Browsing BBSA Research Projects (2017) by Title
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Board composition and enterprise risk management in the banking industry in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)The Kenyan banking sector has experienced a myriad of changes, both negative and positive. Being a developing economy, the sector’s efficiency and sustenance is vital to the country’s economy. Enterprise Risk Management ... -
Chronic disease management programs on health insurance profitability in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Chronic diseases have been a real problem in Kenya and in the entire world. Most of these diseases are non-communicable and affect the population towards old age. This chronic diseases if not well managed may lead to acute ... -
A comparative event study on mergers and acquisitions vs corporate bond issuance on the value of banks in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Banks play a crucial role in propelling the entire economy of a nation. African bond markets have been steadily growing in recent years as the numbers of mergers and acquisitions also rise. This study takes on an event ... -
A comparison of deterministic IBNR reserving to stochastic IBNR reserving in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Different methods of reserving for claim liabilities of an insurer and in particular IBNR have been advanced throughout time. These methods strive to provide an estimate enough to cater for the future liabilities. Therefore ... -
Determining the most suitable method of IBNR reserve estimation in the event of varying development patterns.
(Strathmore University, 2017)In general insurance reserving, it is assumed in many cases that the losses in each accident year develop the same way. This makes the chain ladder method in general a good method to estimate general insurance claims ... -
The effect of climate change on the pricing of weather index-based crop insurance in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)The Agricultural sector is a pillar of the economies of many developing countries around the world. In Kenya, the sector contributes an average of 24% to the GDP directly and 27% indirectly through connection to other ... -
Effect of compliance of prudent financial regulation to Kenya's Commercial banks' stability
(Strathmore University, 2017)The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of compliance of prudent financial regulation to Kenya's commercial banks' stability. The study sought to address the following research question: Is there any link between ... -
The Effectiveness of profit warnings in predicting decline in share prices in theNSE: an event study approach.
(Strathmore University, 2017)Profit warnings are issued by companies to inform shareholders that the current year’s profit will be significantly lower than the profit of the previous year or the anticipated profit for the current year (Jensen, 2005). ... -
Empirical analysis on the impact of monetary policy on the growth of Kenya’s manufacturing sector
(Strathmore University, 2017)The purpose of this study was to find out the impact of monetary policy in boosting manufacturing sector growth in Kenya. This paper uses the Vector Autoregression (VAR) Model to measure the impact of monetary policy on ... -
Estimating the cost of traffic congestion in Nairobi (Langata) to the Kenyan economy
(Strathmore University, 2017)This paper tells us what traffic congestion is, its severity in Kenya, specifically Nairobi, and its cost to the Kenyan economy. Traffic congestion affects many sectors in many different ways, and also imposes a cost on ... -
Evolution of risk attitudes for different demographic characteristics with variant circumstances
(Strathmore University, 2017)This study endeavors to determine how risk attitudes in the context of personal business decisions and financial investing of persons from different age groups, gender and of different initially ascribed risk attitudes ... -
An Exploration of the possible impact of commodity futures trading for tea farmers in Limuru to mitigate the price volatility of tea
(Strathmore University, 2017)The research project aimed to show how the volatility of tea prices experienced by the farmer could be mitigated through the introduction of a tea commodity futures. The researched aimed at determining the significance of ... -
Factors affecting the low demand and the penetration of life insurance in Burundi
(2017)There are different factors that affect the demand and the penetration of life insurance. The Republic of Burundi is the Country with the lowest penetration of insurance, both life and nonlife. The study aims at identifying ... -
Finding appropriate loss distributions to insurance data Case study of Kenya (2010-2014)
(Strathmore University, 2017)Obtaining the total amount of claims for a specific period is a vital part of the daily work of insurance companies. This will help in various ways the management in running the company (Jouravlev, 2009). For instance, the ... -
Globalization and equity returns in African frontier markets
(2017)Globalization has significant implications for risk sharing and diversification, cost of capital, market efficiency, financial decisions and macro-economic policy. This study investigates globalization which is measured ... -
Globalization and equity returns in African frontier markets
(Strathmore University, 2017)Globalization has significant implications for risk sharing and diversification, cost of capital, market efficiency, financial decisions and macro-economic policy. This study investigates globalization which is measured ... -
Growing role of Bancassurance in the banking sector: a case of Kenya tier 1 local banks
(Strathmore University, 2017)Different methods of reserving for claim liabilities of an insurer and in particular IBNR have been advanced throughout time. These methods strive to provide an estimate enough to cater for the future liabilities. Therefore ... -
Growing Role of Bancassurance in the Banking Sector: A Case of Kenya Tier 1 Local Banks
(Strathmore University, 2017)The Kenyan market need to mitigate their risks as the levels of insurance penetration is low. Bancassurance which is the integration of banking and insurance has been adopted as a distribution channel of insurance products. ... -
Impact of bank deposit interest rates on consumer expenditure in the East African community
(Strathmore University, 2017)Bank deposit rates are a critical factor in determining consumer expenditure. This study tries to understand the effect that changes of bank deposit rates have over different periods of time in the East African Community ... -
The impact of delinquent loans on the performance of microfinance banks in east Africa
(Strathmore University, 2017)Financial institutions all over the world are faced with the challenge of loan delinquency which has necessitated the need for reviewing lending policies to mitigate the delinquency risk as well as putting in place mechanisms ...
