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Assessing Quality Gap of the Employee Critical Illness Mutual Aid Fund Using the SERQUAL Model

Advances in Public Health, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Following the Chinese government’s initiative to reform the universal basic medical insurance system in 2009, the development of multilevel medical security systems has become increasingly important to address the financial burden of critical illnesses on patients’ families. The Employee Critical Illness Mutual Aid Fund (ECIMAF), launched by
Lin Lu, Hui Sun, Weixin Zhang, Hannah Wesley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determination of Malaysian consumer intention toward purchasing Takaful scheme for mental health disorders

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Keuangan Islam, 2020
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the factors influencing Malaysian consumer toward intention to purchase Takaful scheme for mental health disorders.
Khairil Faizal Khairi, Nur Hidayah Laili, Aimi Fadzirul Kamarubahrin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Significance and Key Challenges in Conducting Stress Testing for Islamic Commercial Banks [PDF]

, 2013
With the current cross-border growth in Islamic finance, Islamic commercial banks (ICBs) are looking forward to being perceived as an industry in the process of becoming mature. This would require the establishment of some basic infrastructure, including
Chattha, J. A. (Jamshaid)
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Spatio‐temporal risk sharing and transfer: A unified theory of multi‐period decentralized insurances and annuities

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Volume 92, Issue 3, Page 765-817, September 2025.
Abstract Two distinct strands of research focus on decentralized risk sharing plans. One strand centers on classic risk sharing and decentralized insurance, including peer‐to‐peer insurance, mutual aid, and DeFi insurance. The other explores decentralized annuities, such as tontine and group self‐annuitization. Despite their disparate development paths,
Runhuan Feng, Peixin Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Takaful: chronology of establishment in 47 countries [PDF]

PSU Research Review
Purpose – From 1979 to 2023, the takaful structure has been adopted in many jurisdictions, making the documenting of its early days of establishment relatively difficult and somewhat unreliable.
Ahmad Alrazni Alshammari, Othman Altwijry, Andul-Hamid Abdul-Wahab   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Humanitarian management of drought needs better water security data

Disasters, Volume 49, Issue 3, July 2025.
Abstract Droughts are a primary driver of humanitarian crises in arid regions, yet early warning systems that index humanitarian financing often omit water security data in favour of food security monitoring. Based on 42 expert interviews assessing management barriers and information needs during the 2020–24 drought in the Horn of Africa, resulting in ...
William A. Veness, Nancy Balfour, Jimmy O'Keeffe, Wouter Buytaert   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

FAMILY TAKAFUL (ISLAMIC LIFE INSURANCE) IN BANGLADESH: OPERATIONAL DILEMMAS AND REMEDIAL APPROACHES

Hamdard Islamicus
Takaful industry in Bangladesh has been facing numerous problems. The study explores the operational dilemmas of family Takaful (Islamic life insurance) in Bangladesh and recommends approaches to meet the challenges. A qualitative method is used in this
DR. ISSA KHAN, MD. MAHFUJUR RAHMAN, DR. AZIAN BIN MADUN   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

ZAKAT FOR BUSINESS INVESTMENT AS SOCIAL SECURITY [PDF]

, 2020
Zakat merupakan ibadah mÄliyah ijtima’iyyah(harta sosial) yang memiliki posisi signifikan, strategis dan menentukan, baik dilihat dari sisi ajaran Islam maupun dari sisi pembangunan kesejahteraan umat. Sebagai suatu ibadah pokok, dalam rukun Islam yang
Pradana, Rizky Dwi, Songgirin, Amin
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Can ODA enable autocratic entrenchment? Investigating donor‐driven cash transfer programmes in Uganda, Ethiopia, and Egypt

Development Policy Review, Volume 43, Issue 4, July 2025.
Abstract Motivation An increasing share of ODA goes to electoral autocratic states. This is concerning because aid carries the risk of entrenching existing power inequalities in recipient states, especially more autocratic ones. Western donors may not be well equipped to navigate these risks, given their own incentive structures to focus on concrete ...
Guido Maschhaupt, Ahmed El Assal, Petronilla Wandeto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of Takaful: The Potential and Role in Financial Inclusion and Challenges Ahead

European Journal of Islamic Finance, 2017
This paper will look to analyze Takaful and the Takaful industry in existence today with regards to its potential for growth and the challenges associated with its development.
Amela Trokic
doaj   +1 more source