Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Actuarial independence and managerial discretion

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Actuarial independence and managerial discretion / Shinichi Kamiya, Andreas Milidonis

Sumario: Appointed actuaries are responsible for estimating the largest liability on property-casualty insurance companies' balance sheet. Actuarial independence is crucial in safeguarding accurate estimates, where this independence is self-regulated by actuarial professional institutions. However, professional conflicts of interest arise when appointed actuaries also hold an officer position within the same firm, as officer actuaries also face managerial incentives. Using a sample of U.S. insurers that employ in-house appointed actuaries from 2007 to 2014, we find evidence that officer actuaries have different reserving practices than nonofficer actuaries. This difference in reserving is associated with tax shielding and earnings management incentives. Results are consistent with managerial discretion dominating actuarial independence; they are economically significant and should be of concern to regulators and professional institutions

En: The Journal of risk and insurance. - Nueva York : The American Risk and Insurance Association, 1964- = ISSN 0022-4367. - 03/12/2018 Volumen 85 Número 4 - diciembre 2018 , p. 1055-1082

1. Actuarios . 2. Directivos de empresas . 3. Empresas de seguros . 4. Matemática del seguro . 5. Responsabilidad civil . 6. Seguro de daños patrimoniales . 7. Estados Unidos . I. Milidonis, Andreas . II. Título.