Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Product diversification versus technical efficiency of conglomerate life microinsurance companies : evidence from India

Notes: Sumario: We look at technical efficiency and productivity changes in the life microinsurance (LMI) portfolio of insurance companies in India. The central objective is to empirically examine the 'tug of war' between efficiency and product diversity in the Indian insurance market. The data used in this research is available in the Handbook on Indian Insurance Statistics (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India). First, we emphasise that four-fifths of LMI insurers in our sample were technically inefficient. Second, through the use of the data envelopment approach (DEA), Malmquist total factor productivity index (MTFP), and Tobit regression analyses, we demonstrate that insurers could improve managerial ability by organising inputs in the production process more effectively. Finally, we provide empirical support for the strategicfocus hypothesis by demonstrating that product diversification has adverse effects on the technical efficiency of insurers. Related records: En: Geneva papers on risk and insurance : issues and practice. - Geneva : The Geneva Association, 1976- = ISSN 1018-5895. - 01/07/2019 Volumen 44 Número 3 - julio 2019 , p. 527-547Materia / lugar / evento: Productos de seguros Microseguros Seguro de vida India Otros autores: Banerjee, Subrato
Shetty, Ankitha
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