Author:
Tolani Sanjay,Rao Ananth,Worku Genanew B.,Osman Mohamed
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyze significant determinants to assess the probability of insureds’ intent to buy (ITB) insurance and willingness to pay (WTP) quantum of dollars for security benefits.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors use the Double Hurdle Model (DHM) and Neural Network (NN) architecture to analyze the insureds’ behavior for ITB and WTP. The authors apply these frameworks to all the 503 insureds of a branch of a leading insurer in the United Arab Emirates.
Findings
The DHM identified age, loans & liabilities, body mass index, travel outside the UAE, salary and country of origin (Middle Eastern and African) as significant determinants to predict WTP for social security benefits. In addition to these determinants, NN architecture identified insurance replacement, holding multiple citizenship, age of parents, mortgages, country of origin: Americas, length of travel, income of previous year and medical conditions of insured as additional important determinants to predict WTP for social security benefits; thus, NN is found to be superior to DHM due to its lowest RMSE and AIC in the holdout sample and also its flexibility and no assumptions unlike econometric models.
Research limitations/implications
Insureds’ data used from one UAE Branch limit the generalizability of empirical findings.
Practical implications
The study findings will enable the insurers to appropriately design the insurance products that match the insurers’ behavior of ITB and WTP for social security benefits.
Social implications
The study findings have the potential for insurance institutions to be more flexible in their insurance practices through public–private partnerships.
Originality/value
This is the authors’ original research work.
Subject
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous),Finance
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