The relevance between embedded value disclosure and financial information of life insurer
| Autor: | Chen, Feng Kai, 陳逢凱 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 105 Life insurers in Taiwan began disclosing voluntarily their embedded value (EV) a few years ago. By the end of 2016, there were 3 Financial Holding Companies (FHC) and 3 insurers disclosing their EV in the first-quarter financial report every year. They hope to increase the stock price and liquidity through voluntary disclosure of EV which may reduce the information asymmetry for the investors. The stock prices of life insurers in Taiwan are significantly lower than their EVs, and the voluntary disclosure of EV is not common. Therefore, this paper intends to study whether the disclosure of EV provides valuable information to the investor. Based on the data of FHC and life insurers during 2009-2015, this study compares the operating stability, stock price and financial performance between the firms with and without disclosure of EV. The empirical results show that the life insurers with EV disclosure present better profiles in Asset, Net Income, ROE and ROA Volatility, and the FHC with EV disclosure outperform in stock price, volume, turnover, market value, and price book ratio. Therefore, this study concludes that voluntary disclosure of EV does provide valuable information to the investors. |
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