On December 20, 1999, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government was established. Until March 2022, Macao's insurance market has undergone a sudden change in the past 22 years, from more than 10 insurance companies to the current 24 insurance companies, which shows the fierce marketing competition. Macao has developed from a quiet and unknown small fishing village to a booming gambling industry and a driving force for the financial and tourism industries, which has greatly improved people's quality of life and knowledge level. People's demand for security arises at the historic moment meanwhile insurance has become a gap to meet the demand for the security. This study objects are insurance customers in Macao, and the dimension of trust is added into service quality. The influence of service quality on customer satisfaction, customer satisfaction on positive Word of Mouth and behavioral intention are used as the intermediary to explore the influence of customer satisfaction and positive Word of Mouth.
This study is based on the service quality model with the addition of trust and the use of behavioral intention as an intermediary to build a research model. In reference to previous relevant measurement scales as questionnaires, this research uses data collection method to collect a total of 313 questionnaires, of which 247 are valid.
SPSS26 was used to analyze the reliability and validity of the collected data. After regression analysis of various factors, the results show that functional quality, technical quality, service price, corporate image and trust have positive effects on customer satisfaction, customer satisfaction and behavioral intention, customer satisfaction and positive Word of Mouth, and behavioral intention and positive Word of Mouth. The final findings of the study are presented in the limitations of the study and recommendations are made for the scope of future studies.
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