Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to examine the customer behaviour of the customers regarding buying their Life insurance, and to study the marketing mix factors affecting their decision. The sample of subjects consisted of 400 customers in Phuket. Questionnaires were used to collect the data for this study. The data was than analyzed and shown as frequency, percentages, means, and S.D. The results of the analysis were as follows most of the customers were female, single, and aged from 20-30 years. Most of the respondents obtained Bachelor Degree. Many of the customers were employees and had an income from 10,000 30,000 baht per month. The marketing mix factors influencing their decision to buy were ranked respectively as follows: personnel, product, promotion, process, physical, environment, distribution channels, and price. When considering the consumer behavior of the customers in Phuket, it was found that most respondents bought their life insurance because they needed security for themselves and their families, and made the decision by themselves. Most of them had bought one of the Whole Life Insurance Type from the AIA company. They had to pay less than 20,000 baht per year. Suggestion to improve the insurance business service in Phuket were as follows: product: the customers need various types of services which were suitable for their occupations; price: the insurance company should lower their costs and provide free fees; distribution: the customers prefer to pay their money through every bank ; promotion : the insurance company should establish a 24 hour service center and provide information for the customers; personnel: the staff should be friendly and polite and attend to the customers needs and problems; physical environment; the company should improve their office and environment and provide a parking space for their customers.