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@article{Moreno2021UsingTZ, title={Using the Z-Score to Analyze the Financial Soundness of Insurance Firms}, author={Ignacio Moreno and Purificaci{\'o}n Parrado-Mart{\'i}nez and Antonio Trujillo‐Ponce}, journal={Chicago Booth: Accounting Research Center Research Paper Series}, year={2021}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:219395197}}
  • Ignacio Moreno, Purificación Parrado-Martínez, Antonio Trujillo‐Ponce
  • Published in European Journal of… 1 June 2021
  • Business, Economics

PurposeDespite the sophisticated regulatory regime established in Solvency II, analysts should be able to consider other less complex indicators of the soundness of insurers. The Z-score measure, which has traditionally been used as a proxy of individual risk in the banking sector, may be a useful tool when applied in the insurance sector. However, different methods for calculating this indicator have been proposed in the literature. This paper compares six different Z-score approaches to…

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