Assessing the performance of takaful companies in Malaysia

This research was conducted to assessing the performance of takaful companies in Malaysia. The study attempts to examine the internal factors which are liquidity, equity return, leverage, size of firm, underwriting risk, and external factors; gross domestic product and inflation on performance of ta...

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Main Author:	Nur'afifah, Abdul Halim
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2019
Subjects:	HG Finance
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8242/1/s823793_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8242/2/s823793_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8242/3/s823793_references.docx
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spelling	my-uum-etd.82422022-10-04T01:23:36Z Assessing the performance of takaful companies in Malaysia 2019 Nur'afifah, Abdul Halim Che Arshad, Noraziah Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HG Finance This research was conducted to assessing the performance of takaful companies in Malaysia. The study attempts to examine the internal factors which are liquidity, equity return, leverage, size of firm, underwriting risk, and external factors; gross domestic product and inflation on performance of takaful company which refer to return on assets. There are reported which are 8 local takaful and 3 foreign takaful were included in the research. Secondary data that was collected in this research comes from the annual financial report (balance sheet and income statements) of takaful companies; and from World Bank Indicator for gross domestic product per capita and consumer price index. The methods employed in this study are Pearson‟s Correlation and Multiple Regression. This research found that the performance of takaful companies was determined by leverage, equity return, underwriting risk and size of firm. However, this research found the external factors does not have significant effect on the performance of takaful companies in Malaysia. This research finding provides financial implications for takaful companies in Malaysia like managing the assets, equity, liability, expenses and etc. 2019 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/8242/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/8242/1/s823793_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8242/2/s823793_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8242/3/s823793_references.docx text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor	Che Arshad, Noraziah
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spellingShingle	HG Finance Nur'afifah, Abdul Halim Assessing the performance of takaful companies in Malaysia
description	This research was conducted to assessing the performance of takaful companies in Malaysia. The study attempts to examine the internal factors which are liquidity, equity return, leverage, size of firm, underwriting risk, and external factors; gross domestic product and inflation on performance of takaful company which refer to return on assets. There are reported which are 8 local takaful and 3 foreign takaful were included in the research. Secondary data that was collected in this research comes from the annual financial report (balance sheet and income statements) of takaful companies; and from World Bank Indicator for gross domestic product per capita and consumer price index. The methods employed in this study are Pearson‟s Correlation and Multiple Regression. This research found that the performance of takaful companies was determined by leverage, equity return, underwriting risk and size of firm. However, this research found the external factors does not have significant effect on the performance of takaful companies in Malaysia. This research finding provides financial implications for takaful companies in Malaysia like managing the assets, equity, liability, expenses and etc.
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author	Nur'afifah, Abdul Halim
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title	Assessing the performance of takaful companies in Malaysia
title_short	Assessing the performance of takaful companies in Malaysia
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granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8242/1/s823793_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8242/2/s823793_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8242/3/s823793_references.docx
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