Monetary valuation of microinsurance against fire risk: mixed logit approach
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2015-04-21
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Abstract
The non-existence of separate insurance policy for people in the retail sector in
Ghana at this moment may be due to supply side problems, such as correlated
risks, uncertainty of risks, adverse selection and moral hazard, or because of a
lack of demand for insurance coverage. This thesis uses mixed logit estimation
methods to examine the e ects of re risk on the demand of microinsurance. The
study took place at Kumasi Central Market. The Hierarchical Bayesian was used
to estimate the parameters of the mixed logit model. The distribution of the
parameters was normal distribution. It was found that positive relationship exist
between utility and high damage cost, high re risk and high insurance cover-age, however, utility decline with insurance premium. Also, estimation results
support that o ering re insurance may be pro table in the current situation.
Stake holders in the insurance industry are therefore recommended to ensure the
introduction of separate insurance for the retail sector of the economy of Ghana
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Mathematics,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in
partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree
of Master of Science in Industrial Mathematics, 2014