Contribution Of Insurance Compajs~Jes To The Growth Of Small And Medium Scale Enterprises In Uganda: A Case Of National Insurance Corporation
- Department: Economics
- Project ID: ECO0900
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- Pages: 74 Pages
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The purpose ofthis study was to establish the relationship between the contributions of insurance companies and the growth of SMEs in NIC basing on the following objectives; to examine major factors that affects the growth of SMEs; to assess the contribution of insurance companies to the growth of SMEs; to investigate the factors inhibiting the purchase of insurance cover by SME operators and to determine the strength of the relationship between insurance companies and growth of SMEs.
The research was descriptive in nature involving quantitative methods which was administered through questionnaires. The total sample comprised of 97 respondents of all the managers and employees of National Insurance Corporation. Simple random sampling was used whereby the researcher went to NIC and administered questionnaire to the sampled or selected employees. Primary data was obtained from the library materials, textbooks, NIC brochures, internet and journals. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS and frequency distribution tables. Findings revealed that innovation is a strong empirical evidence for fast growing SMEs, competition has a great effect on SMEs industry and credit remains a great challenge to the growth of SMEs. Besides that insurance companies mitigate risks and enhance loan acceptability by SMEs sector with banks. However low income earned by SMEs, high premium cost and paperwork and experience and beliefs inhibit the purchase of insurance cover by SMEs. Nevertheless, there is a strong positive relationship between insurance companies and the growth of SMEs at Spearman Correlation Coefficient.
- Department: Economics
- Project ID: ECO0900
- Access Fee: ₦5,000
- Pages: 74 Pages
- Reference: YES
- Format: Microsoft Word
- Views: 360
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