This study aims to probe into the analysis of online word-of-mouth in the insurance industry of Taiwan. By treating the top four insurance companies as key words, the researcher extracts users’ learning from blogs and online forums between January 1, 2010 and July 5, 2011. After eliminating improper samples, there are 914 valid articles. The research findings demonstrate that, the characteristi...

This study aims to determine the factors that influence interest of Islamic insurance students become agents in industry at PT Asuransi Prudential Syariah Binjai. Agents play an important role companies, and are also very aware all products they sell customers as a form responsibility obtain clear accurate information about provided. The data used this primary secondary data. research method is...

development of financial markets as an important factor in the economic growth process always has been of interest to economists. the purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between regional financial development and economic growth. this study uses provincial annual data over the period 2000-2011 by using panel data technique. the panel co integration techniques have been used to te...

PURPOSE The purposes of this investigation were to: (1) provide a descriptive account of untreated dental caries for Virginia schoolchildren; and (2) examine the relationship between a child's insurance status and the presence of untreated dental caries. METHODS In 1999, the Virginia Department of Health completed an Oral Health Assessment on first-, third-, and 10th-grade children. The oral ...

The Keele Economics Department produces this series of research papers in order to stimulate discussion and invite feedback. Copyright remains with the authors. All papers in the kerp series are available for downloading from the Keele Economics website, via Abstract This paper analyses a model of private unemployment insurance under limited commitment and a model of public unemployment insuran...

Most working-age Americans obtain health insurance coverage through the workplace. U.S. law requires employers that offer health plans to use a price common to all in the group, but the value of insurance to each risk-averse individual varies with their idiosyncratic health risk. Hence, linking employment and health insurance creates a wedge between the marginal cost and benefit of insurance. S...

T he amount of risk sharing among households, regions, or countries is crucial in determining aggregate welfare. For example, pooling resources at the national level can help regions better deal with natural disasters like floods. Similarly, pooling resources with an insurance company can help individuals deal with shocks like a house fire or a car accident. Capital accumulation and economic gr...