保险公司分支机构风险识别与评估分析

保险公司分支机构主要承担的是业务发展、销售渠道的建立与维护、核保核赔、客户服务以及品牌建设等职能，其风险存在形式与其决策、业务、财务、法律行为、监督控制有着密切关联。保险公司分支机构必须借助风险调查、风险描述、风险初评、符合性测试和综合评估等方法推动公司治理、内部控制和风险状况的持续改善，而对于保险公司分支机构风险识别与评估的不足则必须通过建立风险监管理念、完善风险管理框架和落实风险管理责任来予以纠正和改善。     

保险公司治理评价:指标体系构建与评分计算方法

保险公司治理评价是保险公司治理理论与实践的重要组成部分。本文构建了一个涵盖股东权益机制、董事会治理、监事会治理、经理层治理、信息披露机制、利益相关者治理、公司治理文化、公司社会责任等8个一级指标以及与之相关的33个二级指标和117个三级指标的保险公司治理评价指标体系。本文基于层次分析法对保险公司治理评分的计算方法进行了探讨,并籍此对保险公司治理评分进行了算例分析。该保险公司治理评价指标体系与评分计算方法有利于促进保险公司自身的治理诊断控制,并能为保险公司的股东、债权人、员工、客户等各类利益相关者的相关决策及政府的监管提供有益的指导与参考。     

保险公司治理研究：进展、框架与展望

利用文献检索的方法重点从研究主题角度,综述了国内外保险公司治理的相关研究成果。发现国外对保险公司治理的研究已经经历了近三十年的时间,目前已进入到深入研究的阶段;国内的相关研究起步较晚,近十年的研究还聚焦于保险公司治理的概念、模式以及国际比较等方面,亟待进一步深入。在对国内外保险公司治理相关文献梳理和比较分析的基础上,提...     

我国保险公司治理研究

文章首先对我国保险公司治理结构监管的制度体系作了简单评析,然后从内部治理和外部治理两方面对我国保险公司治理的基本状况进行考察,并分析我国保险公司治理的缺陷,最后提出要建立有效的权力制衡机制和激励约束机制,强化谨慎监管和外部独立审计,完善信息披露制度。     

从高盛“欺诈门”看保险公司风险防范

本文就高盛"欺诈门"暴露出的金融机构治理机制缺陷进行了思考,通过利益相关者主义理论对保险公司治理结构进行了剖析,提出保险公司治理要实现利益相关者利益、加强制度建设、加强管理层监管、内控建设与外部监管并重等项措施。     

媒体监督、董事会治理与保险公司代理成本——基于我国股份制保险公司经验数据的实证检验

媒体作为重要的外部治理机制,对降低代理成本具有举足轻重的作用。以2010年时存续期在5年及以上的股份制保险公司为研究样本,借助于样本公司2010年到2014年的数据,运用多元回归模型,检验了媒体监督在我国保险公司治理中的功能。研究发现,媒体监督能够显著降低保险公司的代理成本,对于信息透明度低的公司效果更为显著;媒体监督与董事会各治理机制呈显著的互补关系,即媒体监督能够强化和激活董事会各治理机制,董事会各治理机制的合理配置也能够促进媒体监督职能的发挥。研究表明媒体监督在保险业具有重要的治理职能,完善保险公司现代企业制度建设应将外部治理机制和内部治理机制并重,并关注内外部治理机制间的相互作用。     

保监会发布关于实施《保险公司偿付能力管理规定》有关事项的通知

该通知为确保《保险公司偿付能力管理规定》的顺利实施而制定发布,通知分保险公司最低资本评估标准、外国保险公司在华分支机构并表评估、季度偿付能力报告的报送时间、计算资金运用比例的总资产口径,以及具体实施要求等方面对有关事项进行了明确。如通知分别规定了财产保险公司、人寿保险公司、再保险公司的最低资本评估标准．要求在华有多家分支机构的外国保险公司应确定主报告机构．并将其所有分支机构视为单一报告实体。     

税收优惠对商业健康保险购买意愿影响研究

本文选取2007～2013年保险行业上市公司的季报和年报数据,对保险公司治理机制与公司绩效之间的关系进行了分析。通过对检验结果的分析发现,我国保险公司治理机制经过近十多年的建设取得了较大成就,一些治理机制的有效性得到充分发挥。进一步的,随着外部监管力度的加大,外部治理机制不断完善,内部治理机制的有效性得到更大的提升。这表明对于保险公司而言,内外部治理机制之间存在互补效应。对我国保险公司治理机制的有效性进行考察具有重要的理论与实践意义。     

我国保险公司治理机制有效性研究——基于上市保险公司的实证检验

本文选取2007~2013年保险行业上市公司的季报和年报数据,对保险公司治理机制与公司绩效之间的关系进行了分析。通过对检验结果的分析发现,我国保险公司治理机制经过近十多年的建设取得了较大成就,一些治理机制的有效性得到充分发挥。进一步的,随着外部监管力度的加大,外部治理机制不断完善,内部治理机制的有效性得到更大的提升。这表明对于保险公司而言,内外部治理机制之间存在互补效应。对我国保险公司治理机制的有效性进行考察具有重要的理论与实践意义。     

国外保险公司治理研究:主题、逻辑与展望

保险公司治理不是公司治理理论的简单应用,而是公司治理与保险行业特殊性的有机结合。本文从不同组织形式保险公司治理的比较、股东治理、董事会治理、高管治理、监管与非监管团体的监督作用以及治理与绩效关系等方面系统梳理了国外保险公司治理的相关研究成果,提出保险公司治理的研究逻辑,即保险公司经营的特殊性是保险公司治理研究的逻辑起点,经营特殊性决定了治理目标的特殊性,进而治理结构与机制上与一般公司也不相同,而合理控制风险承担是保险公司治理目标特殊性的重要体现,也是保险公司治理的核心,并对未来的研究方向做了展望。     

East and west and north and south : A preliminary model

The Brandt report and other proposals for a new North-South world order continue to be the focus of lively debate, yet it is often argued that little concrete has emerged from their recommendations. A major reason for this, the author argues, is that the East-West conflict component is not sufficiently taken into consideration-East-West tensions are a severe constraint on and a determining factor of North-South relations. Using influence diagrams, the author develops a flexible framework for discussion and assessment of N/S-E/W relations.     

Amplification and asymmetry in crashes and frenzies

We often observe disproportionate reactions to tangible information in large stock price movements. Moreover these movements feature an asymmetry: the number of crashes is more than that of frenzies in the S&P 500 index. This paper offers an explanation for these two characteristics of large movements in which hedging (portfolio insurance) causes amplified price reactions to news and liquidity shocks as well as an asymmetry biased towards crashes. Risk aversion of traders is shown to be essential for the asymmetry of price movements. Also, we show that differential information can enhance both amplification and asymmetry delivered by hedging. This paper is based on part of my Ph.D. thesis submitted to the University of Minnesota. I am grateful to Andy McLennan and Jan Werner for their valuable advice and unwavering support. Also, I would like thank Mehmet Barlo, Michele Boldrin, Partha Chatterjee, Mehmet Ozhabes, Dimitrios Tsomocos and seminar participants at the University of Minnesota, the MEA and the MFA Meetings in St Louis for helpful comments. Comments on a previous draft by an anonymous referee greatly improved the presentation of this paper. Financial support from William W. Stout Fellowship is gratefully acknowledged.     

旅游企业与社区居民利益冲突及协调博弈研究

随着旅游业发展的深入,旅游企业与社区居民的利益冲突及协调问题成为影响旅游业发展的重点问题。从旅游企业和社区居民的单次博弈入手建立模型,并通过重复博弈模型分析,探索实现利益协调的路径。提出完善社区居民旅游开发参与机制和构建收益均衡分配机制,解决旅游企业与社区居民的利益协调问题。     

Noise trading and prime and score premiums

This paper documents that a common element drives the time-series variation of the premium pricing of Primes and Scores. I argue that this common element is noise trading. The noise trading model of Delong, Shleifer, Summers and Waldmann (1990) predicts that returns on assets that are predominantly traded by noise traders will be correlated, since the misperceptions of noise traders are cross-sectionally correlated. Consistent with the noise trading hypothesis, changes in the average premium of Primes and Scores, which are predominantly traded by individual investors, are correlated with both changes in average discounts of closed-end funds and small firms returns. These empirical facts provide additional evidence that noise traders can affect security prices.     

Debt and Taxes and Uncertainty

With a graduated personal tax schedule, Miller showed that there could be an equilibrium debt supply for the corporate sector as a whole. In the presence of uncertainty there is also a unique debt/equity ratio for each individual firm, and this ratio is related to the firm's operational risk characteristics. However, if firms merge and spin off in response to tax incentives, the identity of firms is ambiguous and only the corporate sector is a meaningful construct. These arguments are developed in both discrete and continuous models that employ extensions of the arbitrage-free pricing theory.     

美国“两房”危机分析及启示

文章分析了“两房”危机的形成过程,以及美国政府应对“两房”危机的救助措施。虽然美国金融海啸对国内上市银行的投资影响不大,但国内银行业对海外投资与交易的风险管理有待加强。面对全球市场动荡,文章从加强监管、完善政策调控、稳定房地产市场发展,以及提高金融机构风险管理能力等方面提出应对之策。     

Stock and Bond Liquidity and its Effect on Prices and Financial Policies

An asset is liquid if it can be traded at the prevailing market price quickly and at low cost. We show that in addition to risk, liquidity affects asset prices and returns. Theories of asset pricing suggest that the expected return of an asset is increasing in its risk, because risk-averse investors require compensation for bearing more risk. Because investors are also averse to the costs of illiquidity and want to be compensated for bearing them, asset returns are increasing in illiquidity. Thus, asset prices should depend on two asset characteristics: risk and liquidity. This paper surveys research on the effects of liquidity on asset prices and returns, showing that liquidity is an important factor in capital asset pricing.     

Aggressive CEOs and bank mergers and acquisitions

The U.S. banking industry has seen waves of mergers since the 1980s. Despite a significant body of research on the determinants of these waves, there are few studies of how CEOs influence banks’ mergers and acquisitions (M&As). This paper studies the effect of CEO aggressiveness on bank M&As. We construct a new measure of bank CEO aggressiveness based on CEOs’ ancestral countries of origin and data on inter-country wars. We find that aggressive CEOs are more likely to acquire other banks. Moreover, the impact of CEO aggressiveness on bank M&A decisions is more pronounced when the CEOs are from larger and more profitable banks, when CEOs have a longer tenure, and when CEOs’ ancestral country of origin has a more masculine culture. Moreover, we show that aggressive CEOs are more likely to make acquisitions when CEOs possess more cultural maintenance, which captures the extent to which CEOs retain their original cultural values and beliefs. Finally, we document positive short-term stock market reactions to bank M&As initiated by aggressive CEOs.     

Cloud-based client accounting and small and medium accounting practices: Adoption and impact

Cloud accounting represents a major disruptive technology for the accounting industry. This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews to collect data from eight small and medium accounting practices (SMPs) to test a preliminary model of the determinants and impact of cloud-based client accounting adoption by SMPs. Accordingly, the SMP was the unit of analysis. The complex triadic relationship between SMPs, their clients and cloud accounting provider necessitated an interorganisational perspective. Four factors contributed to SMPs’ adoption decisions: perceived benefits of cloud-based client accounting, perceived benefits of partner programs, organisational readiness (IT sophistication and client readiness), and external pressure (client and competitive pressures). Subsequent to adoption, SMPs experienced a decline in the levels of traditional (statutory) services provided. However, most noted increases in income from business advisory. All firms were at least as well off after adoption. Improvements in client relationships and the perceived value of accountants’ services were also noted. An adoption/impact typology predicted and found positive impacts for cloud initiators, in particular. The findings have implications for owners of SMPs, their SME clients, and for accounting professional bodies.