Economies of scope, organizational form, and insolvency risk: Evidence from the takaful industry

K Al-Amri, JD Cummins, MA Weiss - Journal of International Financial …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates scope economies, organizational form, and insolvency risk for a
sample of takaful firms in 19 countries. Firm efficiency is estimated using data envelopment …

Efficiency drivers in Brazilian insurance: A two-stage DEA meta frontier-data mining approach

P Wanke, CP Barros - Economic Modelling, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the role of heterogeneity in the insurance sector. Here,
heterogeneity is represented by different types of insurance provided and regions served …

Takaful insurance efficiency in the GCC countries

K Al-Amri - Humanomics, 2015 - emerald.com
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studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with us Advanced search Takaful insurance …

The impact of competition on cost efficiency of insurance and takaful sectors: Evidence from GCC markets based on the Stochastic Frontier Analysis

AA Alshammari, SMSJ Alhabshi, B Saiti - Research in International …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, competition in the insurance sector has increased due to the number of
players added by the emergence of takaful. This paper examines the impact of competition …

Factors influencing the choice of takaful over conventional insurance: The case of Malaysia

NM Kamil, NBM Nor - Journal of Islamic Finance, 2014 - platform.almanhal.com
The present research attempts to study the factors that influence Malaysians to choose
Takaful over conventional insurance. The study employs a qualitative research approach …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring the relative efficiency of insurance companies in Saudi Arabia: The case study of Takaful vs cooperative industries

S Benyoussef, W Hemrit - Cogent Economics & Finance, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this paper is to measure the efficiency of insurance companies in Saudi Arabia
using data envelopment analysis (DEA), to analyse the effectiveness of underwriting …

Analysis of Takaful vs. Conventional insurance firms' efficiency: Two-stage DEA of Saudi Arabia's insurance market

T Almulhim - Cogent Business & Management, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the remarkable growth in the insurance industry over the past two decades, few
studies evaluate the performance of Takaful vs. conventional insurance firms with focus on …

[PDF][PDF] An efficiency analysis of takaful insurance industry: A comparative study

A Coskun, H Habibniya, Y Keceli - The Journal of Asian Finance …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Takaful, which is an Islamic insurance instrument, manages risks in business, according to
Shariah (Islamic law) principles and offers risk protection and savings assets. The study …

[PDF][PDF] A comparative study of Takaful and conventional insurance: empirical evidence from the Malaysian market

HA Abdou, K Ali, RJ Lister - Insurance Markets and Companies …, 2014 - irbis-nbuv.gov.ua
The purpose of this paper is to distinguish between the performance levels of the Malaysian
Takaful and conventional life insurance industries with a view to better informing the …

Efficiency measure of insurance v/s tak ful firms using DEA approach: A case of Pakistan

A Khan, U Noreen - Islamic Economic Studies, 2014 - papers.ssrn.com
This study aims at comparing the Pakistan's Tak ful and conventional insurance companies
in terms of efficiency and productivity for the period 2006-2010. We apply Data Envelopment …