Efficiency of Tabarru’ Fund Management at Islamic insurance Companies in Indonesia

Abstract

The growth of Islamic insurance has been quite rapid in recent years, but in 2013 the performance was less than optimal. There are only six life insurance that have received surplus and seven general insurance that still deficit. One of many causes of the lack of optimal performance is inefficiency, while that is related to how to obtain the maximum level of output with a certain amount of input. This study aims to determine level of efficiency in Islamic insurance for the period 2012-2016 and find out the causes. This study uses secondary data from 13 companies. Research method used is descriptive with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The input variables used assets, operating expenses and claim payments. Furthermore, output variables used contributions, investment income and tabarru’ funds. Based the results of research conducted is known that, the condition of Islamic insurance in Indonesia hasn’t been efficient. There were 12 companies that experienced inefficiencies due to the high operational costs and the low contribution.


 


 


Keywords: Efficiency, Islamic Insurance Companies, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).

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