Revealing the Development of Islamic Non-Bank Industry and Its Support to Provide a Better Access to Middle-Low Income Households

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Revealing the Development of Islamic Non-Bank Industry and Its Support to Provide a Better Access to Middle-Low Income Households
Revealing the Development of Islamic Non-Bank
  Industry and Its Support to Provide a Better
   Access to Middle-Low Income Households

Indonesia International Conference on Islamic Finance
      J.W. Marriott Hotel, Surabaya, Indonesia
                3-4 November, 2014

           Prof. Dr. Zuriah Abdul Rahman
       Arshad Ayub Graduate Business School
        Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Revealing the Development of Islamic Non-Bank Industry and Its Support to Provide a Better Access to Middle-Low Income Households
Microtakaful or Asuransi Mikro Syariah
• Designed to reduce financial independence through sharing of risks
  amongst contributors
• Designated to the middle and low income & poor for the Indonesian 114
  million population
• Product designed to alleviate poverty by providing financial assistance
  during occurrence of events such as: death, disability, sickness, property
  loss, financial interest (credit or loans)
Revealing the Development of Islamic Non-Bank Industry and Its Support to Provide a Better Access to Middle-Low Income Households
Indonesia’s Islamic Finance Landscape
• Country with the largest Muslim population in the world
• Vast untapped takaful market potential.
• In 2011, gross takaful contributions is less than 5% of total insurance
  market premiums
• Despite the low market share, Indonesia is one of the world’s fastest-
  growing takaful markets.
• Preliminary industry estimates, gross contributions in the takaful
  industry were reported to have grown almost tenfold from IDR
  498.9bn in 2006 to IDR 4.97tn in 2011 (Fitch Rating, 2013)
Revealing the Development of Islamic Non-Bank Industry and Its Support to Provide a Better Access to Middle-Low Income Households
Microtakaful has to be part of the
national agendas of nations with a large
                                              Rationale
number of middle-low income Muslim               for the
population to alleviate poverty

OIC should make microtakaful and
                                               financial
microcredit part of the 2015 goals set by   inclusion of
the United Nations Millennium
Development Plan (Bhatty, 2010)                      the
                                             underprivil
Financial independence will uplift their
economic status and contribute to the
                                                   eged
growth of the economy
Revealing the Development of Islamic Non-Bank Industry and Its Support to Provide a Better Access to Middle-Low Income Households
Indonesia’s Strategic Long Term Plan
• The government of Indonesia has risen to the occasion and
  acknowledged that financial inclusion is essential for the general and
  economic well-being of the middle-low income population
• Financial independence on issues of health care; Indonesia created
  milestone in its history with the introduction of universal healthcare
  program:
       JAMKESMAS (general public)
       JAMKESDA (civil servants)
       JAMSOSTEK (social insurance for private sector workers)
• Microinsurance and microtakaful were identified to be one of the
  structures/arrangements that could ensure that this plan materializes
Revealing the Development of Islamic Non-Bank Industry and Its Support to Provide a Better Access to Middle-Low Income Households
Indonesia’s Strategic Long Term Plan
                                                                Microinsurance and microtakaful were identified
                                                                 to be one of the structures/arrangements that
                                       Financial independence on could ensure that this plan materializes
                                          issues of health care;
       The government of Indonesia          Indonesia created
       has risen to the occasion and milestone in its history
        acknowledged that financial with the introduction of
        inclusion is essential for the     universal healthcare
        general and economic well-              program:
         being of the middle-low
           income population

                                                        JAMKESMAS (general public)
                                                        JAMKESDA (civil servants)
                                                        JAMSOSTEK (social insurance for
                                                        private sector workers)
Revealing the Development of Islamic Non-Bank Industry and Its Support to Provide a Better Access to Middle-Low Income Households
Revealing the Development of Islamic Non-Bank Industry and Its Support to Provide a Better Access to Middle-Low Income Households
MICROTAKAFUL FOR INDONESIAN MIDDLE-LOW INCOME & POOR

                Profile   04                                Need   01
                                                  • Microtakaful is
         • Their PROFILE was
                                                    offered based on
           developed after the
                                                    the NEED of the
           market survey &
                                                    market segment
           secondary research

                                   BACKGROUND
                                    & RATIONALE
                  Security   03                        Risk Priorities   02
                                                       • Their RISK PRIORITIES
            • Their desire came                          were studied &
              about due to their                         documented
              need for SECURITY
              both PHYSICAL and
              PSYCHOLOGICAL
Revealing the Development of Islamic Non-Bank Industry and Its Support to Provide a Better Access to Middle-Low Income Households
MICROTAKAFUL : a national level product for middle-low income
population to be launch in phases

                             • PRODUCT PROTOTYPE

                  FIRST
                             • DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
                             • REGULATION
                             • POLICY WORDING

                             • PRODUCT FINALIZATION
                 SECOND      • FORMALIZATION OF PRACTICE
                             (MOU – Partner-Agent Model)

                              MICROTAKAFUL PRODUCT LAUNCH –
                  THIRD              AUGUST 2014
MARKET POTENTIAL OF MICROTAKAFUL IN INDONESIA
BASED ON MARKET SURVEY

                                             PERCEPTION
                                              Positive+

     POSITIONING
    Sesuai Shariah
    Sedekah or Tabarru’
    Tolong Menolong
    Dedicated business unit (dept,   FEATURES
    or unit or SBU) set up           Mutual & Profit Sharing (Berbagai
                                     Keuntungan)
                                     Cash Assistance Plan
                                     Santunan – small
MARKET POTENTIAL & PROFITABILITY OF MICROTAKAFUL BASED ON INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

                  01                                                              02
                       PT Allianz Life                  PT Asuransi Tri Pakarta

                                          3%      20%
                       Indonesia – 3%                   – 20% income
                                                        generated from
                       profits per year
                                                        Microtakaful per year
                  03                                                              04
                       TAKMIN Group – 100,000
                                                  BMT Sidogiri (AsyKi) –
                       membership generated
                                                  400,000 members, 14,000
                       contributions of Rp150mn
                                                  small business owners
                        per month
                  05                                                              06
                       Pegadaian – bundled        Pegadaian - Easy to
                       with pawned products       market; well understood,
                                                  low handling cost
PROPOSED TYPES OF MICROTAKAFUL PRODUCTS BASED ON DEMAND (MARKET SURVEY)

                                     LIFE
                                    (family)
                                               SICKNESS
                        LOSS of       (health &
                                       medical)
                      FINANCIAL
                       INTEREST TYPES
                      (credit or loan)
                                                  DEATH
                                                  (family)
                                   ASSETS
                               (property owned)
INDIVIDUAL RISK PRIORITIES

#
     Individual Risk/Problem                              Risk Ranking By # of   # of FGDs Mentioning
     Risk 1= 3 points, Risk 2=2 points, Risk 3=1 point    Points (n=70)          Risk (n=13)

1    Illness                                                       115                     13
2    Education                                                    103                      13
3    Business Capital /Lump Sums of Money                          40                       4
4    Daily Living Expenses                                         34                      10
5    Death (including cost of cultural ceremonies)                 27                      12
6    Accident                                                      22                       8
7    Retirement/pension                                            20                       3
8    Motorcycle (in general)                                       11                       2
9    House (in general)                                             9                       4
10   Haji/Umroh                                                     9                       1
11   Business                                                       8                       1
12   Religious Holiday (Lebaran)                                    7                       1
13   Social Pressures (invitations to community events)             5                       1

14   Poor Education Facilities                                      3                       1
15   Debt                                                           2                       3
16   Livestock                                                      1                       2
OUTLINE OF PRODUCT PROTOTYPE

                     Incentive to
                      Industry?     Branding?

       Policy
agreement/contract                                How to
    & certificate                               administer?
     wordings?

  Who can
 participate?
                                             How to
                     What are the         distribute the
                      products?             products?
Microtakaful
    Who can participate?
Members of cooperatives, banks,
pawnshops, financial institutions
MICROTAKAFUL PRODUCT OFFER BY PHASES

                                                                       Any other
                                                                      innovations
                                                    PROTOTYPE 4       Non-standard
To be launched   PROTOTYPE 1 & 2    PROTOTYPE 3
                                                                        products
 by Aug 2014

                  Phase I          Phase II       Phase III         Phase IV

      • To discuss and decide by Task Force based on the capacity and
        readiness of the industry.
      • To establish the target for every phase / product to be launched.
PRODUCT DESIGN (DUAL FEATURES) & DELIVERY

       Products suitable to participants’ demographic
0101   and economic status from market survey

       Bundled with microloans/microcredit
0102   (LKS, LKM, KSP) savings with banks etc.

       Complement existing national health insurance scheme:
0103   •
       •
           Elevate their economic status
           Add value to existing national insurance scheme
       •   Reduced dependency on government hand outs

       Use of existing infrastructure to market
0104   products
                                                               Your Logo
Microtakaful

  How to distribute?
DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS

                                           MFIs &
[(NGOs be Reference Point) Informal &
                                           IMFIs
Masjid, Pengajian, Persatuan
 Kaki Lima etc. MOUs to be     Formal               Cooperatives
    signed by individual Communities
        companies)]

                                                          Banks
                                                          Shariah –
                      TELCOs                              national &
                                                          rural

                                                    Post
                                  Pawnshops         Offices
                                 (Pegadaian)
MICROTAKAFUL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

    STANDARD PRODCUCT
1   To report only to OJK

                                                          REGISTRATION
    NON- STANDARD PRODUCT                                  OF PRODUCT
2   Reported and approved by OJK
    but subject to approval by SSB
    (Shariah Board of Takaful
    Operators)

STANDARD               /NON-STANDARD

                   14 days no response from OJK means, APPROVED
                  (current ruling, but proposed 7 working days by AASI)
PRODUCT ADMINISTRATION

             Strong community relationship, good
             user networks, member involvement

         USE OF EXISTING DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
          & FORMAL AND INFORMAL COMMUNITY
                        NETWORK

Build trust and loyalty                   Satisfaction guaranteed
MEDIUM FOR MICROTAKAFUL PRODUCT OFFER

                        MOU with
                  distribution channels;
                  Partner-Agent Model

   PRODUCT         Co- Insurance
    OFFER          Arrangement

                      Consortium
MICROTAKAFUL BUSINESS OPERATIONS

        DISPUTE                      PEFORMANCE
      SETTLEMENT                     MONITORING

• Speedy, low cost, fair and        • Regular audit by OJK
  efficient & according to          • Self-regulation by
  Shariah rules;                      Takaful industry
• Settled out of court,               (Intercompany
  use Shariah Standard                agreements;
  policy; Musyawarah or               Consortium, Co-
  dialogue with community             insurance depending
                                      on products offered)
5. Branding
Who are the parties involved?
BRANDING, MARKETING & PROMOTION

    OJK as                                  Asuransi Mikro
  endorser of                                Shariah Logo
   product

Takaful Operator’s
      Logo                                        AASI Logo
REGULATORY ASPECT ON MARKETING & PROMOTION:
Regulation & Supervision

3 parties to be regulated:
 1. Takaful industry

 Business planning; Product development; Shariah compliancy

 2. Distribution channels
 Acts & Rules applicable to institutions ) &
 • Training on microtakaful to all front liners (TOT)
 • Promotion & Marketing by front liners
 • Claims Handling by front liners
PRACTICAL APPROACH TO REGULATION

                           Separation of Funds
                                                                  Balance
                           Between shareholders and
                           microtakaful fund (Aqad as   Balance between interest of
                           per regulation)              shareholders and participants
   Efficient                                            (priority on participants)
and forward
looking
supervision and                                                                     No Separate Rules
Risk-Based                                                                        To address industry
Supervisory                                                                       peculiarities; cooperate
Framework                                                                         with DSN on Shariah issues
(Regulation ‘light’
for microtakaful as
incentive for TOs                                                                          Leveraging
to offer micro                                                                          On established field of
products)                                                                               conventional system –
                                                                                        Microinsurance
                                                                                        Grand Design
                                                                           Shariah Compliant
                                                                        In all aspect of operation
INCENTIVE TO INDUSTRY

• OJK to use established Microinsurance Grand Design
  (accepted by industry)
• OJK to relax on Risk Based Capital Policy but ensure
  Capital Adequacy and Availability
• OJK to encourage industry cooperation through
  Consortium Agreement & Co-Insurance
• OJK to encourage innovation and innovative
  products offerings from industry
ALIGN COOPERATIVE CONCEPT WITH BUSINESS MODEL

• Ta’awun - Cooperative Concept well understood by
  the market
• Concept of charity (tabarru’ & incorporation in line
  with religious beliefs)
• Existing infrastructure is adaptable to model &
  contracts designed to suit model
• Regulators (OJK) can influence conventional
  operators to offer microtakaful products
BUSINESS MODEL

Wakalah bi Ujrah bi Mudharabah                                                                                      Benefit upon claim, surrender
                                                  Benefit upon claim                                                or maturity
                                                                                          Participant s

                                                                                    Contributions (possible
            Wakala Fee
                                                                                      from zakat funds)
                                                                         Tabarru’                              Investment Contribution

   To cover
   operating
   expenses &                Retakaful/Reserves                        Participants’                 Participants’
   commission                                                           Risk Fund                    Investment
                                                                        (tabarru’)                       Fund

                                                                       100%                                          100%
                              Qard
       Shareholders’     (if necessary)
                                            Underwriting
           Fund                                                        Investment Profit                  Investment Profit
                          Repayment           Surplus
                          of Qard
                                                                         100% Underwriting surplus
ESTABLISHMENT OF OPERATIONAL MODEL

   Funds Segregation (Wakalah Model for Standard Microtakaful)

Shareholders’ Fund                           Takaful Funds
                               Pricing :                         Claims =
       Income                              Pre-Underwriting
                                                  Taka
                               Rp 50K max.                       Santunan
▪ Upfront fees (ujrah)
 ▪ Performance fees
                                 Retakaful      Investment       Liabilities
  from takaful funds
                                                                 Valuation

  Operating Costs        Qard to rectify
                            deficit
                                             Surplus / Deficit
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