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Financial Performance Of Insurance Companies Following Initial Public Offerings, Kulkanya Napompech
Financial Performance Of Insurance Companies Following Initial Public Offerings, Kulkanya Napompech
Doctoral Dissertations
The quality of insurance companies is a very significant societal issue. Policyholders pay premiums assuming indemnity of their potential losses. It is essential that an insurer be able to meet its contractual obligations when a loss occurs. An initial public offering provides an infusion of capital and an expansion of resources available to a firm. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine the financial and operating impacts of initial public offerings during 1980–2000 on insurance companies.
Chapter 2 examines changes in operating performance of property/casualty insurance companies following initial public offerings. I find that following initial public offerings, …