{"title":"Directors and officers liability insurance placement, financial innovation, and the dynamic capabilities of listed companies","authors":"Shuiqing Lan , Lufei Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104873","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Utilizing panel data of Chinese listed companies from 2009 to 2023, this paper systematically examines the relationships among directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance placement, financial innovation, and the dynamic capabilities of listed companies. The empirical results indicate that the purchase of D&O liability insurance placement can significantly enhance the dynamic capabilities of listed firms, and financial innovation likewise exerts a significant positive effect on these capabilities. Further analysis reveals a synergistic effect between D&O liability insurance placement and financial innovation, jointly promoting the enhancement of dynamic capabilities in listed companies. Mechanism testing shows that financial innovation plays a partial mediating role in the impact of D&O liability insurance placement on dynamic capabilities, and this mediating effect demonstrates pronounced heterogeneity between firms with high and low information transparency.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48226,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Financial Analysis","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 104873"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8000,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Review of Financial Analysis","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1057521925009603","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/12/5 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BUSINESS, FINANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Utilizing panel data of Chinese listed companies from 2009 to 2023, this paper systematically examines the relationships among directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance placement, financial innovation, and the dynamic capabilities of listed companies. The empirical results indicate that the purchase of D&O liability insurance placement can significantly enhance the dynamic capabilities of listed firms, and financial innovation likewise exerts a significant positive effect on these capabilities. Further analysis reveals a synergistic effect between D&O liability insurance placement and financial innovation, jointly promoting the enhancement of dynamic capabilities in listed companies. Mechanism testing shows that financial innovation plays a partial mediating role in the impact of D&O liability insurance placement on dynamic capabilities, and this mediating effect demonstrates pronounced heterogeneity between firms with high and low information transparency.
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The International Review of Financial Analysis (IRFA) is an impartial refereed journal designed to serve as a platform for high-quality financial research. It welcomes a diverse range of financial research topics and maintains an unbiased selection process. While not limited to U.S.-centric subjects, IRFA, as its title suggests, is open to valuable research contributions from around the world.