Measuring the efficiency of companies active in the Algerian insurance market Using the data envelopementanalysis (DEA)

Abstract

The aim of thisstudyis to measurment of the relative efficiency of insurancecompanies active in the Algerian market, includinginsurance for persons and insurance for damages during 2017. The samplestudyconsists of 20 insurancecompanies active in the Algerian insurancemarket, of which 12 are personsinsurancecompanies and 8 are damage insurancecompanies. The model appliedwas the data envelopmentanalysisinput-orientedwithtwomodels (CRS and VRS) has been used to measure the efficiency of thesecompanies. The resultsshowedthat 40% of the studiedsamplewas efficient while the rest of the companieswere inefficient