Regulating consumer finance: Do disclosures matter? The case of life insurance

Monika Halan and Renuka Sane
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Monika Halan: Editor, Mint, Delhi

Working Papers from National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Abstract: We use a sample-survey based experiment to estimate the effect of simplified life insurance disclosures. We randomise survey respondents into one of four product advertisements: 1) a baseline product with no additional disclosure, 2) disclosure of the actual rate of return on the product, 3) disclosure of the rate of return and a benchmark return of a similar product, and 4) the rate of return, benchmark return and product features of a more cost-effective competing product. We test if these incremental disclosures affect customer views of the product, and the intention to purchase. We find that relative to the baseline treatment, only Treatments which show additional data did not have a differential effect relative to the baseline treatment. None of the treatments had any impact on the intention to purchase.

Pages: 30
Date: 2017-11
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Note: Working Paper 212, 2017
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