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

Khalid Al-Amri*, J. David Cummins, Mary A. Weiss

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نتاج البحث: المساهمة في مجلةArticleمراجعة النظراء

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ملخص

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 analysis, performance is also gauged using return on equity and return on assets, and insolvency risk is measured using distance to default. We test the strategic focus and conglomeration hypotheses for takaful operators. We also test for differences in performance between the two major takaful organizational forms – the mudharaba (profit-sharing) and the wakala (fee-based) models for compensating managers. The profit-sharing design is hypothesized to be more effective in aligning the incentives of managers and policyholders. The findings suggest that strategic focus is superior to conglomeration for takafuls in terms of performance, efficiency, and insolvency risk. The results also show that the profit-sharing model performs better than the fee-based model. This research is important because takafuls are growing rapidly in Muslim-dominated countries where insurance density and insurance penetration are low.

اللغة الأصليةEnglish
رقم المقال101259
دوريةJournal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
مستوى الصوت70
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء
حالة النشرPublished - يناير 2021
منشور خارجيًانعم

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