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Impact of Ownership Structure and Business Diversifications on the Risk-Taking Behaviors of Insurance Companies in Vietnam
Impact of Ownership Structure and Business Diversifications on the Risk-Taking Behaviors of Insurance Companies in Vietnam
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2023
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"Khoa Dang Duong, AiNhan Ngoc Le, Diep Van Nguyen, and Hoa Thanh Phan Le"
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"This study analyzes the impacts of ownership structure and business diversifications on the risk-taking behaviors of insurance
companies in Vietnam. Foreign ownership and institutional ownership in the insurance sector are increasing significantly due
to the privatization trend in Vietnam. Besides, business diversification allows insurance firms to maximize profits and reduce
insolvency. Therefore, this study enriches the current literature because it is the first to examine how ownership and diversifications
affect the risk-taking behaviors of insurance companies in Vietnam. We employ the Ordinary Least Squares, Fixed
Effect Models, Random Effect Models, Generalized Least Squares, and dynamic system Generalized Methods of Moments to
analyze 42 insurance companies from 2005 to 2020. Our findings indicate that business diversification increases the risktaking
behaviors of insurance firms. We also figure out a U-shaped relationship between institutional ownership and risktaking
behavior, with a turning point of 9.8%. This study also indicates an inverse U-shaped relationship between foreign ownership
and insurers’ risk-taking behaviors, with a turning point of 20%. Thirdly, the interaction terms between ownership and
diversification suggest the moderate role of business diversification in increasing the risk of insurance firms. Our findings align
with agency theory, stakeholder theory, monitoring hypothesis, expropriation hypothesis, and prior literature. This study
contributes practical implications for managers and policymakers to develop the insurance sector sustainably"
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loss reserve,
foreign ownership,
institutional ownership,
non-core activities,
non-linearity,
insurance