual direction."
"The findings include data innovation creating opportunities for a well-developed banking supply chain, effective risk management and financial fraud detection, bank customer analytics, and bank decision-making."
"This research contributes to bank liquidity risk management by employing supervised machine learning models to provide banks with early warnings of liquidity stress using market-based indicators."
"Retail banking is a distinct part of the banking industry. It has been undergoing important changes in recent decades mainly due to technological innovations and deregulation."