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                                Takaful
 
                Opportunities & Challenges
 
                  for the Pakistani Market
 
                                  Azeem Pirani
 
                  Head of Marketing & Alternate Distribution
 
                          Pak-Qatar Family Takaful
 
11th August 2007      August 11th, 2007 – Avari Hotel, Lahore 1
 
  
Agenda
 
          Takaful – A product and an ideology
 
          Differences between Takaful & Insurance
 
          The Pakistani Market
 
                Overview
 
                Challenges
 
                Opportunities
 
          Our responsibility
 
          Conclusion
 
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Takaful- A product and an Ideology
 
      Takaful comes from the Arabic root-word ‘kafala’-
 
      guarantee
 
      Takaful is not only a tool to mitigate loss or to make
 
      halal profits. It is an ideology which promotes
 
            Solidarity and joint guarantee
 
            Self reliance and self sustainability for community
 
            well being
 
            Assistance to those that need it
 
            Community pooling system
 
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Differences between
 
Takaful & Insurance
 
      What is Insurance?
 
            A tool for Risk Mitigation and Financial
 
            Protection
 
            A tool to enable people to save (Life Insurance)
 
      Key differences between Takaful and Insurance are:
 
            Risk Sharing Vs. Risk Transfer
 
            Wakeel Vs. Guarantor
 
            Ameen Vs. Owner
 
            Different type of Contract
 
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Differences between
 
Takaful & Insurance (cont.)
 
Issue            Conventional          Takaful
 
                Insurance
 
Basis            Risk Transfer        Co-operative risk sharing
 
Laws            Secular/Regulations  Shariah & Prudential
 
                                      regulations
 
Ownership        Shareholders          Participants
 
Mgmt status      Company Management    Operator
 
Form of Contract Contract of Sale      Cooperative, Wakala or
 
                                      Mudarbah with Tabar’ru
 
                                      (contributions)
 
Investments      Interest based        Shariah compliant
 
Surplus          Shareholders’ account Participants’ account
 
 
The Pakistani Market –
 
An Overview
 
      Pakistan - Overall
 
            Population: 6th amongst global nations. 166 m.
 
            Population in 2015: Still 6th . 193 m.
 
            Urbanization: Presently at 33%
 
            Urbanization by 2015: 39%
 
            GDP Per Capita: $753
 
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The Pakistani Market –
 
An Overview (cont)
 
      Pakistan – Insurance Market
 
            Penetration of Insurance
 
                Pakistan: 0.7% of GDP
 
                India: more than 3% of GDP
 
                Iran: approx. 1% of GDP
 
            Family & General Companies
 
            Few Innovative Products. Very recent change in
 
            this area
 
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The Pakistani Market –
 
Challenges for Takaful
 
      Resistance to Insurance, and its benefits, due to
 
      different reasons
 
            Conservative spending habits
 
            Ignorance of its benefits
 
            Products which do not meet buyers needs
 
            Religious reasons
 
                Tawakkul issue
 
                    “Tie your camel first, then put your trust in Allah (SWT)”.
 
                    <Tirmidhi>
 
                    “It is better for you to leave your heirs wealthy rather
 
                    than poor and asking others for their needs”.
 
                Non-Shariah compliant elements
 
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The Pakistani Market –
 
Challenges for Takaful (cont.)
 
      Government regulations untested
 
      Human resources for the sector
 
            Shortage of trained human resources in insurance
 
            Negligible knowledge of Takaful present amongst
 
            the public
 
            Few training programs available for Takaful and
 
            insurance
 
            Insurance has generally never been the
 
            occupation of first choice for new graduates
 
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The Pakistani Market –
 
Challenges for Takaful (cont.)
 
      Education and Awareness
 
            Lack of knowledge about Takaful and insurance
 
            amongst the masses
 
            Ignorance of Takaful amongst the ulema
 
            Significant budget required just to ensure that
 
            knowledge permeates to all segments/levels of society
 
      Marketing & Sales issues
 
            Poor impression of insurance sales persons amongst
 
            the public
 
            Generally poor ethical standards amongst insurance
 
            sales persons
 
            General lack of faith on insurance companies meeting
 
            their obligation in a efficient and polite manner
 
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The Pakistani Market –
 
Challenges for Takaful (cont.)
 
      Operational Issues
 
            Limited avenues for revenue at Takaful co. as
 
            compared to insurance ones
 
            To be competitive Takaful co. will need to use effective
 
            IT systems – heavy investments
 
            New Takaful co. will need to ensure that they do
 
            prudent underwriting; thus eating into the possibility
 
            of having a larger number of customers
 
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The Pakistani Market –
 
Opportunities for Takaful
 
    Economic/Social conditions in Pakistan make
 
    Takaful a NECESSITY
 
            Lack of govt. social safety net
 
            Negligible provision of reliable health care
 
            by the govt.
 
            Quality education is beyond the reach of the
 
            average citizen and the institutions provided
 
            by the govt. lack the required standards
 
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The Pakistani Market –
 
Opportunities for Takaful (cont.)
 
    Strong growth in the Islamic financial sector
 
    provides Takaful with a natural market
 
            Islamic Banks and mutual funds will need Takaful to
 
            package with their other products
 
            Islamic Financial institutions presently have no
 
            Family coverage for their staff
 
    Massive untapped market in Pakistan for risk
 
    mitigation tools
 
            Given the necessity of these tools insurance has not
 
            even touched the surface
 
            Given the ‘plain vanilla’ menu provided to customers
 
            there is a great opportunity for innovation
 
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The Pakistani Market –
 
Opportunities for Takaful (cont.)
 
    Ethical and Shariah compliant model for risk
 
    mitigation and financial protection
 
            Large number of people who stay away from
 
            insurance due to religious beliefs
 
            Large number of our population can be
 
            considered as ‘religious’ and so Takaful will be in
 
            line with their beliefs
 
            Educated citizens, although not religious would
 
            prefer to use an ethical model than one which is
 
            built on making profits by trying to avoid having
 
            to pay claims
 
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Takaful –
 
What should you do about it?
 
    As educated professionals WE have a responsibility
 
    to our fellow citizens to guide them to what is good
 
    for them. This is especially important when the
 
    people are living at a level where income equals
 
    expenses
 
            Convey the critical nature of financial protection to
 
            others
 
            Explain the benefits of getting financial protection
 
            Introduce the new concept which is not only ethical
 
            but also Shariah compliant
 
    Just start from those around you….
 
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Conclusion
 
    Takaful is not only here to stay; it’s going to GROW!
 
    It’s ethical and Shariah compliant nature allows
 
    Takaful to overcome the inherent problems with
 
    Insurance
 
    The Pakistani market has challenges but also has a
 
    lot of opportunities
 
    There are a lot of opportunities for Takaful operators
 
    to make healthy profits in Pakistan
 
    Although Insurance coverage is not the norm in
 
    Pakistan we need to work to make Takaful
 
    something everybody uses
 
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Conclusion (cont.)
 
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Jazak-Allah khair
 
For further information contact:
 
      (021) 438-0357 to 61
 
      info@pakqatar.com.pk
 
      www.pakqatar.com.pk  (launching soon!)
 
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