Measuring sustainability performance: the case of insurance and takaful companies in Malaysia / Sazul Farrah Najwa Zulkifli

Insurance is a contract where an individual is entitled to receives financial protection against losses from the insurance company. Meanwhile, takaful is a repayment in case of loss which organized according to the Islamic and shariah compliant. However, in order to gain the financial protection, th...

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Main Author:	Zulkifli, Sazul Farrah Najwa
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2021
Subjects:	Insurance
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63758/2/63758.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.637582022-08-24T06:36:51Z Measuring sustainability performance: the case of insurance and takaful companies in Malaysia / Sazul Farrah Najwa Zulkifli 2021 Zulkifli, Sazul Farrah Najwa Insurance Insurance business. Insurance management Insurance is a contract where an individual is entitled to receives financial protection against losses from the insurance company. Meanwhile, takaful is a repayment in case of loss which organized according to the Islamic and shariah compliant. However, in order to gain the financial protection, there are several obligations and policy that need to be followed such as payment of the premium from the individual. This aim of this research is to examine the performance of insurance and takaful companies in Malaysia with the independent variables which is liquidity of firm, equity return, leverage, size of firm, underwriting risk, gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation rate. Every investor takes seriously towards the return on asset (ROA) as it can show how well a company can manage its business. By looking through the return on asset (ROA) of a company, investor can determine the ability the firm's ability to generate, sustain and increase their profits. According to Diane (2005), higher ROA value indicates a better company performance because of the high return on investment. A study by Abduh (2012), the ROA of takaful industry in Malaysia is low because takaful companies have limited places to invest as they are only allowed to invest with the business in accordance with the shariah instruments. Additional research is necessary to test the relationship between the internal factors (liquidity, equity return, leverage, size of firm and underwriting risk) and external factors (gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation rate) with the performance of insurance and Takaful companies. iii 2021 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63758/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63758/2/63758.pdf text en public degree UiTM Cawangan Johor Faculty of Business Management Samsudin, Aidarohani
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description	Insurance is a contract where an individual is entitled to receives financial protection against losses from the insurance company. Meanwhile, takaful is a repayment in case of loss which organized according to the Islamic and shariah compliant. However, in order to gain the financial protection, there are several obligations and policy that need to be followed such as payment of the premium from the individual. This aim of this research is to examine the performance of insurance and takaful companies in Malaysia with the independent variables which is liquidity of firm, equity return, leverage, size of firm, underwriting risk, gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation rate. Every investor takes seriously towards the return on asset (ROA) as it can show how well a company can manage its business. By looking through the return on asset (ROA) of a company, investor can determine the ability the firm's ability to generate, sustain and increase their profits. According to Diane (2005), higher ROA value indicates a better company performance because of the high return on investment. A study by Abduh (2012), the ROA of takaful industry in Malaysia is low because takaful companies have limited places to invest as they are only allowed to invest with the business in accordance with the shariah instruments. Additional research is necessary to test the relationship between the internal factors (liquidity, equity return, leverage, size of firm and underwriting risk) and external factors (gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation rate) with the performance of insurance and Takaful companies. iii
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title	Measuring sustainability performance: the case of insurance and takaful companies in Malaysia / Sazul Farrah Najwa Zulkifli
title_short	Measuring sustainability performance: the case of insurance and takaful companies in Malaysia / Sazul Farrah Najwa Zulkifli
title_full	Measuring sustainability performance: the case of insurance and takaful companies in Malaysia / Sazul Farrah Najwa Zulkifli
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Measuring sustainability performance: the case of insurance and takaful companies in Malaysia / Sazul Farrah Najwa Zulkifli

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