This research aims to test the reliability of the financial failure
prediction models most commonly used in determining the financial position of the insurance companies listed on the Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE).
To achieve the objectives of
the research has been applied models of both Altman, Sherrod and Kida insurance companies listed on the DSE, where the study included the entire research community,
consisting of six insurance companies Were subjected to the results obtained through the application of the three models to the data to insurance companies studied non parametric tests in order to ascertain whether the discrepancy results of these models are essential or not.
The results of the application of models (Sherrod, Altman and Kida)
on data insurance companies studied showed a clear contrast
between a typical Altman and Sherrod on the one hand and Kida
model on the other hand, the nonparametric statistical tests showed that the differences between the three models is significant variation spirits. The research concluded that it cannot rely on these models to determine the financial position of insurance companies studied.
The Study aimed to explore the potential effect of following marketing performance indicators in achieving competitive performance in general; though, the author applied the study on group of insurance companies in Syria through distributing /110/ qu
estionnaires to their employees; the study conducted some results: there is a significant effect for the marketing performance on the competitive performance, and that there is significant differences between the questioned one about their view to the marketing performance and competitive performance according to the experience.
This research aims to identify the factors affecting the profitability of insurance
companies operating in Syria, a contribution to assist the management of those companies
to create the appropriate environment to ensure these companies to sustain
and success in
achieving their objectives and achieving the desired economic development.
To achieve the purpose of the study, data was collected from insurance companies
operating in Syria, two companies were excluded from the study, Oqaila Takaful Insurance
Company because of its commitment to the principles of Islamic law, and the General
Syrian Insurance Corporation because of the lack of of its financial data. The study period
spanned from 2009 to 2013. For the purpose of the study data analysis was used a Panel
Data model namely the pooled regression. The data were analyzed based on Eviews7.
Results of the study showed that both the political crisis and investments positively
affect the profitability of the company, while the leverage negatively affect the profitability
of insurance companies, the company's size and liquidity, did not show an effect on the
profitability of insurance companies.
This research deals with the role of strategic intelligence in the development of the performance of insurance companies where strategic intelligence contributes to helping organizations achieve their goals and interact with their environment with a
great deal of flexibility, by providing them with predictions of opportunities and threats, and taking appropriate action on the basis of systematic knowledge and thinking, enabling the organization to respond to current and future environment changes, and planning and forecasting results, which reflected positively on performance, strategic intelligence consists of several elements, including: foresight, systematic thinking, future visioning, motivation, and partnership. The research aims to analyze the reality of applying the elements of strategic intelligence in Private Insurance Companies in The Syrian Coast, and study the nature and strength of the relationship between strategic intelligence and performance. To achieve this, three hypotheses were formulated. The researcher used the questionnaire method to collect the data and analyzed it by using statistical tests, the most important of which were: the one-sample T. test, the Pearson Correlation test, and the multiple regression test. The researcher found several results, the most important of which is: Strategic intelligence is available in the studied companies with an average evaluation. There is also a positive correlation between strategic intelligence and performance. There is a statistically significant effect on the elements of strategic intelligence on performance in the studied companies, except for the elements of future vision and motivation.
