Abstract:
Objectives of this research were: 1. To study the effectiveness of ethics promotion of insurance agents and brokers under the supervision of the office of Insurance Commission, 2. To study factors affecting the ethical promotion of insurance agents and brokers under the supervision of the Office of Insurance Commission and 3. To propose the ethical promotion model for insurance agents and brokers under the supervision of the Office of Insurance Commission.
Methodology was the mixed methods: The quantitative research, data were collected from 400 samples by stratified random sampling from 547,692 people who were the insurance agents and brokers The tool used for data collection was 5 rating scales questionnaires with the reliability value at 0.892. The statistics used Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, SD and Multiple Regression Stepwise. The qualitative research, data were collected by in-depth interviewing with 18 key informants and 10 participants in focus group discussion, The data were analyzed by content descriptive interpretation.
Findings were as follows:
1. The ethical promotion of insurance agents and brokers under the supervision of the Office of Insurance Commission by overall was at high level (x bar = 4.20, S.D. = 0.61). The ethical promotion according to 2 Lokapāla-dhamma by overall was at high level (x bar = 4.08, S.D. = 0.71) and ethical promotion of insurance agents and brokers under the supervision of the Office of Insurance Commission by overall was at the highest level (x bar = 4.21, S.D. = 0.73).
2. The factors affecting the ethic promotion consisted of ethical knowledge aspect, feeling aspect and behavioral expression aspect that affected the ethical promotion model for insurance agents and brokers under the supervision of the Office of Insurance Commission at the statistically significant level of 0.01 and could explain the variations up to 36.80% accepted the first hypothesis. The factor of 2 Lokapāla-dhamma include Hiri and Ottappa affected the ethical promotion model for insurance agents and brokers under the supervision of the Office of Insurance Commission at the statistically significant level of 0.01 and could explain the variations up to 41.20%, accepted the second hypothesis. The factors of ethic promotion and Lokapāla-dhamma together had influence that affected the ethical promotion model for insurance agents and brokers under the supervision of the Office of Insurance Commission at the statistically significant level of 0.01 and could together explain the variations up to 39.20% accepted third hypothesis
3. The ethical promotion model for insurance agents and brokers under the supervision of the Office of Insurance Commission consisted of 8 components: 1) integrity and fairness aspect was; being honest with the organization, performing duties by integrity and firmly abiding by ethical principles, 2) performing duties with caution aspect was; paying attention to work, being careful not to make mistakes and there was a concise work process, 3) knowledge and ability to perform duties aspect was; there was continuous development of knowledge and abilities, there was encouraged to seek experiences and used ability to act fairly, 4) treatment of secret information aspect was; the secret was not disclosed, there was no misuse of confidential information and confidential information was kept, 5) conflict of benefit management was conflict decrease, all parties got fair benefits and understood that benefits would be received fairly, 6) the aspect of using of power and duties under the law; authority was exercised righteously, all participants understood the roles and duties, not to abuse the authority for one own benefits, 7) the aspect of independence, transparency and fairness by not interfering with others business and 8) cooperation between regulators aspect was; there was a memorandum of understanding. There was clear division of duties and responsibilities and there was a mechanism for cooperation creation.