...Analysis on Thai insurance industry ------------------------------------------------- History The very first actual insurance contract, signed in Genoa in 1347. Contracts were signed by individuals, either alone or in a group. They each wrote their name and the amount of risk they were willing to assume under the insurance proposal. And then in 1688, the first insurance company was established as the widespread of insuring cargo while being ship throughout the maritime nations of Europe. It started at Lloyd’s Coffee House where merchants, ship-owners, and underwriters met to transact their business. And then Lloyd’s become one of the first modern insurance companies, Lloyd’s of London. Insurance in Thailand start around Ayudhya period when there is trade between Thai and foreigners. Foreign merchants brought marine insurance into Thailand which is first non-life insurance in Thailand. During King Rama the fourth era, there are many France department stores which some of them are representative of insurance company such as Netherlands Indea Sea and Fire Insurance Company, Ocean Marine Insurance Company, and Colonial Sea and Fire Insurance Company. And then in 1908, there is the first Act of Parliament about insurance in Thailand. For the life insurance, in Thailand, it was started in the era of King Rama the fifth by some foreign insurance companies. At first, nobody was interested in it so the business turned out to be an unsuccessful. After that, in WWI period, life insurance...
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...HOW DOES THE CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY Contents Introduction 3 Problem statement 4 Delimitation 4 Methodology 5 Risk management 6 Charateristics of insurance industry 6 Risk qualification 8 Approximate cost for a threat determination 8 Probability of threat accuracy or that vulnerability will be affected 9 SWOT analyses 10 Matrix between Strengths-Threats and Opportunities-Weaknesses 11 Conclusion of SWOT analysis 13 CONCLUSION 14 Introduction Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average. Climate change may be limited to a specific region or may occur across the whole Earth. Nowadays the impact of the climate change can be seen around the globe - seasons are shifting, temperatures are climbing and sea levels are rising. And meanwhile, our planet must still supply us – and all living things – with air, water, food and safe places to live. Weather related consequences, caused by climate change, present challenges that threaten the understanding of extreme weather and natural disaster related damages. Many natural disasters (like floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions) all around the world have showed that people are now exposed to extreme weather events. The lack of financial preparation to face...
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...Product strategies of private life insurance companies 2. A study on “why companies should go for outsourcing” 3. Effectiveness of advertising on real estate sector 4. Study on consumer expectations and perceptions towards consumer loans 5. Workers attrition rate at hotel industry is increasing. Study regarding this issue 6. Attrition rates at different sectors 7. Effectiveness and scope of employee referrals in the process of talent sourcing 8. Study of training needs across different industries 9. Study on creation of luxury brand 10. Strategies used to build successful Internet based customer services 11. Measuring the effectiveness of retail banking of a nationalised bank compared to a MNC 12. Conspicuous consumption 13. Study of awareness and acceptibility of UPVC windows and door systems 14. Opportunities of Financing the NANO’s in Bangalore 15. Changing trends in FMCG industry in India 16. A study of best HR practices in service industry 17. Fundamental analysis of Indian telecom companies 18. Study of consumer behaviour in automobile industry 19. customer buying behaviour towards insurance products 20. Promotion strategies followed in Insurance sector 21. Study on changing consumer preference towards organised retailing from un-organised retailing 22. study on “impact of advertising in B2B marketing” 23. Distribution network & general insurance industry 24. A study on distribution channels in aluminium industry 25. Study on strategies for promoting...
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...Product strategies of private life insurance companies 2. A study on "why companies should go for outsourcing" 3. Effectiveness of advertising on real estate sector 4. Study on consumer expectations and perceptions towards consumer loans 5. Workers attrition rate at hotel industry is increasing. Study regarding this issue 6. Attrition rates at different sectors 7. Effectiveness and scope of employee referrals in the process of talent sourcing 8. Study of training needs across different industries 9. Study on creation of luxury brand 10. Strategies used to build successful Internet based customer services 11. Measuring the effectiveness of retail banking of a nationalised bank compared to a MNC 12. Conspicuous consumption 13. Study of awareness and acceptibility of UPVC windows and door systems 14. Opportunities of Financing the NANO's in Bangalore 15. Changing trends in FMCG industry in India 16. A study of best HR practices in service industry 17. Fundamental analysis of Indian telecom companies 18. Study of consumer behaviour in automobile industry 19. customer buying behaviour towards insurance products 20. Promotion strategies followed in Insurance sector 21. Study on changing consumer preference towards organised retailing from un-organised retailing 22. study on "impact of advertising in B2B marketing" 23. Distribution network & general insurance industry 24. A study on distribution channels in aluminium industry 25. Study on strategies for promoting...
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...Executive summary The life insurance industry in India is achieving a growth rate of about 4% annually. It is considered to be one of the fastest growing sectors. The changing socioeconomic demographics and consumer behavior along with increased frequency of natural calamities and disasters have been the main reasons for the growth of this Industry. Its assets as on 31.03.08 were valued at $185 billion with a total of 250 million policies sold and an employee turnover of 113000 and about 1.2 million agents. There are currently 22 life insurance companies with LIC being the only public company having a market share of almost 50%. ICICI comes in second with 10% followed by HDFC at 6%, SBI at 5%, Bajaj at 4%, Reliance at 4%, Birla at 4%, Max 3%, Tata 3%, Kotak 2%, Met 1% and the rest taking up 10% of the market share. As of 2006 FDI norms the foreign participation of Indian insurance companies is restricted to 26%. All the life insurance companies of India have to comply with the strict regulation laid out by the ‘IRDA’ which is the insurance regulatory board in India set up in 2000. The majority of the population in India is yet to be tapped leaving a huge growth potential for this industry. The insurance industry in India is both service based as well as product based. Risk management and product development are the main highlights of R&D in this industry. The life insurance industry is re shapping the retail distribution channel. The life insurers engage with prospects...
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...com/ (ISSN 2349 – 6037) Performance of Insurance Industry in India: A Critical Analysis B. Nagaraja, PhD Associate Professor Department of Economics, Sri Venkateswara University College of Arts, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati (India) Accepted 30 January 2015, Available online 14 March 2015, Vol.4, No.1 (March 2015) Abstract There is ample empirical evidence to vindicate the relationship between the performance of insurance industry and economic development. In spite of it, there is a dearth of empirical research in developing countries and analytical studies are limited in number, particularly in developing countries like India, where the insurance penetration and density are very low compared with international levels. In India, the growth rate of number of new policies issued and the insurance premium are experiencing a negative trend for the last three years. Reasons and contributing factors for this state of affairs is highly essential. The present paper primarily deals with these aspects of insurance industry and a comparative analysis of both private and public sectors of life and non-life insurance industry. Four indicators-Premium incomes, Market Share, New Policies Issued and Claims Settlement Ratio-- have been used to analyze the performance of Insurance industry. Besides, an overview of share of Indian insurance industry in the global insurance industry and inter-state variations in insurance penetration and density in India have been presented...
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...SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM-2012 A Report On Brand Equity of IDBI Federal Life Insurance Co Ltd. Submitted by: Chetan Paranjpe 11BSPHH010239 Project Report On Brand Equity of IDBI Federal Life Insurance Co Ltd SUBMITTED TO Faculty Guide: Company Guide: Prof. G Radha Krishna Mrs. Shanthi Yagyanath IBS Hyderabad Assistant Branch Head IDBI Federal AUTHORIZATION This project has been prepared under the guidance of Mrs. Shanthi Yagyanath, Assistant Branch Head, IDBI federal Life Insurance and Dr. Radha Krishna, Faculty Guide, IBS Hyderabad. This Report is been submitted as a partial fulfillment of MBA program of IBS Hyderabad ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to take an opportunity to thanks all those who have made working on this project feasible for me. I would like to thank IDBI federal for providing me with the opportunity to work for them and giving me the taste of my first corporate and professional world. It gave me an opportunity to understand real life situation and implement those things which I had earlier come across only in textbooks as a part of my course. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Mrs. Shanthi Yagyanath for allowing me to work...
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...2015 Financial Analysis of Non-Life Insurance Sector in India New India Assurance Co. Ltd The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd Financial Analysis of Non-Life Insurance Sector in India Executive Summary Insurance is not the sale of products, but servicing customers. It is a system, by which the losses suffered by a few are spread over many exposed to similar risks. Insurance is a protection against financial loss arising on the happening of an unexpected event. Insurance companies collect premiums to provide for this protection. A loss is paid out of the premiums collected from the insuring public and the Insurance Companies act as trustees to the amount collected. The very fundamental principle of spreading of the risk is actually practiced by the insurance companies by reinsuring the risks that they have insured. The opening up of the Insurance Sector to Private Companies has made available more products and world class service to Indian Customer. Some excerpts on Indian insurance sector are as follows: An attempt has been made in this paper to understand and discuss the various issues of the Indian General Insurance industry. In this regard, the group studied the performance of New India Assurance Co. Ltd., ICICI Lombard, and The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd with the help of their financial statements. Also, keeping New India Assurance Co. Ltd as benchmark, the group made a comparative analysis using financial ratios...
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...Gateway Case Analysis As part of our analysis, we focused on the following goals: 1) Minimize the chance of aircraft crash losses and insurance costs combined exceeding $37 million in the next year, and 2) Obtain the insurance coverage at lowest cost over the five-year period. We performed our analysis in 5 stages, eliminating one prospective insurance plan or confirming our observations in each stage. Crystal Ball software served as an analytical tool for our analysis. The simulations conducted for our analysis consisted of 10,000 trials each. See Appendix for illustrations related to this analysis. Analysis Detail Stage 1: A comparative analysis of the maximum values of the total losses and insurance costs in the first year showed that there is only one insurance plan that guarantees that the next year losses are not going to exceed $37 million: HIC ($33.8 million maximum). RNCN1 has a maximum of $43.8 million, which is reasonably close to the $41 million limit that we are aiming to avoid in the first year. We also noted that the Self-insurance plan has minimal expected costs of $4.6 million in first year, but bears the highest volatility, which may lead to losses of up to $170.5 million (See Exhibit 1). At this stage, we exclude the RNCN2 plan from further considerations because even though is offers low expected costs, the probability of going over the limit of $37 million and incurring costs of $60 million is significant for the purposes of this analysis. We plan to confirm...
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...Five Competitive Forces Analysis in the Insurance Industry RichardSmith Managerial Economics December 6, 2013 Industry Insurance is something that is needed by everyone today. It is used by individuals, business, corporations, etc. to help mitigate or minimize their financial risk. Various types of insurance exist today, from home, health, life, auto, travelers, indemnity, boat, renters, and even pet. Competition between insurance carriers is very stiff. In fact, in the United Kingdom (UK), the competition is so stringent, they have created a Competition Commission (CC), which is designed to ensure healthy competition between insurance companies in the UK for the ultimate benefit of the consumers and the economy ("Competition Commission GOV.UK."01). Many insurance companies have gotten caught up in having an unbalanced pool of insurers because they were not prepared and did not do their homework. The have to be very careful in their underwriting process to ensure they insure the most desirable individuals. Many insurance companies have learned quickly the value in the knowledge and power of information obtained from doing research and the huge financial risk associated with getting stuck with a poor unbalanced pool of insured. Therefore, many insurance companies today are utilizing various tools and setting themselves apart from the competition via the competitive forces in an effort to avoid the financial repercussions associated with not being prepared. That way...
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...ANZ BANK Product: Insurance ANZ, is the 4th largest bank by market capitalisation In Australia,. The Australian operations make up the largest part of ANZ business. ANZ is the largest bank in New Zealand. They merged with New Zealand they merged with New Zealand National Bank in 2003 and were called ANZ Bank New Zealand in 2012. ANZ was established on First October 1951 when the bank of Australasia was merged with the Bank of Australia Limited and before both these banks merged there was the Unioun bank of Australia which was in existence since 1840. ANZ is headquartered in Melbourne and its headquarters for New Zealand is in Auckland. and in New Zealand alone they have about 9000 employees. Some of their key Services are: Cheque accounts Insurance Consumer finance ANZ vision statement as quoted by Susie Babani the group Managing Director says that ANZ banks on their employees Defining Insurance It’s a contract in which a person receives financial protection against losses from a insurance company, The insurance company collects clients risks to make payments more affordable for the insured. ANZ offers different types of Insurance some of the insurance they offer are Personal Insurance : insurance of humans against the risks of death or health Business Insurance : Managing the risk of your business or running operations ,Anz is there to cover future. ...
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...“A Study on Purchase Decision Making Of Life Insurance Products” [Submitted on: 22.12.2014] Submitted to: Prof. Anamika Prepared by: Jayajeet Das Group-2 Roll No.-14DM012 Sec-A PGDM (2014-16) Institute of Management and Information Science, Bhubaneswar Acknowledgements “First and foremost, I avail this opportunity to express my profound sense of sincere and deep gratitude to Prof. Anamika for her valuable and meticulous supervision during the preparation of this Project Report. Last but not the least I extend my support to all my group members and respondents whose kind cooperation & support helped me to bring out the study report in a successful manner. Abstract Insurance occupies an important place in the complex modern world since risk, which can be insured, has increased enormously in every walk of life. This has led to growth in the insurance business and evolution of various types of insurance covers. This research aims at determining consumers’ attitudes towards buying life insurance products and to understand their purchase and repurchase intention. This research was conducted in Bhubaneswar of Odisha taking a sample of 75 LIC and other private insurance customers. Respondents for this survey were selected using random sampling. The survey was done by all our group members. The analysed data has been presented in the form of table, bar graphs and pie-charts. This study also analyzed the repurchasing intention of policy holders. The survey...
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...A. FINANCIAL INDUSTRIES Financial Services in India- Brief Overview: The Indian financial services sector is one of the most complex, yet one of the most robust service segments of the Indian economy. Spanning from insurance to capital markets, banking to foreign direct investments (FDI) and from mutual funds to private equity (PE) investments, the financial services sector covers all related segments under its umbrella. Having major effects in its abstract as well as physical form post liberalization, the financial services segment is undoubtedly the mainstay of Indian economy. Today it is at par with the international financial frameworks and promises to surpass them in terms of performance in the years to come. This is very much evident from the fact that Indian financial services industry was amongst the least affected during the crisis the world faced in 2010-11. Major developments pertaining to the sub-segments of Indian financial services industry are discussed hereafter. Insurance Sector: Indian life insurance sector collected new business premiums worth Rs 11,742.7 crore (US$ 1.96 billion) for April-May 2013, according to data from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA). Life insurers collected Rs 1, 07, 010.7 crore (US$ 17.84 billion) worth of new premiums for the financial year ended March 31, 2013. Meanwhile, the general insurance industry grew by 19.6 per cent in April-May period of FY14, wherein the non-life insurers collected premium worth...
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...Literature Review The purpose of this study is to get an in depth understanding of the insurance industry to understand what could be the impact of FDI on Indian insurance industry. To strengthen this study and get in-depth understanding of the variables that could impacted due to FDI a review of the past research has been done in this section. An empirical study by (Li, Donghui; Moshirian, Fariborz; Sim, Ah-Boon, 2003) done on the U.S. insurance sector concludes that FDI contributes significantly to the volume of trade. This prompted studies to identify what are the important and significant variables that attract FDI in insurance. There have been many papers published that study the factors that lead to participation of in international insurers in a country’s insurance sector. A study by (Li & Moshirian, 2004) of the US insurance services for the period 1984-1998 tries to identify factors that increases the desirability for FDI in insurance. The major factors that this study identifies are national income, relative cost of capital, relative wage rate, total trade in insurance services, exchange rate volatility, FDI in banking, source country’s insurance market size and the financial development of the host country. Other studies that intend to find determinants that attract foreign participation in insurance market include study by (Ma & Pope, 2003) .The study reveals that major foreign market characteristics that determine international insurers participation...
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...The topic is the incessant labour turnover of staff in insurance companies in Nigeria using the Nigerian Insurance sector as the case study. The idea of the thesis project emanated from the business news the researcher often reads online in the Nigerian dailies as this spurred him to be interested in knowing why the Nigerian Insurance Sector is incessantly reducing in staff strength year in year out. Though, the he has had a little experience having worked a few months in the industry, but that is not enough to ascertain what the cause could be. Therefore, carrying out a research work on the frequent labour turnover in the Nigerian Insurance Companies and using the Nigerian Insurance Sector as a case study could be a perfect medium to discover what the causes are and how the posed challenges can be managed properly. Hence, professionals that had worked in the industry before and moved to other industries will be interrogated to derive facts and draw conclusions on what the industry can do to ameliorate this scourge of continuous labour turnover which is tantamount to affecting the level of productivity and generally bastardizing the image of the industry. Assignment 2 The research method that will be used is the qualitative means of research whereby the researcher will make use of voice recorder to get down the responses from a targeted group of the interviewed persons and get the facts extracted out for his analysis. The main instrument used for this thesis work was the...
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