Managers compare their companies’ position to competitors within the industry. For example, Fiegenbaum and Thomas (2004) argue that managers use other firms as a reference point before formulating a strategy. Market share is a good measure of a firm’s positioning in the industry. According to Sommer (1996), the bigger companies tend to be healthier than the smaller ones in the insurance industry. This implies that customers are more willing to buy policies from the insurers with a bigger market share. The bigger insurers can charge higher prices than the smaller firms and face a lower insolvency risk. According to Mello and Ruckes (2008), firms with a competitive edge over their competitors tend to hedge less. By having the advantage of charging higher prices than the smaller players in the industry, insurers with a larger market share have less incentive to hedge. I expect to see a negative relationship between market share and the level of hedging. I call this variable Marketshare to represent the market share. The market share is defined as,