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Reforming health care : a case for stay well health insurance [PDF]
All countries - whether industrial, developing, or in transition to a market economy - are interested in health care reform. A central focus of reform everywhere is to make patients more responsive to health care costs without diluting the protection ...
Bogetic, Zeljko, Heffley, Dennis
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CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GENERAL TAKAFUL AND CONVENTIONAL INSURANCE
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, 2012 Insurance in Islam is essentially a concept of mutual help. Insurance business under conventional system is based on uncertainty, which is prohibited in Islamic society under Islamic principles. So there is need to clear the difference between the conventional insurance and the Islamic insurance.
Mher Mushtaq Hussain, Ahmad Tisman Pasha
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Cooperatives and Area Yield Insurance:A Theoretical Analysis [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to theoretically investigate the potential benefits that arise from a cooperative selling a government subsidized area-yield contract (i.e., the Group Risk Plan).
Pincheira, Pablo, Zeuli, Kimberly
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Underwriting area-based yield insurance to crowd-in credit supply and demand [PDF]
, 2007 Recent theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that risk (especially covariant risk that is correlated across producers) may discourage both the supply of agricultural credit and the willingness of small holders to utilize available credit and enjoy ...
Boucher, Stephen +2 more
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Compliance with IFRS17 Standards in Takaful Insurance: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Perspectives for Egyptian Market [PDF]
Maǧallaẗ Al-Buḥūṯ Al-Mālīyyaẗ wa Al-TiğāriyyaẗThe insurance companies prepare themselves to adopt International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS 17) insurance contracts from January 1, 2023.
Islam farid Mostafa Elsaid +1 more
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International Journal of Business and SocietyThe efficiency of the Malaysian insurance industry (II) has drawn increasing international attention as the country has a dual-insurance system that comprises conventional insurance (CI) and takaful (Islamic) insurance (TI). Therefore, the objectives of the present study are to evaluate the efficiency of the Malaysian II as well as compare the ...
null Jia Kiuk Chong +2 more
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Risk and Income Risk Management Issues for Organic Crops in Greece [PDF]
Drawing upon a comparative case study of organic and conventional farming in Western Greece, the aim of this study is threefold: firstly, to explore the organic and conventional farmers’ profile through a factor analysis. Secondly, to assess the economic
Alexopoulos, George +2 more
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Consumer preferences for takaful and conventional insurance
, 2012 In recent years, Islamic finance has become one of the most rapidly growing segments of the global financial system. The Islamic banking industry today has assets worth over $900 billion, and Islamic finance has spread to 75 countries from East to West, extending from Muslim to non-Muslim countries. The introduction of an Islamic model of insurance has
Alsalih, Aysha, Napier, Christopher
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Catastrophic Drought Insurance based on the Remotely Sensed Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for Smallholder Farmers in Zimbabwe [PDF]
Index insurance, which indemnifies agricultural producers based on an objectively observable variable that is highly correlated with production losses but which cannot be influenced by the producer, can provide adequate protection against catastrophic ...
Makaudze, Ephias M., Miranda, Mario J.
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Crewing Insurance under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
Poredbeno pomorsko pravo, 2015 Konvencija o radu pomoraca, usvojena 2006. godine u Genevi, stupila je na snagu u kolovozu 2013. godine. Ona predstavlja konsolidaciju i modernizaciju standarda definiranih u čak 37 konvencija usvojenih do tada u okviru MOR-a. Republika Hrvatska ratificirala je Konvenciju u veljači 2010.
Petrinović, Ranka, Lovrić, Ivana
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