Cross-country evidence on the relationship between regulations and the development of the life insurance sector |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece;2. Fordham Business School, Fordham University, USA;3. Bank of Finland, Finland;4. University of Sydney, Australia;5. Montpellier Business School, France;1. University of Tunis, High Institute of Management, Tunis, Tunisia;2. College of Business Administration, AlBaha University, Saudi Arabia;3. Univ. Manouba, ESCT, RIM RAF, UR13ES56, Tunisia;4. University of Jeddah, College of Business, Department of Accounting, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;5. University of Tunis, ISG, GEF-2A Lab, Tunis, Tunisia;6. University of Manouba, ESC, Manouba, Tunisia;1. European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre, Via Fermi 2749, I-21027, Ispra VA, Italy;2. Inter-American Development Bank, Calle 50 con Elvira Méndez, Tower Bank, Floor 23, Panama City, Panama;1. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India;2. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India;1. European University at St. Petersburg, 6/1A Gagarinskaya Str., St. Petersburg, 191187, Russia;2. Department of Economics, Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA;1. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain;2. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Using a global sample, this study sketches the impact of insurance regulations on the life insurance sector, revealing a significant negative association between supervisory control on policy conditions of life annuities as well as pension products and the development of the industry. A similar inverse relation is observed between the index of capital requirements and insurance development. These results hold when we control for demographic factors, economic factors, religious inclination, culture, as well as for other relevant regulations. We also find some evidence that while the overall supervisory power does not matter, the ability to intervene at an early stage could have a positive effect on insurance development. Additionally, the impact of some regulations appears to differ between advanced and developing countries. |
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| Keywords: | Insurance development Insurance regulations |
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