A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Efficiency in Argentina’s Non-Life Insurance Market

Gustavo Ferro and Sonia León

The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2018, vol. 43, issue 1, No 7, 158-174

Abstract: Abstract We estimate the technical efficiency of Argentina’s non-life insurance industry and address some questions regarding efficiency: What are the levels of comparative efficiency in the sector? How efficient is the sector as a whole? Has efficiency evolved in recent years or has it stagnated? Is the sector improving its technology? To respond to these questions, we construct a database of the sector and run an SFA estimate to determine the efficiency of individual companies, the sector as a whole, its evolution over recent years and technology change.

Keywords: insurance; efficiency; SFA models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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