Consumer Behaviors and Market Factors in the Buying of Krungthai Easy Cash (10EC) Endowment Life Insurance by Customers of the Krungthai Bank PCL, Khanom Branch, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
Abstract:
The objectives of this independent study are to analyze consumer behaviors
and market factors in the buying of Krungthai Easy Cash endowment life insurance by
customers of the Krungthai Bank PCL, Khanom Branch, Nakhon Si Thammarat province.
In particular, the study analyzes relationships between personal and social
characteristics and life insurance buying behaviors. It also studies how the marketing
factors were ranked by study participants who had different personal characteristics.
The results show that the largest segments of the customers were females,
people aged over 50 years, people who were married, people who had two or more
dependents in their families, people who held the Bachelors degree, people who
were merchants or ran their own businesses, and people who earned over 50,000
baht a month. The largest segments paid annual premiums not exceeding 40,000
baht, and they paid with cash at the bank counter. For the largest segment, the life
insurance value did not exceed 100,000 baht. All dividends were normally received
when the insurance matured. The most common purpose in buying endowment life
insurance was for the purchasers to force themselves to be disciplined in saving, and
to earn higher returns on those savings than would be possible with regular savings
accounts. The largest segment of customers had only one insurance contract (i.e.,
this 10EC contract), and most had not bought additional contracts. Bank employees
typically assisted in the insurance purchasing decision, and the largest segment of
respondents took about 2 weeks to decide. Most of the customers surveyed said
they did not have any problems after buying the endowment life insurance, and
most repurchase the insurance when their policies mature. Marketing factors were
regarded highly in all of their aspects.
The testing of relationships among the various factors and characteristics
found that: Personal factors such as gender, age, marital status, number ofdependents in the family, occupation, income, and educational level were closely
linked with insurance buying behaviors at the 0.05 level of significance. Social factors
such as groups and family were closely linked with insurance buying behaviors at the
0.05 level of significance. Differences in gender, age, marital status, number of
dependents in the family, occupation, income, and educational level were
associated with differences in the respondents rankings of the various marketing
factors at the 0.05 level of significance.
WALAILAK UNIVERSITY. CENTER FOR LIBRARY RESOURCES AND EDUCATIONAL MEDIA