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- Title
Corporate Governance Practices of Insurance Companies: Attributes and Accountability.
- Authors
Baharul Ulum, Zatul Karamah Ahmad; Syed Khalid Wafa, Syed Azizi Wafa; Abdul Karim, Mohd Rahimie; Abdul Jamal, Amer Azlan
- Abstract
The paper attempts to examine the influence and relationship of corporate governance attributes with regard to accountability of corporate governance practices for insurance companies in Labuan International Business and Financial Centre. The findings of the study reveal that rules and regulations disclosure practice, directors' qualifications and experiences, and audit committee's effectiveness are found to be the key factors that influence the corporate governance regime. In all, the paper concludes that there is substantial scope for improvement in the current practices and suggests that effective corporate governance system is crucial to enhancing the performance of a firm.
- Subjects
INSURANCE companies; INSURANCE; CORPORATE governance; INDUSTRIAL management; LABUAN International Business &; Financial Centre Inc.; ORGANIZATIONAL performance
- Publication
IUP Journal of Corporate Governance, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
0972-6853
- Publication type
Article