| dc.description.abstract | The study surveyed the challenges of operational budgeting system in the insurance industry in Kenya. The study sought to bring out the challenges in formulating operational budgets in the insurance industry in Kenya and to propose solutions to the major challenges. The objectives of the study were to determine the challenges faced when formulating an operational budget in the insurance industry in Kenya and also to establish the effectiveness of those operational budgets.
This study was descriptive in nature and the researcher used the survey method. The population of this study consisted of 42 currently licensed insurance companies in Kenya.
Data for the study was collected using a structured questionnaire. The data collected was then analysed with the help of Excel Spreadsheets.
From the findings, the researcher found that operational budgets were effective in the insurance industry as they served their purpose of forecasting the future, assisting in control, acting as a means by which management communicates to other levels of department, acts as a means of performance appraisal and also it motivates employees to do better.
The study also found that the challenges faced when formulating the operational budgets were inability to achieve the required value of new business, management of acquisition and maintenance costs, time constraints, desire for comfort budgets, lack of continuity in the committee, competence levels of budgeting teams, non-adherence to the laid down budgets by departments, lack of adequate authority to spend despite allocation, non-achievement of the main top line income earners, cost fluctuation or inflation on costs, lack or poor participation, poor coordination of the exercise, measurement of some factors is difficult (estimations) and at times it is inflexible to changes/adjustments and also it is expensive as a control/monitoring tool. | en |
