AN EXAMINATION ON ONLINE LIFE INSURANCE PRICING: Differences between retaiers and financial services companies

The rapid growth of the Internet has promoted the online purchase of life insurance. This dissertation attempt to examine the online quoting price of term life insurance from different insurance providers which include specialised insurance companies: Norwich Union, broker: The AA, banks: Halifax an...

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Main Author: WANG, FANG
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2006
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20192/
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description The rapid growth of the Internet has promoted the online purchase of life insurance. This dissertation attempt to examine the online quoting price of term life insurance from different insurance providers which include specialised insurance companies: Norwich Union, broker: The AA, banks: Halifax and Nationwide and supermarket retailers: Sainsburys and ASDA. The prices of term life insurance with Critical Illness Cover from three companies are also examined, which include The AA, Halifax and Norwich Union. The result indicates that the lowest price is offered by the broker (The AA), followed by supermarkets (ASDA and Sainsburys), then followed the specialised insurance company (Norwich Union), then the highest prices come from banks (Nationwide and Halifax). However, the elasticity of piece with respect to age is higher for supermarket than for banks. The AA offers the most expensive term life insurance with Critical Illness Cover among three companies. At the same time, there is relatively low price dispersion across the Internet.
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spelling nottingham-201922018-04-19T22:49:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20192/ AN EXAMINATION ON ONLINE LIFE INSURANCE PRICING: Differences between retaiers and financial services companies WANG, FANG The rapid growth of the Internet has promoted the online purchase of life insurance. This dissertation attempt to examine the online quoting price of term life insurance from different insurance providers which include specialised insurance companies: Norwich Union, broker: The AA, banks: Halifax and Nationwide and supermarket retailers: Sainsburys and ASDA. The prices of term life insurance with Critical Illness Cover from three companies are also examined, which include The AA, Halifax and Norwich Union. The result indicates that the lowest price is offered by the broker (The AA), followed by supermarkets (ASDA and Sainsburys), then followed the specialised insurance company (Norwich Union), then the highest prices come from banks (Nationwide and Halifax). However, the elasticity of piece with respect to age is higher for supermarket than for banks. The AA offers the most expensive term life insurance with Critical Illness Cover among three companies. At the same time, there is relatively low price dispersion across the Internet. 2006 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20192/1/06MALIXFW4.pdf WANG, FANG (2006) AN EXAMINATION ON ONLINE LIFE INSURANCE PRICING: Differences between retaiers and financial services companies. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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AN EXAMINATION ON ONLINE LIFE INSURANCE PRICING: Differences between retaiers and financial services companies
title AN EXAMINATION ON ONLINE LIFE INSURANCE PRICING: Differences between retaiers and financial services companies
title_full AN EXAMINATION ON ONLINE LIFE INSURANCE PRICING: Differences between retaiers and financial services companies
title_fullStr AN EXAMINATION ON ONLINE LIFE INSURANCE PRICING: Differences between retaiers and financial services companies
title_full_unstemmed AN EXAMINATION ON ONLINE LIFE INSURANCE PRICING: Differences between retaiers and financial services companies
title_short AN EXAMINATION ON ONLINE LIFE INSURANCE PRICING: Differences between retaiers and financial services companies
title_sort examination on online life insurance pricing: differences between retaiers and financial services companies
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20192/