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Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia

This paper aims to examine the impact of firms’ characteristics namely income, age, size and agents on Family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Secondary data are used to conduct the hypotheses testing on 25 Takaful operators which offer Family Takaful protection in Malaysia from the year 2008-2016. The r...

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Main Authors: Norizan, Remli, Muhamad, Muda, Romzie, Rosman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
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HG Finance
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
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spelling my-unisza-ir.55232022-02-17T02:18:19Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5523/ Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia Norizan, Remli Muhamad, Muda Romzie, Rosman HG Finance HQ The family. Marriage. Woman This paper aims to examine the impact of firms’ characteristics namely income, age, size and agents on Family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Secondary data are used to conduct the hypotheses testing on 25 Takaful operators which offer Family Takaful protection in Malaysia from the year 2008-2016. The regression model pooled OLS, random-effect model and fixed-effect model were conducted. The Hausman test results showed that the random-effect model is better than the fixed-effect model. The results showed that the size of the firms (lSize) and agents’ performance (lFees) were positive and they significantly affected family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Firms’ income (lInc) and firms’ age (Age) were negative and insignificant in explaining the Family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Hence, these findings suggest that the size of the business and promoting a good agents’ performance within firms is important in order to uphold the industry sustainability. 2018-10 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5523/1/FH02-FPP-20-37971.pdf Norizan, Remli and Muhamad, Muda and Romzie, Rosman (2018) Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia. International Journal of Accounting, Finance and Business, 3 (14). pp. 1-14. ISSN eISSN: 0128-1844
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topic HG Finance
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
spellingShingle HG Finance
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Norizan, Remli
Muhamad, Muda
Romzie, Rosman
Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
description This paper aims to examine the impact of firms’ characteristics namely income, age, size and agents on Family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Secondary data are used to conduct the hypotheses testing on 25 Takaful operators which offer Family Takaful protection in Malaysia from the year 2008-2016. The regression model pooled OLS, random-effect model and fixed-effect model were conducted. The Hausman test results showed that the random-effect model is better than the fixed-effect model. The results showed that the size of the firms (lSize) and agents’ performance (lFees) were positive and they significantly affected family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Firms’ income (lInc) and firms’ age (Age) were negative and insignificant in explaining the Family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Hence, these findings suggest that the size of the business and promoting a good agents’ performance within firms is important in order to uphold the industry sustainability.
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author Norizan, Remli
Muhamad, Muda
Romzie, Rosman
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Muhamad, Muda
Romzie, Rosman
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title Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
title_short Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
title_full Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
title_fullStr Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
title_sort firms’ characteristics: a preliminary study of family takaful demand in malaysia
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