Factors affecting financial performance of insurance companies listed in bursa Malaysia / Erra Fazira Ahmad Shah

There are many different mathematical measures to evaluate how well a company is using its resources to make a profit. The main purpose of this research was to examine the factors that mostly affect financial performances of Malaysia Insurance companies. The study population consist of six insurance companies enlisted at Bursa Malaysia and the period covered is from 2006 to 2015. The data collected is analyse by using number of basic statistical technique such as T-test and Multiple-regression. The result is expected that liquidity and firm size have positive relationship with financial performance (return on asset) of insurance companies while leverage have negative relationship towards profitability. The previous researcher recommended that high consideration of increasing the company asset will lead to a good financial performance and there is a significant need to have highly qualified employees in the top managerial staff.