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Factors Influencing Solvency Margin of the Egyptian Insurance Companies

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Finance

Abstract

This study investigates the primary factors affecting the solvency margin of Egyptian insurance companies through analyzing various dynamics that influence this margin. The study period is from 2012 to 2021 for 30 (17 non-life and 13 life) insurance companies. The insurers' solvency margin ratio has been utilized as a dependent variable. The analysis focused on eight independent variables: Return on Assets (ROA), asset size, premium growth, liquidity ratio, investment ratio, uncollected premium ratio, reinsurance ratio, and shareholders to policyholder equity ratio. The results revealed a significant relationship between the solvency margin ratio, as a dependent variable, and specific explanatory variables, namely: asset size, investment ratio, liquidity, and the ratio of shareholder equity to policyholder equity. The study provides recommendations for Egyptian insurance companies and regulators. It suggests that several insurance companies should increase their capitalization base. Furthermore, the regulator could improve the capitalization requirement and implement a risk-based capital approach.

DOI

10.21608/ajccr.2024.237226.1084

Keywords

Solvency margin, Capitalization, insurance companies, Egypt, Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA)

Authors

First Name

Mohamed Antar

Last Name

Ahmed

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Affiliation

Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

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mohamed_antar@foc.cu.edu.eg

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Cairo

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First Name

Moustafa Ahmed

Last Name

Khalil

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Affiliation

Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

Email

moustafakhalilabdelhamid@gmail.com

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First Name

Walid

Last Name

Hassan

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Affiliation

Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

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walid_ibrahim_hassan@foc.cu.edu.eg

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Cairo

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Volume

4

Article Issue

3

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50656

Issue Date

2024-09-01

Receive Date

2023-09-18

Publish Date

2024-09-30

Page Start

48

Page End

67

Print ISSN

2805-248X

Online ISSN

2805-2498

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2,025

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Publication Title

The Academic Journal of Contemporary Commercial Research

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https://ajccr.journals.ekb.eg/

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Factors Influencing Solvency Margin of the Egyptian Insurance Companies

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28 Dec 2024