Elamer, Ahmed A.AlHares, A.Ntim, C.G.Benyazid, I.2018-10-182018-10-182018Elamer AA, AlHares A, Ntim CG and Benyazid I (2018) The Corporate Governance–Risk Taking Nexus: Evidence from Insurance Companies. International Journal of Ethics and Systems. 34(4): 493-509http://hdl.handle.net/10454/16616YesThis study examines the impact of internal corporate governance mechanisms on insurance companies’ risk-taking in the UK context. The study uses a panel data of all listed insurance companies on FTSE 350 over the 2005-2014 period. The results show that the board size and board meetings are significantly and negatively related to risk-taking. In contrast, the results show that board independence and audit committee size are statistically insignificant, but negatively related to risk-taking. The findings are robust to alternative measures and endogeneities. Our findings have important implications for investors, managers, regulators of financial institutions and effectiveness of corporate governance reforms that have been pursued.en© 2018 Emerald. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.Agency theoryCorporate governanceInsurance companiesRisk takingUnited Kingdom (UK)Articlehttps://doi.org/10.1108/IJOES-07-2018-0103