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Ownership type, business model, market structure, and the performance of Takaful and conventional insurance companies in Malaysia

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2021
The paper evaluates the performance of the Takaful and insurance companies in Malaysia. It examines the impact of ownership, business model, and market structure on conventional and Takaful companies’ performance.
Shaikh Hamzah Abdul Razak   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesAdvances 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shariah Status of Conventional Insurance: An overview of Takaful Framework in Pakistan

open access: yesInternational Journal of Islamic Economics and Governance, 2023
Emerging awareness of the necessity for protection is creating the demand for takaful. Islamic Finance and Takaful have appealed for the strong ethics of the system of fairness, transparency, and distribution of wealth leading to social goodness and an ...
AHMAD JAFAR
doaj  

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

open access: yesJurnal 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of Islamic Insurance (Takaful) in Bangladesh: Legal Barriers and Challenges

open access: yesTrabzon İlahiyat Dergisi, 2023
This study delves into the concept of Takaful, an Islamic insurance model, and its legal framework, focusing on its role and potential within the insurance market of Bangladesh.
Ahm Ershad Uddın
doaj   +1 more source

Spatio‐temporal risk sharing and transfer: A unified theory of multi‐period decentralized insurances and annuities

open access: yesJournal 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

The effect of IFSA 2013 on late payment of takāful benefits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Purpose This paper aims to examine the implications of compensation on late payment of takāful benefit imposed in the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 on the takāful industry in Malaysia.
Lukman, Burhanuddin   +1 more
core  

Takaful: chronology of establishment in 47 countries [PDF]

open access: yesPSU 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Humanitarian management of drought needs better water security data

open access: yesDisasters, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can ODA enable autocratic entrenchment? Investigating donor‐driven cash transfer programmes in Uganda, Ethiopia, and Egypt

open access: yesDevelopment 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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