DETERMINANTS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY IN CASE OF INSURANCE COMPANY IN THIOPIA

Abstract

This study intends to assess the determinants of financial reporting quality in case of insurance company in Ethiopia over a period of 2014-2022. Consequently, the study used document review of insurances’ audited financial statements. The explanatory variables used in this study were Leverage (LE), Profitability (ROA), Liquidity (LQ), Auditor Change(AC), Firm Age (FA) and Firm Size(FS).In this study sixteen Insurance companies were selected from a total population of sixteen insurances companies to accomplish a study for the period of nine years (2014-2022) with the total of 144 observations. Moreover, The secondary data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and panel data analysis and data from document reviews were interpreted quantitatively. The study used panel data and random regression model to analyze the Determinants of Financial Reporting quality of Ethiopian insurance companies. The study found that profitability ratio has positive and insignificant effect on financial reporting quality. While, auditor changes and firm ages had significant effect on financial reporting quality, leverage and liquidity were found to be insignificant effect on financial reporting quality of Ethiopian insurance companies.