Methods of Earnings and Risks Management in Insurance Companies

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.201211.063How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Earnings management, risk management, insurance, risk portfolio, insurance fraud

Abstract

The connection of earnings management with risk management is through in the area of finance. The risk, in general, is the probability that the actual return on the investment will be different than expected. The risk from the perspective of earnings management is perceived as a risk of loss. The insurance company itself is a business entity that seeks to increase its value and earnings. The aim of the paper presented is to analyse methods on how the level of risk could affect certain profit management mechanisms and whether there is a risk of motivation for earnings management. The paper presented consists of four parts. The first part is devoted to the theoretical aspect of insurance risks. They define concepts such as risk, risk sharing, risk portfolios and risk management. The second part of the paper aims at clarifying alternative methods of calculating insurance premiums and risks. Of all the methods that there are paper in more detail dealt with methods such as “Value at Risk”, “Expected Shortfall”, “Dynamic Financial Analysis”, “Asset liability management”. The third part of the paper is devoted to the analysis of insurance fraud in the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic. The analysis has been carried out over a period of 10 years. The fourth part of the paper addressed the conclusions of the issue. A descriptive method, analysis, mathematical-statistical methods, graphic methods, comparison and synthesis was used in the processing of the paper submitted. The result of the paper presented is a comprehensive view of the possibilities of using earnings and risks management in insurance companies.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Monika Poradova
AU  - Boris Kollar
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/14
TI  - Methods of Earnings and Risks Management in Insurance Companies
BT  - Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Economic and Business Management (FEBM 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 374
EP  - 377
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.201211.063
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.201211.063
ID  - Poradova2020
ER  -