...Bancassurance has seen rapid development in Asia over the past decade, mainly driven by deregulation in many key markets. It was virtually non-existent in 2000, but has risen in importance since to account for a significant share of distribution. The main business model has also diversified from simple distribution agreement to joint ventures and integrated financial services provisions. There is no doubt that bancassurance has been a great success in Asia over the past decade. However, from the perspective of an industry practitioner, I would like to draw on three important yet inter-related issues regarding the future of bancassurance. First, the economics of bancassurance to insurance companies.Second, the prospects of non-life distribution through banks.Third, the role bancassurance in closing the region's protection gap. Let me cover the first issue. In many markets, particularly emerging Asian markets like China and India, insurers have successfully leveraged of bancassurance to maintain or expand their market share in the early phase of market liberalization and deregulation. It is, on the other hand, well-known that insurers complaint all the time about the high distribution commission associated with bank channels. There are other constraints like higher lapse ratio and difficulties in selling complicated (higher-margin) products. As a result, we are already see in some cases insurers reverting to focus on traditional agents. In any case, we observed that insurers in...
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...INCREASING INSURANCE PENETRATION IN INDIA Insurance penetration is the ratio of the percentage of total insurance premiums to gross domestic product. It tells us the level to which a market is being tapped. Thus insurance penetration is a tool to understand and identify the reasons of the success or failure and the degree of presence of insurance in the economy of a country. Indian insurance is a flourishing industry, with several national and international players competing and growing at rapid rates. Thanks to reforms and the easing of policy regulations, the Indian insurance sector been allowed to flourish, with a period 2010-2015 projected to be the ‘Golden Age’ for the Indian insurance industry. With a huge population base and large untapped market, insurance industry is a big opportunity area in India for national as well as foreign investors. India is the fifth largest life insurance market in the emerging insurance economies globally and is growing at 32-34% annually. This impressive growth in the market has been driven by liberalization, with new players significantly enhancing product awareness and promoting consumer education and information. Indian Insurance Market – History Insurance has a long history in India. Life Insurance in its current form was introduced in 1818 when Oriental Life Insurance Company began its operations in India. General Insurance was however a comparatively late entrant in 1850 when Triton Insurance company set up its base in Kolkata...
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...2015 Financial Analysis of Non-Life Insurance Sector in India New India Assurance Co. Ltd The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd Financial Analysis of Non-Life Insurance Sector in India Executive Summary Insurance is not the sale of products, but servicing customers. It is a system, by which the losses suffered by a few are spread over many exposed to similar risks. Insurance is a protection against financial loss arising on the happening of an unexpected event. Insurance companies collect premiums to provide for this protection. A loss is paid out of the premiums collected from the insuring public and the Insurance Companies act as trustees to the amount collected. The very fundamental principle of spreading of the risk is actually practiced by the insurance companies by reinsuring the risks that they have insured. The opening up of the Insurance Sector to Private Companies has made available more products and world class service to Indian Customer. Some excerpts on Indian insurance sector are as follows: An attempt has been made in this paper to understand and discuss the various issues of the Indian General Insurance industry. In this regard, the group studied the performance of New India Assurance Co. Ltd., ICICI Lombard, and The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd with the help of their financial statements. Also, keeping New India Assurance Co. Ltd as benchmark, the group made a comparative analysis using financial...
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...Thai insurance industry ------------------------------------------------- History The very first actual insurance contract, signed in Genoa in 1347. Contracts were signed by individuals, either alone or in a group. They each wrote their name and the amount of risk they were willing to assume under the insurance proposal. And then in 1688, the first insurance company was established as the widespread of insuring cargo while being ship throughout the maritime nations of Europe. It started at Lloyd’s Coffee House where merchants, ship-owners, and underwriters met to transact their business. And then Lloyd’s become one of the first modern insurance companies, Lloyd’s of London. Insurance in Thailand start around Ayudhya period when there is trade between Thai and foreigners. Foreign merchants brought marine insurance into Thailand which is first non-life insurance in Thailand. During King Rama the fourth era, there are many France department stores which some of them are representative of insurance company such as Netherlands Indea Sea and Fire Insurance Company, Ocean Marine Insurance Company, and Colonial Sea and Fire Insurance Company. And then in 1908, there is the first Act of Parliament about insurance in Thailand. For the life insurance, in Thailand, it was started in the era of King Rama the fifth by some foreign insurance companies. At first, nobody was interested in it so the business turned out to be an unsuccessful. After that, in WWI period, life insurance had growth...
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...EducationFin 360Vietnamese Insurance Companies Instructor : Nguyen Thi Minh Hue, PhD Group : 8 Nguyễn Linh Chi Ngô Thu Hường Lương Thị Lụa Nguyễn Thành Nam Lương Bảo NgọcHa Noi, 2011 | Contents I. Introducing and Vietnamese Insurance Market Overview 2 1. Insurance history 3 2. Vietnamese Insurance market overview 4 II. Life & Non-life Insurance 7 1. Life insurance 7 2. Non- life insurance 13 III. Balance Sheet 16 1. Balance sheets of life insurance companies: 16 2. Balance sheets of non-life insurance companies: 20 3. Investments – major assets: 24 4. Reserves – major liabilities: 27 5. Insurance Underwriting activities in Vietnam 27 IV. Regulations 29 Ref: 32 I. Introducing and Vietnamese Insurance Market Overview 1. Insurance history * Over the world * Insurance was considered to appear very early in around 3000 year Before Christ, when the Chinese merchants utilized the technique of sharing risk. In order to reduce risk, they divided the big lot of merchandises into small package ones on the way transportation. * As early as 2500 BC, Egyptian masons organized a club to provide funds for the burial of member. * Around the 3rd century B.C., Greek burial societies were common devices for meeting the expenses of burial and the needs of widows and orphans. * In the 15th Century, the first insurance contract appeared was marine insurance, in which the oldest marine...
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...UK INSURANCE KEY FACTS 2014 UK Insurance KEY FACTS 2014 abi.org.uk 3 @BritishInsurers Follow us on Twitter @BritishInsurers ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH INSURERS About the ABI The Association of British Insurers is the voice of the UK insurance industry, representing general insurance and longterm savings and life insurance. The ABI has over 250 members, who account for around 90% of UK insurance premiums. www.abi.org.uk – has all the latest news, views and key information about insurance and the ABI’s work on behalf of the industry. The ABI produces detailed statistics on the industry, which are free to members and can be purchased by others for a fee. Contents 1 Introduction 2 The insurance industry is a UK success story 4 General insurance and its customers 10 Long-term savings and life insurance and its customers 15 Insurers play an important role as investors in the economy 16 Glossary 17 Contacts at the ABI abi.org.uk 4 UK INSURANCE KEY FACTS 2014 The UK insurance industry is the largest in Europe and the third largest in the world. It plays an essential part in the UK’s economic strength, managing investments of £1.8 trillion (equivalent to 25% of the UK’s total net worth) and paying nearly £12bn in taxes to the Government. It employs around 315,000 individuals, of which more than a third are employed directly by insurers with the remainder in auxiliary services such as broking. On behalf...
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...micro insurance meaning Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has created a special category of insurance policies called micro-insurance policies to promote insurance coverage among economically vulnerable sections of society. The IRDA Micro-insurance Regulations, 2005 defines and enables micro-insurance. definition by invetopedia Insurance products that offer coverage to low-income households. A microinsurance plan provides protection to individuals who have little savings and is tailored specifically for lower valued assets and compensation for illness, injury or death. Investopedia explains 'Microinsurance' As a division of microfinance, microinsurance looks to aid poor families by offering insurance plans tailored to their needs. Microinsurance is often found in developing countries, where the current insurance markets are inefficient or non-existent. Because the coverage value is lower than a usual insurance plan, the insured people pay considerably smaller premiums. A micro-insurance policy is: · A general or life insurance policy with a sum assured of Rs 50,000 or less A general micro-insurance product is any: · Health insurance contract · Any contract covering belongings such as · Hut · Livestock · Tools or instruments or · Any personal accident contract · They can be on an individual or group basis A life micro-insurance product is: · A term insurance contract with or without return of premium · Any endowment insurance...
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...Financial companies provide a variety of services to the customers. However, some of the biggest financial services which individuals seek is insurance for thir families, property, and even life. Here is a list of top 10 insurance companies in the world in 2014 based on their Market Capitalization (measured in USD for 1st quarter 2014). 10. Zurich Insurance: [pic] Zurich is a global Swiss insurance company, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The company is Switzerland’s largest insurer, with three core business segments: General Insurance, Global Life and Farmers Management Services. Through General Insurance, the group provides motor, home and commercial products and services for individuals. Global Life provides wide range of protection and savings propositions to individual and corporate customers. Farmers provide non-claims administrative and management services for the Farmers Exchanges. The company ranks 84 in the Global 2000 list for 2014. Zurich Group employs around 55000 people, with operations in more than 170 countries and territories across the globe. The company has global network of subsidiaries and offices in Europe, North America, and Latin America, Asia Pacific and Middle East and other markets. Zurich’s strategy for 2014-16 is designed to deliver sustainable, profitable growth in a changing and more competitive business environment. Group is focusing more closely on the markets and consumer segments where the group has competitive edge. Revenues...
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...Insurance- Introduction Insurance= Protection against Risk • Insurance is a co-operative device of distributing losses, falling on an individual or family over a large number of persons, each bearing a nominal expenditure & feeling secured against heavy loss. • Insurance business has emerged as one of the prominent financial services during recent times, particularly in developing countries where it could not grow before globalization. But it is very difficult to trace exactly when insurance originated. Privatization in insuranceThe Narasimha Rao government (1991-96) which unleashed liberal changesin Indias rigid economic structure could not handle this political hot potato.Ironically, it is the coalition government in power today which has declaredits intention of opening up insurance to the private sector. Ironical becausethis government is at the mercy of support from the left groups which havebeen the most vociferous opponents of any such move.All segments of the financial sector had been opened to private playerswithbetter product, services & social objective International players are eyeing the vast potential of the Indian market and are already making plans to come in. Types of Insurance Privatization has brought in lot of surprises for insurance sector. In India, insurance sector is at the booming stage as only 40% of the population is insured. Private organizations are striving hard and hard to develop the sector. €Government is also supporting the insurance...
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...com/ (ISSN 2349 – 6037) Performance of Insurance Industry in India: A Critical Analysis B. Nagaraja, PhD Associate Professor Department of Economics, Sri Venkateswara University College of Arts, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati (India) Accepted 30 January 2015, Available online 14 March 2015, Vol.4, No.1 (March 2015) Abstract There is ample empirical evidence to vindicate the relationship between the performance of insurance industry and economic development. In spite of it, there is a dearth of empirical research in developing countries and analytical studies are limited in number, particularly in developing countries like India, where the insurance penetration and density are very low compared with international levels. In India, the growth rate of number of new policies issued and the insurance premium are experiencing a negative trend for the last three years. Reasons and contributing factors for this state of affairs is highly essential. The present paper primarily deals with these aspects of insurance industry and a comparative analysis of both private and public sectors of life and non-life insurance industry. Four indicators-Premium incomes, Market Share, New Policies Issued and Claims Settlement Ratio-- have been used to analyze the performance of Insurance industry. Besides, an overview of share of Indian insurance industry in the global insurance industry and inter-state variations in insurance penetration and density in India have been presented...
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...ADAMJEE INSURANCE Analysis of Insurance Sector Research Report Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Insurance sector at a glance ......................................................................................................................... 4 Major Players in the Market ..................................................................................................................... 6 Global Insurance Industry Overview ............................................................................................................. 7 Non-life growth is still weak in the industrialized countries, but strong in Asia ...................................... 8 Non-life insurance premium growth ........................................................................................................ 8 SWOT Analysis of Pakistan Insurance Industry ............................................................................................ 9 Analysis of Leading Insurance Companies in Pakistan (of first quarter 2011) ............................................ 10 Drivers of Insurance Coverage .................................................................................................................... 11 Competition between insurance and banking ...................................................................................
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...RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE PILANI PROJECT REPORT ON Insurance Regulations in India SUBMITTED TO Dr.UDAYAN CHANDA & Dr.IMLAK SHAIKH I/C RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE, DEPT OF MANAGEMENT, BITS PILANI. BY Group-I | Aditya Sharma | 2013H149253P | DarvinXeona | 2013H149266P | DibyaRanjanMaharana | 2013H149239P | Ravali Bhogaraju | 2013H149287P | What is insurance? Insurance may be described as a social device to reduce or eliminate risk of life and property. Under the plan of insurance, a large number of people associate themselves by sharing risk, attached to individual. The risk, which can be insured against include fire, the peril of sea, death, incident, & burglary. Any risk contingent upon these may be insured against at a premium commensurate with the risk involved. Insurance is actually a contract between 2 parties whereby one party called insurer undertakes in exchange for a fixed sum called premium to pay the other party ON happening of a certain event. Insurance is a contract whereby, in return for the payment of premium by the insured, the insurers pay the financial losses suffered by the insured as a result of the occurrence of unforeseen events. With the help of Insurance, large number of people exposed to similar risks makes contributions to a common fund out of which the losses suffered by the unfortunate few, due to accidental events, are made good. An insurer is a company...
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...COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS G. R. KARE ROAD, MARGAO - GOA INSURANCE SECTOR IN INDIA: THE PARADIGM SHIFT Meenakshi Bawa Lecturer, Department of Economics, M.E.S. College of Arts & Commerce, Zuarinagar, Goa The rapidly growing economic scene, the political attitude, cultural patterns, social values and rapid development in the Information Technology sector have brought about a significant transformation in the lifestyles in the urban and rural areas of our economy. These changes have introduced an element of uncertainty in the possible developments in all sectors; at the same time, the insurance sector also cannot remain untouched. In the present era of globalization, insurance companies face a dynamic global business environment. Radical changes are taking place due to the internationalization of activities, the appearance of new risks, new types of covers to match these new risk situations and innovative ideas on customer service. The low growth rates in developed markets, changing customer needs and the highly uncertain economic conditions in the developing world have been exerting pressure on insurers’ resources while testing their ability to survive. The globalization process has opened up new service markets to provide developing nations with opportunities for the expansion of trade and economic growth. Insurance has always been a politically sensitive subject in India. In fact, until 2000, the insurance industry was a government monopoly. But thereafter it has been...
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...2013) ISSN: 2249-7382 ANALYSIS OF FDI IN INSURANCE SECTOR IN INDIA Yogita Sharma* ABSTRACT There is hardly a facet of the Indian psyche that the concept of ‘foreign’ has not permeated. This term, connoting modernization, international brands and acquisitions by MNCs in popular imagination, has acquired renewed significance after the reforms initiated by the Indian Government in 1991. Generally speaking FDI refers to capital inflows from abroad that invest in the production capacity of the economy and are “usually preferred over other forms of external finance because they are non-debt creating, non-volatile and their returns depend on the performance of the projects financed by the investors. FDI also facilitates international trade and transfer of knowledge, skills and technology. “Foreign direct investment is of growing importance to global economic growth. This Paper mainly focus on the Foreign Direct Investment in the Insurance sector and its significance in insurance sector in India . The Insurance sector in India has a great potential even during the downtrend and FDI flow is expected to rise in the mere future. This paper attempt to current status of fdi in insurance sector in India. Currently, only 26% of FDIs is permitted in insurance sector. The total insurance business would touch US$ 60 billion size. If insurance sector is opened up to an extent of 49% for FDIs, it is expected that FDI’s contribution to insurance business would touch nearly US$ 2 billion. ...
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...On Customer Relationship Management in Reliance Life Insurance Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Award of Master of Business Administration With Specialization In Human Resources Submitted by Abhishek Vermani Reg No- MBA-6259 Under the Guidance of COMPANY GUIDE INSTITUTE GUIDE SANTOSH KUMAR B.R ROHITH C KALASKAR CUSTOMER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY GENERAL HET-IMS HUBLI Declaration I hereby declare that the project entitled “CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT” undertaken at RELIANCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD,SOLAN submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree in Master in Business Administration to the ICDEOL Summer Hill Shimla. It is my original work and is not submitted for the award of any other degree or diploma. Place Date ABHISHEK VERMANI ACKNOWLEDGEMENT As I look back after the completion of my project I feel it would not have been possible without the guidance. I am very grateful to all the people who have lent their precious time and advice for rendering this project successful. I take this opportunity to thank them all. Firstly, I am grateful to “RELIANCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD, SOLAN” for giving me an opportunity...
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