Analysis of the efficiency of insurance companies in Vietnam

Abstract

The paper analyzes the efficiency of non-life insurance companies in Vietnam by parametric approach with Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) method. The data were taken from financial statements of insurance companies for the period 2015 - 2020. The results show that the mean efficiency of all non-life insurance companies in the research period is 0.524, the lowest efficiency is 0.092, the highest efficiency is 0.852. Among the non-life insurance companies studied, Tokio Marine had the highest efficiency, with a mean efficiency over the study period is 0.852, and the Global had the lowest efficiency e, with an mean efficiency during the study period is 0.076. This result also shows that the efficiency of Vietnamese non-life insurance companies in the period 2015 - 2020 is relatively low, with this result if the average output are constant, insurance companies can maximum reduction of 43.7% input.