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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
From the above table, it can be observed that whether the investor chooses Smart Kid
policy or Life Time Plus or Wealth Advantage, the NAV is the same across all the
plans for a given fund option. (Appendix C – pg 308 – 322)
The current study focuses on this aspect and helps compare the returns of various fund
options of the company. This will help them to choose the company which gives higher
returns on a particular fund option as compared to similar option in another company.
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3.3 OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
The objectives of the study are:
1) To study the growth of top five life insurance companies in terms of:
a. Premium generation
b. Number of policies issued
c. Market share
2) To study various investment alternatives related to insurance available to the
investors of top five life insurance companies
3) To study the performance of various fund options and suggest which company is
giving better returns to its policyholders.
4) To study the awareness and usage of features unique to Unit Linked Insurance
Plans.
5) To analyze the extent to which Unit Linked Insurance Plans are effective as an
investment instrument among the investors.
6) To examine the fund option and the factors associated with ULIP investment.
H1 = There is no significant association between the age of investors and their choice
of fund option.
H2 = There is no significant association between the investor’s gender and their choice
of fund option.
H3 = There is no significant association between the investors’ marital status and their
choice of fund option.
H4 = There is no significant association between the investors’ educational
qualification and their choice of fund option.
H5 = There is no significant association between the investors’ monthly income and
their choice of fund option.
H6 = There is no significant association between the investor’s occupation and their
choice of fund option.
H7 = There is no significant association between the investor’s age and their risk
appetite.
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H8 = There is no significant association between the gender of investor and their risk
appetite.
H9 = There is no significant association between the monthly income of investors and
their risk appetite.
H10 = There is no significant association between the age of investors and their
premium investment in ULIP.
H11 = There is no significant association between the monthly income of investors and
their premium investment in ULIP.
H12 = There is no significant association between the age of investor and their opinion
on return on investment.
H13 = There is no significant association between the gender of investor and their
opinion on return on investment.
H14 = There is no correlation between the factors influencing the investment decision
and their choice of fund option.
H15 = There is no concordance between the investors’ ranking of factors influencing
their investment decision.
H16 = There is no concordance between the investors ranking of objectives for
investing in ULIP.
H17 = There is no concordance between the investors’ ranking of factors influencing
their choice of ULIP.
H18 = There is no concordance between the investors’ ranking of insurance services.
On the basis of Premium received (including the Single premium and the renewal
premium) by various life insurance companies over the four years 2004-05 to 2007-08,
the top five life insurance companies are:
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1) Life Insurance Corporation of India
2) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd
3) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd
4) HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd
5) SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd
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3.6 PERIOD OF STUDY
The facts and figures for the top five life insurance companies were analyzed for the
period from 2007-08 to 2011-12 i.e. five years. The Net Asset Value for the purpose of
computing the CAGR for the various fund options was taken from 2005 onwards.
Table 3.3
Number of Life Insurance Policies issued in Maharashtra for the year 2010-11
Quarter Private Life Life Insurance Total
Insurance Corporation of
Companies India
April – June 2010 233533 771397 1004930
July – September 2010 307521 820411 1127932
October – December 2010 336324 905163 1241487
January – March 2011 437081 1781434 2218515
Total 1314459 4278405 5592864
Source: Compiled from Quarterly Supplements of IRDA of the year 2010-11
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3.7.3 Sampling Frame
It contains the names of all items of a finite universe. Since the details of life insurance
policies issued to various individuals is of a confidential nature, the companies refused
to provide such data. Hence source list could not be prepared.
Table 3.4
Number of Policies sold in Maharashtra during the year 2010-11
Quarter April – July – October – January Total
June September December – March
2010 2010 2010 2011
ICICI Prudential Life
Insurance Co. Ltd 43878 45147 116 134870 224011
Bajaj Allianz
Insurance Co. Ltd 20843 8747 21983 29945 81518
HDFC Standard Life
Insurance Co. Ltd 23002 34275 129457 57680 244414
SBI Life Insurance
Co. Ltd 9568 27121 18462 18462 73613
Others 136242 192231 166306 196124 690903
Total (Private) 233533 307521 336324 437081 1314459
Life Insurance
Corporation of India 771397 820411 905163 1781434 4278405
Total Industry 1004930 1127932 1241487 2218515 5592864
Source: Compiled from Quarterly Supplements of IRDA of the year 2010-11
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The formula used for determining the sample size is: 138
By applying the above formula for 95% confidence level with 5% margin of error the
sample size for a population of 55.92 lakhs is 384.
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Krejcie & Morgan (1970). ‘Determining Sample Size for Research Activities’.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, #30, pp. 607 – 610. Retrieved from
http://research-advisors.com/tools/SampleSize.html on 5 April 2012
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The persons interviewed were –
1. Mr. Mandar Vaidya, Additional Chief Branch Manager, Bajaj Allianz Life
Insurance Co. Ltd
2. Mr. Somen Roy, Circle Head, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd.
3. Mr. Sachin Wakade, Branch Head – DSF, Aviva Life Insurance Company India
Ltd
4. Mr. Sudhakar Kulkarni, Certified Financial Planner
2. Questionnaire:
To understand the investors’ awareness about Unit Linked Insurance Plans, a structured
questionnaire consisting of 35 questions was prepared. The objective of this
questionnaire was to understand the investors’ financial capacity, his preferred
investment instruments, the linked insurance plan procured by him, his liking/disliking
for the same and his understanding of the ULIP held by him as a whole.
i. Pilot Study:
A pilot study was conducted wherein 22 respondents were approached. Based
on the interaction and responses received from them, the questionnaire was
revised and the finalized version had 43 questions (Refer Appendix H). For
example, the revised questionnaire included questions on source of acquiring
ULIP, factors influencing them in choosing ULIP.
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Table 3.5
Reliability Analysis – Scale (Alpha)
N of Cases = 495.0
Statistics for Mean Variance Standard N of
Scale Deviation Variable
3.9192 1.4793 1.2163 3
Item Means Mean Minimum Maximum Range Max/Min Variance
1.3064 1.2828 1.3293 .0465 1.0362 .0005
Item Mean Minimum Maximum Range Max/Min Variance
Variances
.2126 .2032 .2213 .0181 1.0889 .0001
Table 3.6
Analysis of Variance
SV Sum of Sq. DF Mean F Prob.
Square
Between people 243.5892 494 .4931
Within People 72.0000 990 .0727
Between Measures .5347 2 .2673 3.6959 .0252
Residual 71.4653 988 .0723
Total 315.5892 1484 .2127
Grand Mean 1.3064
Table 3.7
Intraclass Correlation Coefficients
Two-Way Mixed Effects Model (Consistency Definition)
Measure ICC 95% Confidence Interval
Value
Lower Bound Upper Bound F-Value Sig.
Single Rater .6597 .6184 .6988 6.8170 .0001
Average Raters* .8533 .8294 .8744 6.8170 .0001
Degree of freedom for F-tests are 494 and 988. Test Value = 0
*Assumes absence of People*Rater Interaction
Reliability Coefficients 3 items
Chronbach Alpha = .8533 Standardized item alpha = .8534
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iii. Collection of data:
1000 investors were approached / contacted for this survey. However, 183 did
not return the questionnaires, while 17 were rejected on account of incomplete
data. Hence, 800 questionnaires were found to be complete in all respects. Out
of these, 239 investors did not have a ULIP of top five life insurance companies.
Hence, only 561 responses were considered for final analysis.
1. Reference Books:
These were used with a view to understand certain theoretical concepts, failing
which one cannot go ahead.
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2. Web-Sites :
In today’s modern world the use of computers and internet is inevitable. Internet in
the recent past has become a primary source of information of any type. It is not
only a quick but also very economical source of information. The data which is
collected from internet is very recent and current of practical importance. The web-
sites were used as a source of current information for the project. Following is the
description of the sources used to collect the data required:
3. News Papers :
Certain other documents and material like the Newspapers, which are current and
constant sources of information, are also used in this project so that more
information can be put in.
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a. The Times of India
b. The Indian Express
c. Economic Times
The collected data was analysed using statistical tools based on the objectives of the
study. The following are the statistical tools used to draw the inferences:
1. Method of Least Squares.
2. Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR).
3. Chi-Square Test
4. Spearman’s Rank Correlation
5. Kendall’s W Statistics
6. Risk Adjusted Return Performance Measures:
a. Standard deviation
b. Coefficient of Variation
c. Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient
d. Beta
e. Sharpe Measure
f. Treynor Measure
g. Jensen’s Alpha
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The formula for computation of NAV applicable w. e. f. August 18, 2011 is:
𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 + 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒔 − 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑳𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒊𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚
𝑵𝒐. 𝒐𝒇 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂
Note: No. Of units at valuation date should be taken before creation or redemption of
any units.
Where the coefficients ‘a’ and ‘b’ are found by solving the following two equations:
𝑵𝒂 + 𝒃𝚺𝒙 = 𝚺𝒚
𝒂𝚺𝒙 + 𝒃𝚺𝒙𝟐 = 𝚺𝒙𝒚
Where, N = no. of years, x = year and y = Net Asset Value
CAGR is a business and investing specific term for the smoothed annualized gain of an
investment over a given time period. CAGR is not an accounting term, but remains
widely used, particularly in growth industries or to compare the growth rates of two
investments because CAGR dampens the effect of volatility of periodic returns that can
render arithmetic means irrelevant. CAGR is often used to describe the growth over a
period of time of some element of the business. For example, revenue, units delivered
registered users, etc. 139 The compound annual growth rate is calculated by taking into
consideration the following formula
𝟏
𝑬𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒏
𝑪𝑨𝑮𝑹 = � � − 𝟏
𝑩𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆
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Compound Annual Growth Rate. Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_annual_growth_rate on 24 May 2013
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Thus, CAGR isn’t the actual return in reality. It’s an imaginary number that describes
the rate at which an investment would have grown if it grew at a steady rate. It is a way
to smooth out the returns. 140
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Compound Annual Growth Rate. Retrieved from
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cagr.asp on 24 May 2013
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Kothari, C. R. (2008). Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. (2nd ed.).
New Delhi: New Age International (P) Limited. P. 233
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6. Kendall’s W Statistics:
Kendall’s W Statistics is a nonparametric test of the hypothesis that tests whether
several related samples are from the same population which measures the agreement of
raters. Each case is a judge or rater and each variable is an item or person being judged.
For each variable, the sum of ranks is computed. Kendall's W ranges between 0 (no
agreement) and 1 (complete agreement).
Standard deviation
Σp² Σp
� − ( )²
N 𝑁
Chapter 1 – Introduction
This chapter is introductory in nature and explains overview of the insurance sector. It
gives the idea about life insurance, concept of ULIP and the current scenario. It is
discussed through 24 sections in all.
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Chapter 2 – Review of Literature
It is divided into four sections. The first section pertains to the review of existing
literature on the subject. 95 research papers/articles were studied to understand different
perspectives on life insurance adopted by different researchers. The second section
discusses the statement of problem followed by research gap analysis. The last section
focuses on hypotheses development.
Chapter 4 – Profile of Life Insurance Industry and Top Five Life Insurance
Companies
This chapter is discussed through 8 sections. It includes identifying the top five life
insurance companies in India. The profile of each of these companies was further
discussed through 7 sub-sections. The last section summarizes the results of the
companies.
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Chapter 7 – Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations
This chapter presents the various research findings and concludes the study. Lastly, it
presents recommendations based on the study.
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