... provides initial evidence by exploring the non-linear impacts of the determinants of profitability amongst life insurers in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a panel dataset of 62 life insurers in South Africa, covering 2013–2019. The generalised method of moments and the dynamic...

...Danish Ahmed; Yuantao Xie; Khelfaoui Issam Purpose Life insurance is bought with a prior belief that promise stipulated in policy will be honored when due. Discernibly, this belief is backed by the confidence that financial markets and economy will demonstrate satisfactory performance. However...

... influence their decisions to purchase commercial insurance and life insurance to manage financial risk in India. Research limitations/implications This is a co-relational study that investigated the association between the level of religious beliefs, spirituality, and decision to insure...

...Biju Mathew; Sunitha Sivaraman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the macroeconomic determinants of life insurance demand in India. The recent decline in life insurance activity calls for a study on the factors influencing life insurance demand in India. Design/methodology/approach...