IMPACT OF SELECTED FIRM-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN LISTED INSURANCE USING CARAMELS FRAMEWORK

Insurance sub-sector of financial services serve as the backbone of economic growth through efficient resource allocation, reduction of business risks and spread of financial risk. However, the overall financial performance of Nigerian insurance industry is low evidenced with pitiable penetration r...

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Main Authors: ALIU, Ismaila Daudu, Qadir Folorunsho DAUDA, Rukayat Bukola ADEJARE, Bashirat O OLOYIN-ABDULHAKEEM
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Language:English
Published: Kwara State University, Malete Nigeria 2022-12-01
Series:Malete Journal of Accounting and Finance
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Online Access:https://majaf.com.ng/index.php/majaf/article/view/11
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author ALIU, Ismaila Daudu
Qadir Folorunsho DAUDA
Rukayat Bukola ADEJARE
Bashirat O OLOYIN-ABDULHAKEEM
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description Insurance sub-sector of financial services serve as the backbone of economic growth through efficient resource allocation, reduction of business risks and spread of financial risk. However, the overall financial performance of Nigerian insurance industry is low evidenced with pitiable penetration rate and contribution to Gross Domestic Product of Nigeria. This has been attributed to appalling influences of firms’ specific characteristics such age, size, leverage and tangibility among others. Therefore, this study evaluates the impact of firm specific characteristics on financial performance of Nigeria listed insurance companies. The study employed Expost-facto research design. Population of the study include all the 22 listed insurance companies in Nigeria from 2012 to 2021. Secondary data gathered from annual reports was analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics showed that the data are normally distributed and there is existence auto-correlation. The results of Serially Correlated Disturbance Random Effects revealed that three out of the four firm-specific characteristics employed in this study were statistically significant with CARAMELS financial performance indicator. The study concludes that age and leverage status of listed insurance companies in Nigeria significantly and positively influences asset quality while size of listed insurance companies significantly and positively influences the capital adequacy, management efficiency and solvency. Therefore, the study recommends that management of listed insurance companies should invest more of their capital obtained through external long-term sources on asset in order to achieve capital adequacy, management efficiency and solvency status of listed insurance companies in Nigeria.
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spelling doaj-art-e5e7f6a9627b4fb2b25ff43263fb43ee2025-02-10T23:06:40ZengKwara State University, Malete NigeriaMalete Journal of Accounting and Finance2735-96032022-12-0132IMPACT OF SELECTED FIRM-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN LISTED INSURANCE USING CARAMELS FRAMEWORKALIU, Ismaila Daudu0Qadir Folorunsho DAUDA1Rukayat Bukola ADEJARE2Bashirat O OLOYIN-ABDULHAKEEMKwara State University, Malete, Kwara State, NigeriaAfe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, NigeriaKwara State University, Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria Insurance sub-sector of financial services serve as the backbone of economic growth through efficient resource allocation, reduction of business risks and spread of financial risk. However, the overall financial performance of Nigerian insurance industry is low evidenced with pitiable penetration rate and contribution to Gross Domestic Product of Nigeria. This has been attributed to appalling influences of firms’ specific characteristics such age, size, leverage and tangibility among others. Therefore, this study evaluates the impact of firm specific characteristics on financial performance of Nigeria listed insurance companies. The study employed Expost-facto research design. Population of the study include all the 22 listed insurance companies in Nigeria from 2012 to 2021. Secondary data gathered from annual reports was analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics showed that the data are normally distributed and there is existence auto-correlation. The results of Serially Correlated Disturbance Random Effects revealed that three out of the four firm-specific characteristics employed in this study were statistically significant with CARAMELS financial performance indicator. The study concludes that age and leverage status of listed insurance companies in Nigeria significantly and positively influences asset quality while size of listed insurance companies significantly and positively influences the capital adequacy, management efficiency and solvency. Therefore, the study recommends that management of listed insurance companies should invest more of their capital obtained through external long-term sources on asset in order to achieve capital adequacy, management efficiency and solvency status of listed insurance companies in Nigeria. https://majaf.com.ng/index.php/majaf/article/view/11Firms’ specific characteristicsCARAMELS Indicators
spellingShingle ALIU, Ismaila Daudu
Qadir Folorunsho DAUDA
Rukayat Bukola ADEJARE
Bashirat O OLOYIN-ABDULHAKEEM
IMPACT OF SELECTED FIRM-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN LISTED INSURANCE USING CARAMELS FRAMEWORK
Malete Journal of Accounting and Finance
Firms’ specific characteristics
CARAMELS Indicators
title IMPACT OF SELECTED FIRM-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN LISTED INSURANCE USING CARAMELS FRAMEWORK
title_full IMPACT OF SELECTED FIRM-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN LISTED INSURANCE USING CARAMELS FRAMEWORK
title_fullStr IMPACT OF SELECTED FIRM-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN LISTED INSURANCE USING CARAMELS FRAMEWORK
title_full_unstemmed IMPACT OF SELECTED FIRM-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN LISTED INSURANCE USING CARAMELS FRAMEWORK
title_short IMPACT OF SELECTED FIRM-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN LISTED INSURANCE USING CARAMELS FRAMEWORK
title_sort impact of selected firm specific characteristics on financial performance of nigerian listed insurance using caramels framework
topic Firms’ specific characteristics
CARAMELS Indicators
url https://majaf.com.ng/index.php/majaf/article/view/11
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