European Journal of Islamic Finance 2020
DOI: 10.13135/2421-2172/4926
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Takaful industry and Blockchain: challenges and opportunities for costs’ reduction in Islamic insurance companies

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“…Moreover, claims management through blockchain technology enables clients to track the claim process in real time, thereby eliminating uncertainty and lack of transparency (Nair, 2019). Blockchain technology also allows insurers to prevent fraud and enhance claims reviews by providing a transparent, unchangeable, and distributed ledger that cannot be edited, destroyed, or manipulated (Radwan et al, 2020). These are thus consistent with the goals of Maqasid al-Shariah, which are to preserve wealth as blockchain technology has the ability to store huge amounts of information that cannot be manipulated.…”
Section: Maqasid Al-shariah -Protection Of Wealthmentioning
confidence: 62%
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“…Moreover, claims management through blockchain technology enables clients to track the claim process in real time, thereby eliminating uncertainty and lack of transparency (Nair, 2019). Blockchain technology also allows insurers to prevent fraud and enhance claims reviews by providing a transparent, unchangeable, and distributed ledger that cannot be edited, destroyed, or manipulated (Radwan et al, 2020). These are thus consistent with the goals of Maqasid al-Shariah, which are to preserve wealth as blockchain technology has the ability to store huge amounts of information that cannot be manipulated.…”
Section: Maqasid Al-shariah -Protection Of Wealthmentioning
confidence: 62%
“…The technology can also identify, verify, and automatically determine medical claim mistakes, rejects, and possible denials issued in real time (Nair, 2019). It is believed that the implementation of blockchain technology could lower the amount of money invested for operating expenses by takaful companies, thereby improving their cost effectiveness (Radwan et al, 2020). Furthermore, blockchain may be able to securely store and promptly verify transactional data (VanderLinden et al, 2018).…”
Section: Blockchain In Claim Managementmentioning
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“…These include Islamic financial products such as Mudarabah which is based on a profit and loss sharing (PLS) mechanism instead of pre-determined fixed returns. Under Mudarabah , bank act as Mudarib and carry out investment activities and profit is shared between banks and participants at a pre-determined ratio (Radwan et al , 2020). Under the PLS mechanism, agency cost faced by Islamic banks can be lower than their conventional counterparts.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Chong (2021) also added of implementing blockchain in Islamic finance is the Shari'ah principle challenge which require human understanding. Radwan et al, (2020) analyzed the potential of blockchain technology in Takaful industry. They revealed that the use of blockchain technology have a positive impact in takaful operation, including the transparency and efficiency aspect.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%