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Simon Grima1 \* and Frank Bezzina2

1 Insurance Department, Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, University of Malta, Malta

2 Management Department, Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, University of Malta, Malta

\*Address all correspondence to: simon.grima@um.edu.mt

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