TY - JOUR TT - Relations Between The Profitability And Capital Structure Of Insurance Companies:An Analysis Over Turkish Capital Market AU - Doğan, Mesut PY - 2013 DA - January JF - Muhasebe ve Finansman Dergisi PB - Muhasebe ve Finansman Öğretim Üyeleri Bilim ve Araştırma Derneği WT - DergiPark SN - 2146-3042 SP - 121 EP - 136 IS - 57 KW - Sermaye Yapısı KW - Karlılık KW - Sigorta Şirketleri N2 - Basicly, insurance companies either collect portfolio before any possible risks, or substantiate the claims incurred. In this paper, effects of capital structure within the insurance companies, which have been active during the years 2005-2011 in Istanbul Stock Exchange, over profitability are discussed. As a sign of of profitability, “Return On Assets” (ROA) is being used. In empirical analyses, multiple regression and correlation methods are used. Due to the analysis, loss ratio, financial leverage ratio and increase in liquid assets effect negatively in profitability of insurance companies, however increase in assets size has a positive effect. As another important finding due to the analysis, between the age and profitability of insurance companies there are negative and statistically significant results detected. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/mufad/article/396161 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/427030 ER -