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14.09.2018 | Abhandlung

Less is more: How the number of insurance options influences customers’ default acceptance

verfasst von: Michaela Grösch, Martina Steul-Fischer

Erschienen in: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft | Ausgabe 5/2018

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Abstract

Insurance companies often use defaults in the online presentation of their offers. A default is a preselected product option that a customer accepts unless he explicitly rejects that option. In this experimental study, we analyze the effect of defaults when insurance companies offer a different number of product options. In addition, we examine how customers’ choice behavior is influenced by their perception of the default. The study shows that defaults have a greater influence when fewer rather than more product options are presented. Moreover, customers’ acceptance of the default depends on their level of skepticism toward the default and on their perception of other customers’ behavior.

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Metadaten
Titel
Less is more: How the number of insurance options influences customers’ default acceptance
verfasst von
Michaela Grösch
Martina Steul-Fischer
Publikationsdatum
14.09.2018
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft / Ausgabe 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0044-2585
Elektronische ISSN: 1865-9748
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12297-018-0415-4

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