Abstract:
The aim of this independent study was 1) to study the behavior of the
customers of C.F.G. Service Company, Ltd., in Southern Thailand regarding their
decisions when choosing car insurance, 2) to study the role of marketing factors in
purchases of car insurance in the southern region, and 3) to study the factors
affecting the behavior of C.F.G. Services customers in Southern Thailand regarding
purchases of car insurance. The people studied included car owners and also C.F.G
Service company creditors who had registered legally under the law of the
Department of Transportation. The studys scope included four provinces in
Southern Thailands upper Southern region, namely, Chumphon, Nakhon Sri
Thammarat, Ranong, and Surat Thani. A sample of 400 study subjects was drawn
from the 3,677 people in those provinces who had used the companys services in
that period. Statistical analysis used frequency, percentage, average, standard
deviation, and chi-square hypothesis testing at the significance level of 0.05.
The study results showed that C.F.G Services customers in the upper
Southern region had a high level of decision making. The marketing factors affecting
the purchase of car insurance from C.F.G Service were also at a high level in all
aspects. From the greatest to least, these aspects included the type of insurance,
geographical location or physical characteristics, characteristics of the insurance
company, insurance premium rates, compensation, distribution, marketing
promotion, and service. As to the type and cost of insurance, the largest category
within the sample group was people insuring a single vehicle, and people who had
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purchased first class car insurance costing between 10,001 and 20,000 baht. The
most frequently mentioned terms and condition of car insurance payments were
that the payment should be made before the insurance becomes active and that
compensation should have never been requested previously.
The hypothesis testing found the following results:
1) The personal factors and marketing factors were intertwined in
numerous ways. For example, the personal factor of monthly income intertwined
with marketing factors in affecting the choice of insurance type and insurance
company. Other personal factors, such as age, the main purpose of the insurance
purchase, and the kind of person giving information or advice also intertwined with
the marketing factor in the decision to purchase car insurance. Personal factors such
as the type of vehicle and the main purpose of the purchase correlated with
marketing factors in the area of insurance rates. The size of the vehicles engine
correlated to the marketing factor regarding the purchase of car insurance in the area
of distribution. Personal factors such as occupation and the reasons for the purchase
car insurance correlated to the importance of the marketing factors in the area of
marketing promotion. Personal factors such as age, marital status, and the type of
vehicle correlated with the marketing factors in the area of service. Personal factors
such as age and occupation correlated to the marketing factor concerning indemnity.
Overall, the personal factors such as the type of cars, the life of the car, and car
brand correlated to the marketing factor regarding the purchase of car insurance.
2) The relationship between personal factors and the car insurance
purchasing behavior are also intertwined. Personal factors such as level of education,
monthly salary, and the manner of purchasing a car insurance policy correlated with
the number of cars insured. Personal factors such as the level of education, the age
of the car, and the people who influence the decision to purchase correlated with
the type of car insurance purchased. Personal factors such as the age of the car and
whether the purchaser had more than one vehicle insured with the same company
correlated with the cost of insurance premiums. Personal factors such as the manner
of purchasing a car insurance policy correlated with the terms and condition of car
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