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INTRODUCTION
Life is full of risk and uncertainties. Since we are the social human being we have certain
responsibilities too. Indian consumers have big influence of emotions and rationality on their
buying decisions. They believe in future rather than the present and desire to have a better
and secured future, in this direction life insurance services have its own value in terms of
minimizing risk and uncertainties. Indian economy is developing and having huge middle
Class societal status and salaried persons. Their money value for current needs and future
desires here the pendulum moves to another side which generate the reasons behind holding a
policy. Here the attempt has been made in this research paper to study the buying behavior of
emotional processes and the observable behaviour of consumers during searching purchasing
and post consumption of a product and service. Similarly consumer behaviour is action and
decision process of people who purchase goods and services for personal consumption. Now
if these defining criteria are closely observed, it is evident that analyzing consumer’s decision
Customer satisfaction, a business term, is a measure of how products and services supplied
is seen as a key differentiator and increasingly has become a key element of business
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strategy. There is a substantial body of empirical literature that establishes the benefits of
Organizations are increasingly interested in retaining existing customers while targeting non-
Customer satisfaction is an ambiguous and abstract concept and the actual manifestation of
the state of satisfaction will vary from person to person and product/service to
physical variables which correlate with satisfaction behaviors such as return and recommend
rate. The level of satisfaction can also vary depending on other options the customer may
have and other products against which the customer can compare the organization's products.
Because satisfaction is basically a psychological state, care should be taken in the effort of
quantitative measurement, although a large quantity of research in this area has recently been
developed. Work done by Berry (Bart Allen) and Brodeur between 1990 and 1998 defined
ten 'Quality Values' which influence satisfaction behavior, further expanded by Berry in 2002
and known as the ten domains of satisfaction. These ten domains of satisfaction include:
Teamwork, Front line Service Behaviors, Commitment to the Customer and Innovation.
These factors are emphasized for continuous improvement and organizational change
measurement and are most often utilized to develop the architecture for satisfaction
(Leonard L) between 1985 and 1988 provides the basis for the measurement of customer
satisfaction with a service by using the gap between the customer's expectation of
performance and their perceived experience of performance. This provides the measurer with
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a satisfaction "gap" which is objective and quantitative in nature. Work done by Cronin and
by Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Berry as two different measures (perception and expectation
expectation of performance.
Assumptions
History of Insurance
In some sense we can say that insurance appeared simultaneously with appearance of human
society. In earlier economies, we can see insurance in the form of people helping each other.
For example, if a house is burnt, the members of the community help build a new one. Should
the same thing happen to one’s neighbour, the other neighbors must come to help? Otherwise,
Insurance in the modern sense, started as a methods of transferring or distributing risk were
practiced by Chinese and Babylonian traders as long ago as the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC,
respectively. Chinese merchants traveling treacherous river rapids would redistribute their
cargo across many vessels to limit the loss due to any single vessel’s capsizing. The
Babylonians developed a system which was recorded in the famous Code of Hammurabi, c.
1750 BC, and practiced by early Mediterranean sailing merchants. If a merchant received a
loan to fund his shipment, he would pay the lender an additional sum in exchange for the
Greek monarchs were the first to insure their people and made it official by registering the
insuring process in governmental notary offices. They invented the concept of the ‘general
average’. Merchants whose goods were being shipped together would pay a proportionally
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divided premium which would be used to reimburse any merchant whose goods were
The Greeks and Romans introduced the origins of health and life insurance c. 600 AD when
they organized guilds called “benevolent societies” which cared for the families and paid
funeral expenses of members upon death. Guilds in the middle Ages served a similar purpose.
Before insurance was established in the late 17th century, “friendly societies” existed in
England, in which people donated amounts of money to a general sum that could be used for
emergencies.
Separate insurance contracts (i.e., insurance policies not bundled with loans or other kinds of
contracts) were invented in Greeks rulers in the 14th century, as were insurance pools backed
separated from investment, a separation of roles that first proved useful in marine insurance.
varieties developed. Insurance as we know it today can be traced to the Great Fire of London,
which in 1666 A.D devoured 13,200 houses. In the aftermath of this disaster, Nicholas
Barbon opened an office to insure buildings. In 1680, he established England’s first fire
insurance company, “The Fire Office,” to insure brick and frame homes.
The first insurance company in the United States underwrote fire insurance and was formed
Types of Insurances
1. Life Insurance
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2. Fire
3. Marine
4. Miscellaneous Insurance.
Life insurers undertake the Life Insurance business; general insurers handle the rest. The
Business of insurance essentially means defraying risks attached to an activity (including life)
and sharing the risks between various entities, both persons and organizations. Insurance
companies are important players in financial markets as they collect and invest large amounts
1. Protection to investors
2. Accumulation of savings
plans. Their cash flows are determined on the basis of various actuary studies and models.
Since their liabilities are long-term or contingent in nature, their investments are also long-
term and they are able to maintain a healthy liquidity position. Since they offer more than the
return on savings in the shape of life cover to the investors, the rate of return guaranteed on
their insurance policies is relatively low. Consequently, the need to seek high rates of return
on their investments is also low. Since the risk factor in the insurance business is quite high,
insurance companies usually invest in relatively safer bets such as bonds of GOI, PSUs, state
governments, local bodies, corporate houses and mortgages of long-term nature. Lately,
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Limitation of the study
In this research, researcher may under take some sort of preliminary survey. It could not do in
this study. The time devoted in the reviewing of research already on related problem. Studies
on related problem are useful for indicating the type of difficulties that may be in countered
in the present study as also the possible analytical short coming. At time such study may also
suggest useful and even new line of approach to the present problem. After the receiving the
questionnaire, the researcher think that some point must be incorporated in this study. What
effect is on their business, and what effect on the social status and how much growth is
generated in their economy? Time factor save by the consumer. How they spent their time
which they have save and what way they utilized. Such type of finding may be asked in the
questionnaire.
In spite of every care taken on the part of the researcher there were certain limitations which
Possibility of error in data collection because many of investors may have not given
Sample size is limited to 90 people only. The sample size may not adequately
Some respondents were reluctant to divulge personal information which can hinder
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INDUSTRY
PROFILE
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INDUSTRY PROFILE
The business of life insurance in India in its existing form started in India in the year 1818
with the establishment of the Oriental Life Insurance Company in Calcutta, which failed in
1834. However, the success of Indian life insurance can be traced back roughly to the second
decade of the nineteenth century when the Madras Equitable began transacting life insurance
business in the Madras Presidency in 1829. After that, it was a rather dull phase with regard
to the growth in life insurance enterprise. This dullness was due to the very critical phase
through which the British insurance companies were passing due to mismanagement and
inexperience, thus resulting in the failure of several British offices before 1870 and leading to
the enactment of the British Insurance Act, 1870. Till the 70s of the nineteenth century,
insurance had found no real place in the scheme of things and only certain European
companies operating in parts of India did life insurance business on some scale. But Indian
enterprise in this sphere later began to expand and in the last three decades of the nineteenth
2. Oriental (1874)
Few other companies were also set up in other parts of India. However, this period was
Dominated by foreign insurance offices, which did good business in India, namely – Albert
Life Assurance, Royal Insurance, Liverpool and London Globe Insurance. The Indian offices
that were setup during this period came up the hard way and had to struggle against the
prevailing prejudice against life insurance and natural ignorance of the people. The recorded
history of Insurance business in India, however, began in 1914 when the Government of India
started publishing returns of Insurance Companies in India. The Indian Life Assurance
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Companies Act, 1912 was the first statutory measure to regulate life insurance business. Later
in 1928 the Indian Insurance Companies Act was enacted to enable the Government to collect
statistical information about both life and non-life insurance business transacted in India by
Indian and foreign insurers including provident insurance societies. In 1938, with a view to
protecting the interest of insuring public, the earlier legislation was consolidated and
amended by the Insurance Act1938 with comprehensive provisions detailed and effective
control over the activities of insurers. The Insurance Amendment Act of 1950 abolished
Principal Agencies. However, there were legations of unfair trade practices. The Government
19th January 1956 nationalized the Life Insurance sector and Life Insurance Corporation of
India (LIC) came into existence in the same year. The LIC absorbed 154Indian, 16 non-
Indian insurers as also 75 provident societies. Since then LIC was the only player till the late
90s when the Insurance sector was reopened for the private sector.
India's economic development made it a most lucrative Insurance market in the world. Before
the year 1999, there was monopoly state run LIC transacting life business and the General
Insurance Corporation of India with its four Subsidiaries transacting the rest. In the wake of
reform process and passing Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Act
through Indian parliament in 1999, Indian Insurance was opened for private companies.
Liberalization on the Insurance sectors has allowed the foreign players to enter the market
with their Indian partners. Most of the foreign Insurers have joined within the local market.
India offers immense possibilities to foreign Insurers since it is the world's most populous
Insurance industry had ten and six entrants in life and non-life sector respectively in the year
2000-2001. The industry again saw two and three entrants in the life and non-life business
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respectively in the year 2001-2002. One additional entrant was made both in the life and in
non-life business in 2004 and 2005 respectively. At present there are fourteen companies
each in Life and General Insurance. The Funds earlier generated by the state owned insurers
have been diversified with other new insurers. We should wait and see how the new players
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 two
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. The Indian
the 'Times of India'. Young pensioners are typically under 40 individuals who are purchasing
retirement plans. The growing Indian economy has created an upwardly mobile, affluent
young generation, who believe in going for a planned retirement. As per data from IRDA,
28% of the premiums collected by the Indian Insurance companies are from retirement plans.
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is India's biggest domestic institutional investor. It is also
the largest life insurance company in India. LIC envisages augmenting its equity investment
by one third in 2008. LIC plans to buy equities worth Rs 450 billion for the year 2008-09.
The comparable figure for 2007-08 was Rs 340 billion. Thomas Mathew, LIC Managing
Director expects the volatility in the stock markets to continue till October-November. The
prime objective of the company is to ensure the safety of the resources invested by the
company's shareholders. LIC is slated to buy up bonds worth Rs1.15 trillion in the current
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fiscal year. LIC expects to earn a gross investment income ranging from Rs 400 billion to Rs
450 billion in the current year, depending upon the prevalent market conditions. LIC manages
total assets worth around US$175 billion. According to K N Bhandari, the Secretary General
of General Insurance Council, India's general insurance sector is slated to grow at 18% rate in
2008. The comparable figure for 2007 was 13%.As per Mr.Bhandari, the present market
value of the Indian general insurance sector is Rs 30,000-crore. The current penetration level
of the Indian insurance sector is 0.65 %.The Indian urban sector is a significant contributor to
the general insurance market P.Chidambaram, the then Indian Finance Minister, called for the
insurance companies in India to make simple products for the Indian masses.
The insurance sector was opened up for private participation four years ago. For years now,
the private players are active in the liberalized environment. The insurance market have
witnessed dynamic changes which includes presence of a fairly large number of insurers both
life and non-life segment. Most of the private insurance companies have formed joint venture
There are now 29 insurance companies operating in the Indian market – 14 private life
insurers, nine private non-life insurers and six public sector companies. With many more
joint ventures in the offing, the insurance industry in India today stands at a crossroads as
There is pressure from both within the country and outside on the Government to increase the
foreign direct investment (FDI) limit from the current 26% to 49%, which would help JV
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There are opportunities in the pensions sector where regulations are being framed. Less than
10 % of Indians above the age of 60 receive pensions. The IRDA has issued the first license
for a standalone health company in the country as many more players wait to enter. The
health insurance sector has tremendous growth potential, and as it matures and new players
enter, product innovation and enhancement will increase. The deepening of the health
database over time will also allow players to develop and price products for larger segments
of society.
State Insurers Continue To Dominate There may be room for many more players in a large
underinsured market like India with a population of over one billion. But the reality is that the
intense competition in the last five years has made it difficult for new entrants to keep pace
with the leaders and thereby failing to make any impact in the market.
Also as the private sector controls over 26.18% of the life insurance market and over 26.53%
of the non-life market, the public sector companies still call the shots.
The country’s largest life insurer, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), had a share of
Similarly, the four public-sector non-life insurers – New India Assurance, National Insurance,
Oriental Insurance and United India Insurance – had a combined market share of 73.47% as
of October 2005. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company continues to lead the private
sector with a 7.26% market share in terms of fresh premium, whereas ICICI Lombard
General Insurance Company is the leader among the private non-life players with a 8.11%
market share. ICICI Lombard has focused on growing the market for general insurance
products and increasing penetration within existing customers through product innovation
and distribution.
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Intense Competition In a de-tariff environment, competition will manifest itself in prices,
companies will vie with each other to capture market share through better pricing and client
segmentation.
The battle has so far been fought in the big urban cities, but in the next few years, increased
Global Standards While the world is eyeing India for growth and expansion, Indian
companies are becoming increasingly world class. Take the case of LIC, which has set its
sight on becoming a major global player following a Rs280-crore investment from the Indian
government. The company now operates in Mauritius, Fiji, the UK, Sri Lanka, and Nepal and
will soon start operations in Saudi Arabia. It also plans to venture into the African and Asia-
The year 2005 was a testing phase for the general insurance industry with a series of
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Market Share of Indian life Insurance Industry
The introduction of private players in the industry has added value to the industry. The
initiatives taken by the private players are very competitive and have given immense
competition to the on time monopoly of the market LIC. Since the advent of the private
players in the market the industry has seen new and innovative steps taken by the players in
this sector. The new players have improved the service quality of the insurance. As a result
LIC down the years have seen the declining phase in its career. The market share was
distributed among the private players. Though LIC still holds the 75% of the insurance sector
but the upcoming natures of these private players are enough to give more competition to LIC
in the near future. LIC market share has decreased from 95% (2002-03) to 81 %( 2004-
05).The following companies has the rest of the market share of the insurance industry. Table
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Table 1.1 Market shares of various players present in market
LIFE INSURERS
1. LIC 76.07
9. Aviva 1.08
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Role of IRDA in Insurance Sector
IRDA plays an important role in insurance sector giving important guide lines to various
companies in the area of insurance. The IRDA's green signal to insurance companies for
investments in venture capital funds would provide a boost in growth pertaining to the
infrastructure segment. The insurance companies would be allowed to invest about 5% of the
total investment in the venture capital funds pertaining to infrastructure based projects. The
total aggregate of the assets under the life insurance companies is Rs 699,375 crores. The
were settled by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA), at the
board meeting on the 25th of March 2008. Several other alterations were also done with the
investment norms. The other important norm is the expansion of the sanctioned investments
category, which would also include the mortgaged securities and the initial public offerings
unlike previously when these two were not included. The proposal would be submitted to the
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) board for approval. The
final draft was published in the Gazette of the Central Government at the end of March 2008.
The alterations would help in developing the instruments of investment and provide
flexibility for insurers. The alterations would provide more margins pertaining to the
investments in certificates of deposit issued by the banks and term deposits. At present the
insurance companies may invest about 10% of its investment funds to a particular sector. The
group in the year 2006 to probe the existing investment regulations and provide review on the
present statutory advices and the trends of investments for insurance companies. According
to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), the private insurers had
collected premium income from new business of about Rs. 18,980 crores, in 2007.
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Role of Private Insurance Companies in Insurance Sector
Private sector also plays important role in this sector and tried to capture maximum shares in
this sector. Max New York Life Insurance Company is the leading private life insurance
company in India. Max New York Life Insurance Company Ltd. launched 'lifeline' a health
insurance product on March 2008, across India. Now, the company can boast of offering
complete health and life insurance products across 11 regions in India. This newly launched
health insurance product of Max New York Life Insurance Company offers three groups of
heath insurance solutions. The director marketing product management and corporate affairs
of Max New York Life Insurance said that these three distinct heath insurance products are
meant to cover eventualities like hospitalization, surgery and critical illness of the insured and
these plans have been structured with features like coverage for a wide range of ailments, no
claim discount on revised premium for a healthy life, a fixed premium for a five-year term,
free second opinion from the best healthcare institutions of India on detection of illness.
Further, it also has provision for a free telephonic medical helpline across India. The
cash benefit on a day-to-day basis during the entire period of hospitalization of the insured.
The “Medicash Plan” would also cover expenses for admission in ICU, lump sum benefits
against an unlimited number of surgeries and recuperation benefits. The second plan of the
newly launched health insurance of Max New York Life Insurance is the "Wellness Plan",
which is a more attractive one and covers 'critical illness' like cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart
ailments, liver disease, deafness, permanent disability, etc. The “Wellness plan” covers thirty
eight critical illnesses, which is the highest number of illness covered under one insurance
plan in India by any insurance company. The third health insurance policy of Max New York
Life Insurance is a term plus health protection plan known as "Safety Net". Max New York
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Life Insurance Company is one of the fastest growing life insurance companies in India and
is the first life insurance company of India to be awarded with ISO9001:2000 certification.
Marketing strategies for insurance in the emerging scenario could be understood in terms of
Having done market research and finalizing on segmentation, targeting and positioning the
strategy would focus on the marketing mix namely, Product, Price, Place and Promotion.
Intangibility, Inseparability, Perish ability and Variability gives rise to certain unique
requirements that deserve careful attention while formulating the marketing strategy for
insurance. After implementation, the insurers should concentrate on the effective control that
In India Insurance is sold and not bought. The agents / Advisors by using various strategies
sell the product by convincing the customers. Moreover, they push Policies with the highest
premium to pocket a higher commission. The consultative approach to selling is the modern
approach, which helps customers and prospects to buy. A consultant makes calls and sells
just like any other sales person. The difference is in their attitude, their approach and their
commitment. Here, the customer is seen as a person to be served and not a person to be sold.
It helps the purchaser to make an intelligent decision. The four-step process includes:
* Need discovery
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This approach to selling their products requires understanding of concepts and principles
borrowed from the fields of psychology, communications, and sociology and needs a lot of
Helping the customers to achieve his business and other objectives by the purchase of
Believing that your products / services are a great fit with your customer's needs, and
Believing in yourself and your ability to help the customers in solving their problems.
Product Innovations
Insurers are continuously innovating new products based on forward-looking models. They
have developed new products addressing the new challenges in society and products to
address the hazards from new environmental issues. Companies will need to constantly
Understanding the customer better will enable Insurance companies to design appropriate
products, determine price correctly and to increase profitability. Since a single policy cannot
meet all the Insurance objectives, one should have a portfolio of policies covering all the
needs. Product development is made possible by integrating actuarial, rating, claims and
illustration systems. At present, the Life Insurers are concentrating on the pension schemes
and the Non-Life Insurers on many innovative schemes of various realms and thereby
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Distribution Network
While companies have been successful in product innovation, most of them are still grapping
with right mix of Distribution Channels for capturing maximum market share to build brand
equity, building strong and effective customer relationships and cost effective customer
service. While the traditional channel of tied up advisors or agents would be the chief
distribution channel, insurer should innovate and find new methods of delivering the products
societies and panchayats are some of the channels, which can be tapped by the insurers to
reach the appropriate market segments. Now days, the urban masses are tapped with the new
techniques provided by Information Technology through Internet. Rural masses are attracted
by the consultative approach adopted by the Insurers. Moreover, they attract the customers
Insurance is a unique service industry. The key industry drivers are related to life style issues
in terms of perceiving insurance as a savings instrument rather than for risk cover, need based
In the present competitive scenario, a key differentiator is the professional customer service
in terms of quality of advice on product choice along with policy servicing. Servicing focus is
on enhancing the customer's experience and maximizing his convenience. This calls the
effective CRM system, which eventually creates sustainable competitive advantage and
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What Is Life Insurance?
Life insurance is a contract that pledges payment of an amount to the person assured (or his
Functions of Insurance
1. Primary function
2. Secondary function
3. Other functions
future risk, accidents and uncertainty. Insurance is actually a protection against economic
Collective bearing of risk - Insurance is a device to share the financial loss of few among
many others. Insurance is a means by which few losses are shared among larger number of
people. All the insured contribute the premiums towards a fund and out of which the persons
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Assessment of risk - Insurance determines the probable volume of risk by evaluating various
certainty. Insurance is device whereby the uncertain risks may be made more certain.
installation of automatic sparkler or alarm systems etc. Prevention of losses causes lesser
payment to the assured by the insurer and this will encourage for more savings by way of
premium. Reduced rate of premiums stimulate for more business and better protection to the
insured.
Small capital to cover larger risks - Insurance relieves the businessmen from security
investments, by paying small amount of premium against larger risks and uncertainty.
opportunity to those larger industries having more risks in their setting up. Even the financial
institutions may be prepared to give credit to sick industrial units which have insured their
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The other functions of insurance include the following:
Means of savings and investment - Insurance serves as savings and investment. Hence,
insurance is a compulsory way of savings and it restricts the unnecessary expenses by the
insured's. For the purpose of availing income-tax exemptions people may also invest in
insurance.
can earn foreign exchange by way of issue of marine insurance policies and various other
ways.
Risk free trade - Insurance promotes exports insurance, which makes the foreign trade risk
free with the help of different types of policies under marine insurance cover.
Retirement - Life insurance makes sure that you have regular income after you retire and
helps you maintain your standard of living. It can ensure that your post-retirement years are
Myths of Insurance:
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Why Life Insurance?
We think twice before taking the plunge into buying insurance. Is buying insurance a
necessity now? Spending an ‘extra’ amount, as premium at regular intervals where we do riot
see immediate benefits does riot seem a necessity now may be later.
Well we could be wrong. Buying Insurance cannot be compared with any other form of
investment. Insurance gives us a life long benefit and the returns will definitely come but
only when we need it the most i.e. at the right time. Besides buying insurance early in life is
one of the wise decisions we could take. Because the premium we would be paying would be
comparatively lower. Insurance is not about how much more it can offer us when the stock
market is at its peak. It may not be an attractive investment option. However, weigh the pros
and cons and consider how much more it offers at a small price.
Most important of all it provides us with that unique sense of security that no other form of
investment provides. It gives us a sense of financial support especially during that time of
crisis irrespective of the fluctuations in the stock market. Insurance provides for our career
goals right from your childhood years. If the earning member of the family is no more our
child’s educational needs will not suffer. In fact his higher education too will be provided for.
We need not spend sleepless nights thinking about how to save for our child’s marriage. Life
support for the family during such times too. Besides, it provides for additional benefits such
as bonuses. We need not worry about our retirement years. The rising prices, taxes, and our
lifestyle will be taken care of easily. In addition, we can relax and spend our old age in
comfort and peace. Life insurance today plays a major role in ones life at various stages.
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Considering the benefits it offers one cannot but give a thought to buying an insurance policy
at the earliest.
The study of consumers helps firms and organizations improve their marketing strategies by
understanding issues such as how the psychology of consumers works, feel, reason, and
select between different alternatives (e.g., brands, products); The psychology of how the
consumer is influenced by his or her environment (e.g., culture, family, signs, media); The
outcome; How consumer motivation and decision strategies differ between products that
differ in their level of importance or interest that they entail for the consumer; and How
marketers can adapt and improve their marketing campaigns and marketing strategies to more
effectively reach the consumer. One "official" definition of consumer behavior is "The study
of individuals, groups, or organizations and the processes they use to select, secure, use, and
dispose of products, services, experiences, or ideas to satisfy needs and the impacts that these
processes have on the consumer and society." Behavior occurs either for the individual, or in
the context of a group (e.g., friend’s influence what kinds of clothes a person wears) or an
organization (people on the job make decisions as to which products the firm should use).
Consumer behavior involves the use and disposal of products as well as the study of how they
are purchased. Product use is often of great interest to the marketer, because this may
influence how a product is best positioned or how we can encourage increased consumption.
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Factors Influencing Consumer Behavior
Social factor: Social factor divides the society into a hierarchy of distinct classes. The
members of each class have relatively the same status and members of other classes have
Cultural factor: It has potent influences that are brought up to follow the beliefs, values and
customs of their society and to avoid behavior that is judged acceptable. Beliefs, values and
customs set subculture apart from other members of the same society. Thus sub-culture is a
distinct cultural group that exists as an identifiable segment, within a larger, more complex
society.
Personal factor: It is a very important factor. Personal factors also influence buyer’s behavior.
They include age, income, occupation, life style. They simply direct our outer personality.
psychological factors which includes motivation, perception, learning, beliefs and attitude
and personality.
The most obvious is for marketing strategy—i.e., for making better marketing
campaigns. For example, by understanding that consumers are more receptive to food
advertising when they are hungry, we learn to schedule snack advertisements late in
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the afternoon. By understanding that new products are usually initially adopted by a
few consumers and only spread later, and then only gradually, to the rest of the
population, we learn that (1) companies that introduce new products must be well
financed so that they can stay afloat until their products become a commercial success
and (2) it is important to please initial customers, since they will in turn influence
A second application is public policy. In the 1980s, Acutance, a near miracle cure for
acne, was introduced. Unfortunately, Acutance resulted in severe birth defects if taken
patients of this, a number still became pregnant while taking the drug. To get
consumers’ attention, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) took the step of
requiring that very graphic pictures of deformed babies be shown on the medicine
containers.
Social marketing involves getting ideas across to consumers rather than selling
something. Marty Fishbein, a marketing professor, went on sabbatical to work for the
Centers for Disease Control trying to reduce the incidence of transmission of diseases
through illegal drug use. The best solution, obviously, would be if we could get illegal
drug users to stop. This, however, was deemed to be infeasible. It was also determined
that the practice of sharing needles was too ingrained in the drug culture to be
campaign that encouraged the cleaning of needles in bleach before sharing them, a
Common sense suggests, for example, that if you buy a 64 liquid ounce bottle of
laundry detergent, you should pay less per ounce than if you bought two 32 ounce
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bottles. In practice, however, you often pay a size premium by buying the larger
quantity. In other words, in this case, knowing this fact will sensitize you to the need
to check the unit cost labels to determine if you are really getting a bargain.
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REVIEW OF
LITERATURE
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Mehr and Cammack (1976) agrees that Insurance is usually thought of as a product that
spreads the risk of serious, but low-probability, losses among a group of individuals, thus
providing some financial protection to each in dividable. Kunreuther, (1979) said that his
product makes good sense, particularly when the protection is purchased against potential
losses so large as to be catastrophic, such as total destruction of one's home, large accident
liability judgment, or death of primary family breadwinner. However, it has long been
Kotler, (1973) considers insurance to been the category of "unsought goods, “along with
products such as preventive dental services and burial plots. He notes that unsought goods
pose special challenges to the marketer. Slavic, Fischhoff, Lichtenstein, Corrigan, and Combs
(1977) found that subjects were more likely to buy insurance against small, high-
probabilityosses than insurance against large, low probability losses, Hershey and
Schoemaker (1980) reported the opposite result. Kunreuther (1979) “It is not the magnitude
of a potential loss that inspires people to buy insurance voluntarily – it is the frequency with
individual, therefore, should Avoid nearly all types of risk. Empirical evidence, however,
suggests most people are risk averse for gains and risk seeking for losses. Kahneman &
Tversky, (1984) stated indeed, repeated demonstrations have shown most people lack an
adequate understanding of probability and risk concepts Dhar, (1997) Greenleaf and
Lehmann, (1995) Tversky and Shafir,(1992) have shown that offering more options can
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Michael L. Smith (1982) said that atypical life insurance contract provides a package of
options or rights to the policy owner that is not precisely duplicated by any other combination
of commonly available contracts. Viewed from this perspective, life insurance enjoys a
this light. The paper shows that an options viewpoint provides a more complete explanation
of policy owner behavior towards life insurance than the conventional savings-and-protection
view.
Michael L. Walden (1985) told that the option’s package view of the whole life insurance
policy suggests that a whole life policy is a package of options, each of which has value and
is expected to influence the price of the policy. This viewpoint implies the general hypothesis
that price differences between whole life policies can be explained by differences in policy
contract provisions and differences in selected company characteristics. The option's package
theory was empirically investigated using regression analysis on data from as ample of
policies marketed in North Carolina. The results suggest support for the options package
theory.
Kirchler and Angela-Christian Hubert (1999) found that the present study aims at describing
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was completed by 142 Austrian couples. Basically, wives appeared to adapt to the dominance
exerted by their husbands in savings and investment decisions. Wives’ dominance was
distribution: Spouses with higher expertise than their partners exerted more dominance
indecision-making processes.
Amy Wong, (2004) empirically examined the role of emotional satisfaction in service
encounters. Specifically, this study seeks to: investigate the relationship between emotional
satisfaction and key concepts, such as service quality, customer loyalty, and
relationship quality, and clarify the role of emotional satisfaction in predicting customer
loyalty and relationship quality. In doing so, this study used the relationship between
emotional satisfaction, service quality, customer loyalty, and relationship quality as a context,
as well as data from a sample survey of 1,261 Australian retail customers concerning their
evaluation of their shopping experiences to address this issue. The results show that service
with both customer loyalty and relationship quality. Further investigations showed that
customers' feelings of enjoyment serve as the best predictor of customer loyalty, while
feelings of happiness serve as the best predictor of relationship quality. The findings imply
the need for a service firm to strategically leverage on the key antecedents of customer
loyalty and relationship quality in its pursuit of customer retention and long term profitability.
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Stephen Diacon (2004) presents the results of a detailed comparison of the perceptions by
individual consumers and expert financial advisers of the investment risk involved in various
UK personal financial services' products. Factor similarity tests show that there are
significant differences between expert and lay investors in the way financial risks are
perceived. Financial experts are likely to be less loss averse than lay investors, but are prone
to affiliation bias (trusting providers and salesmen more than lay investors do), believe that
the products are less complex, and are less cynical and distrustful about the protection
provided by the regulators. The traditional response to the finding that experts and non-
experts have different perceptions and understandings about risk is to institute risk
Helmut Gründl, Thomas Post, RomanSchulze, (2005) found that demographic risk, i.e., the
risk that life tables change in a nondeterministic way, is a serious threat to the financial
stability of an insurance company having underwritten life insurance and annuity business.
The inverse influence of changes in mortality laws on the market value of life insurance and
Evan Mills, Ph.D. (1999) Studied the insurance industry is rarely thought of as having much
concern about energy issues. However, the historical involvement by insurers and allied
airbags, fire prevention/suppression systems, and anti-theft devices, shows that this industry
has a long history of utilizing technology to improve safety and otherwise reduce the
likelihood of losses for which they would otherwise have to pay. We have identified nearly
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80examples of energy-efficient and renewable energy technologies that offer “loss-
prevention” benefits, and have mapped these opportunities onto the appropriate segments of
the very diverse insurance sector (life, health, property, liability, business interruption,
etc.).Some insurers and risk managers are beginning to recognize these previously "hidden"
benefits.
Roger. A. Formisano (1981) examined, via consumer interviews, the impact of the National
implemented in New Jersey. A substantial portion of the insurance buyers sampled did not
become aware of the provisions of the regulation aimed to improve their buying ability.
Further, many life insurance buyers were not well informed concerning the nature and
operation of life insurance contracts, and in particular, the life insurance policies that they had
purchased.
Mike Armstrong (2002) the authors found no differences in the number of life insurance
policies purchased or coverage levels between women in the study kindred and those from
the general population. The public generally believes that life insurance companies would use
genetic information to deny coverage or charge higher rates. Individuals who learned that
they were at a genetically increased risk of a serious illness would be more likely to buy all
forms of insurance, but especially health and disability insurance the likelihood of purchasing
all forms of insurance on learning of a genetically increased risk is strongly correlated with
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Retention of the Customers is the essence of Insurance business, Imtiyaz.H, Insurance Times,
Feb 2007: Retaining a customer is four times cheaper than acquiring a new one. The retention
business is of the relationship building process. Were one customer leads to the building of
other one. A satisfied customer is like a word of mouth advertisement for the company. The
needs of the existing customers should be identified and satisfied well rather than only
concentrating at the new accounts. All possible measures needs to taken to retain the
Dr. Binod Kumar Sinha, Alphia Institute of Business Management (ICFAI), (2009) with
increase in population and income there is a wide scope in insurance sector. Insurance sector
provides some security to the consumer for any type of mishappening. In this sector, IRDA
plays an important role and time to time gives important guide lines to various companies.
Still, LIC plays an important role and has maximum share in this sector. There are various
factors that affect the consumer buying decision and also influence consumer thinking when
they are planning to invest in insurance scheme .Major respondents generally prefer
insurance term cover insurance, medical/health insurance and they also prefer sum assured of
life insurance less than Rs 10 lakh. Most of the respondents show their interest in life
insurance having higher risk coverage and also for tax saving purpose.
Gaurav Jaiswal Lecturer, Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Gwalior (2009)
positive mind sets for their investment pattern, in insurance policies. Still some actions are
needed for developing insurance market. The major factors playing the role in developing
consumer’s perception towards Life Insurance Policies are Consumer Loyalty, Service
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Quality, Ease of Procedures, Satisfaction Level, Company Image, and Company-Client
Relationship. Insurance industry has to go ahead. A lot of opportunities are still waiting. This
research will help in developing the market share, loyalty and further development in
insurance sector.
Trends in Life Insurance Business—Unit Linked Insurance Plans, IRDA annual report 2007-
08: It wasn’t too long back when the good old endowment plan was the preferred way to
insure oneself against an eventuality and to set aside some savings to meet one’s financial
objectives. The traditional endowment policies were investing funds mainly in fixed interest
Government securities and other safe investments to ensure the safety of capital. Thus the
traditional emphasis was always on security of capital rather than yield. However, with the
inflationary trend witnessed all over the world, it was observed that savings through life
insurance were becoming unattractive and not meeting the aspirations of the policyholders.
The policyholder found that the sum assured guaranteed on maturity had really depreciated in
real value because of the depreciation in the value of money. The investor was no longer
content with the so called security of capital provided under a policy of life insurance and
started showing a preference for higher rate of return on his investments as also for capital
appreciation. It was, therefore found necessary for the insurance companies to think of a
method whereby the expectation of the policyholders could be satisfied. The object was to
provide a hedge against the inflation through a contract of insurance. Decline of assured
return endowment plans and opening of the insurance sector saw the advent of ULIPs on the
domestic insurance horizon. Today, the Indian life insurance market is riding high on the unit
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Retaining a customer is four time cheaper than acquiring a new one. The retention of the
business is of the relationship building process. were one customer leads to the building of
other one. A satisfied customer is like a word of mouth advertisement for the company. The
needs of the existing customers should be identified and satisfied well rather than only
concentrating at the new accounts. All possible measures needs to taken to retain the
Samuel B Sekar, Research associate, Academic wing, The ICFAI University, Customer —
driven innovation in insurance products, July 2006:- Insurance is one product which is not
demanded by a customer, but supplied to him by massive education and drive marketing.
Insurance ought to be bought not sold. The new concept of demand side innovation focuses
more on customer’s social and economic reality striving to deliver maximum value to the
customer at an affordable price. Therefore, when the customer becomes the primary focus
including him in the invention process becomes mandatory. But, there are certain areas of
insurance innovations where the customers cannot be involved. A case in point is the recent
insurance product invention called Telematic Auto Insurance. It’s a product by the
Progressive Auto Insurance, which monitors the driving behavior of its auto insurance
policyholder. The new machine grabs information and automatically transmits it to the
insurer. This information received is regularly analyzed to judicially conclude the intensity of
risk the person is exposed and the corresponding premium he is eligible to pay. This is an
example of supply side innovation, where it is strictly not possible to include the customer in
the innovation process. Though, there are instances where the customer is involved in the
testing phase, his inclusion in the conception phase makes an innovation demand-driven.
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Sampada Kapse & D.G Kodwani, Insurance as an investment option, , May2003
At national as at individual level the excess of income after consumption level savings as
finds for investment. Surplus funds can be invested in either real asset or in financial assets.
Purpose of investment is to protect one’s wealth against erosion of value due to inflation and
to earn risk adjusted return. There are three motives which drive people to purchase insurance
products in India.
— Tax benefit
— Saving motives
It is argued that in this paper that in the changing scenario for the insurance sector there is
going to be a good opportunities for insurance sector to expand its market base. For this
purpose there is need to improve the features of the insurance products to make them more
liquid or short term schemes could be increased. It is shown that although rewards implied by
the insurance products particularly by the tax benefits are quite close to those observed in
banks and small saving scheme of the governments. The performance of mutual funds which
come in many different types is found to be reasonable compared to the risk involved. The
survey indicates that it may not be very difficult to win over the confidence of small investors
towards insurance policies if good marketing techniques are adopted to educate the targeted
population about the uses of insurance policies from investment point of view.
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INTRODUCTION TO IDBI FEDERAL LIFE INSURANCE
IDBI Federal Life Insurance Co. Ltd.,(formally IDBI Fortis Life Insurance) is a joint
venture between three financial companies – development and commercial bank, IDBI
insurer Ageas (formerly Fortis), which was formed on March 2008. In this venture, IDBI
Bank owns 48% equity while Federal Bank and Ageas own 26% equity each.
History
2006: IDBI Bank, Federal Bank and Belgian-Dutch insurance major Fortis Insurance
2008: IDBI Fortis Life Insurance Co. Ltd., which started its operations in March 2008
2008: IDBI Fortis opens its second branch in Andhra Pradesh in Vijayawada
2009: Nimbus ropes in IDBI Fortis as title sponsor of India–Sri Lanka series
2009: IDBI Fortis Life Insurance uses an interactive application to help users easily
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2009: IDBI Fortis reaches the City of Eastern Light
2009: IDBI Fortis Life Insurance introduces financial inclusion plan in rural Orissa
2009: IDBI Fortis redefines endowment & money back with Incomesurance
2010: IDBI Fortis now renamed as IDBI Federal Life Insurance Company
Technology
To monitor and manage its network equipment across 34 sites, IDBI Forties uses Tulip
troubleshooting and notification support. With the implementation of the solution, IDBI has
reported improvement of network performance and availability, with a faster, more effective
Products
IDBI Forties launched its first set of products across India in March 2008, after receiving the
requisite approvals from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA). IDBI
Forties offers services through a nationwide network across the branches of IDBI Bank and
Federal Bank in addition to a network of advisors and partners. IDBI Forties has 35 branches
Sponsorships, Awards
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IDBI Forties Life Insurance Company was selected as the title sponsor for the India-
Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2009, consisting of five One-Day Internationals and a
Twenty 20 match. The ODI series will be called the IDBI Forties Wealthsurance Cup.
‘Wealthsurance Made Easy’ (WME), a knowledge aid by IDBI Forties for its sales force,
won The Bronze Dragon in the category for ‘Best Dealer/Sales Force activity’ at the
The Industrial Development Bank of India Limited, now more popularly known as IDBI
foundation of the bank was laid down under an Act of Parliament, in July1964. The main aim
behind the setting up of IDBI was to provide credit and other facilities for the Indian industry,
which was still in the initial stages of growth and development. After the transfer of its
ownership, IDBI became the main institution, through which the institutes engaged in
financing, promoting and developing industry were to be coordinated. In January 1992, IDBI
accessed domestic retail debt market for the first time, with innovative Deep Discount Bonds,
and registered path-breaking success. The following year, it set up the IDBI Capital Market
Services Ltd., as its wholly-owned subsidiary, to offer a broad range of financial services,
including Bond Trading, Equity Broking, Client Asset Management and Depository Services
.In September 1994, in response to RBI's policy of opening up domestic banking sector to
private participation, IDBI set up IDBI Bank Ltd., in association with SIDBI. In July 1995,
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public issue of the bank was taken out, after which the Government's shareholding came
down (though it still retains majority of the shareholding in the bank). In September 2003,
IDBI took over Tata Home Finance Ltd, renamed ‘IDBI Home finance Limited’, thus
diversifying its business domain and entering the arena of retail finance sector the year 2005
witnessed the merger of IDBI Bank with the Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd. The
new entity continued to its development finance role, while providing an array of wholesale
and retail banking products (and does so till date). The following year, IDBI Bank acquired
United Western Bank (which, at that time, had 230 branches spread over 47 districts, in 9
states). In the financial year of 2008, IDBI Bank had a net income of Rs 9415.9 crores and
The Present
Today, IDBI Bank is counted amongst the leading public sector banks of India, apart from
claiming the distinction of being the 4th largest bank, in overall ratings. It Is presently
regarded as the tenth largest development bank in the world, mainly in terms of reach. This is
because of its wide network of 509 branches, 900 ATMs and319 centers. Apart from being
involved in banking services, IDBI has set up institutions like The National Stock Exchange
of India (NSE), The National Securities Depository Services Ltd. (NSDL) and the Stock
Objectives
The main objectives of IDBI are to serve as the apex institution for term finance for industry
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(1) Co-ordination, regulation and supervision of the working of other financial institutions
(2) Supplementing the resources of other financial institutions and thereby widening the
(3) Planning, promotion and development of key industries and diversifications of industrial
growth.
(4) Devising and enforcing a system of industrial growth that conforms to national priorities.
Functions
(1) To grant loans and advances to IFCI, SFCs or any other financial institution by way of refinancing of
(2) To grant loans and advances to scheduled banks or state co-operative banks by way of refinancing of loans
(3) To grant loans and advances to IFCI, SFCs, other institutions, scheduled banks, state co-operative banks
by way of refinancing of loans granted by such institution to industrial concerns for exports.
(6) To subscribe to or purchase stock, shares, bonds and debentures of other financial institutions.
(7) To grant line of credit or loans and advances to other financial institutions such as IFCI, SFCs, etc.
(10) To guarantee loans raised by industrial concerns in the market or from institutions.
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(11) To provide consultancy and merchant banking services in or outside India.
(12) To provide technical, legal, marketing and administrative assistance to any industrial concern or person
(13) Planning, promoting and developing industries to fill up gaps in the industrial structure in India.
Subsidiaries
As on September 30, 1996, the authorized Capital of IDBI was Rs.2000crores. Issued,
subscribed and paid up share capital was Rs.828.76crores.Reserves were Rs.6309 crores.
Loan funds were Rs.35450 crores. The total outstanding loans, investments and guarantee of
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INTRODUCTION TO FEDERAL BANK
Federal Bank Limited is a major Indian commercial bank in the private sector,
headquartered at Aluva, Kochi, Kerala. As of 18 August 2012, Federal Bank has 1000
branches spread across 24 states in India and 1058 ATMs around the country(across 108
metro centres, 224 urban centres, 384 semi-urban locations and 87 rural areas). Federal Bank
planning to hire 2000 professionals by September 2012.The Bank would be the first Bank
History
In the year 1931, Travancore Federal Bank was inaugurated at Vengal Varuttisseril
at Nedumpuram, near Tiruvalla, Kerala. The 14 founders included Sri Vengal Varuttisseril
Oommen Varghese, his brothers Oommen Chacko, Oommen Kurian, Oommen George and
also another person from Tiiruvalla, Kavumbhagam Mundapallil Lukose, and others.
Oommen Varghese was the Chairman and Oommen Chacko the Manager. After it had
functioned for nearly 10 years, the bank's day to day transaction had to be stopped due to the
Understanding this situation, a lawyer from Perumbavoor named Sri K.P.Hormis and his
acquaintances joined together, bought the bank and took over the management. In 1945, they
moved the bank's registered office to Aluva and Hormis became the Managing Director. In
1947,the bank's name was shortened from Travancore Federal Bank to Federal Bank.[4]
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Acquisitions and Mergers
increase its size. It acquired the Chalakudy Public Bank in Chalakudy, the Cochin
In 2006, Federal Bank acquired Ganesh Bank of Kurundwad after the Reserve Bank
of India suspended the bank. Established in 1920, Ganesh Bank had its headquarters
and Belgaum in Karnataka. Prior to the merger, Federal Bank had 20 branches in
Maharashtra.
In March 2008, Federal Bank entered into a joint venture with IDBI Bank and Fortis
Insurance International to form IDBI Fortis Life Insurance, of which Federal Bank
owns 26 percent. The company ended the year with over 300 Cr in premiums as on 31
March 2009.
On 24 August 2010, IDBI Fortis, rejuvenated as IDBI Federal Life Insurance with
Aegas of Belgium.
INTRODUCTION TO AGEAS
in Brussels, Belgium and Utrecht, Netherlands. Ageas is Belgium's largest insurer and
operates in 14 countries worldwide. The company was renamed from Fortis Holding in April
2010 and consists of those insurance activities remaining after the breakup and sale of
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the financial services group Fortis during the financial crisis of 2007-2010. It is listed on
the Euronext Brussels, Euronext Amsterdam, and Luxembourg stock exchanges and forms
The company's roots reach back to the 1824 foundation of the Belgian life insurer Assurances
based bancassurer AMEV/VSB to form Fortis. AMEV/VSB had itself been formed earlier
that year by the combination of savings bank VSB (Verenigde Spaarbank) and insurer
AMEV, which took advantage of the recent relaxation of Dutch legislation preventing
mergers between banks and insurers. AMEV had originally been founded in Utrecht in 1920
After its creation in 1990, Fortis expanded its offerings to include private and investment
banking and asset management, establishing subsidiaries around the world, and by 2007 it
had become the 20th largest business in the world by revenue. That year Fortis agreed to
jointly purchase ABN AMRO with Banco Santander and Royal Bank of Scotland Group, but
the onset of the crisis exacerbated problems with financing its part of the large acquisition
and prompted fears of impending insolvency. Considered "too big to fail", Fortis received an
€11.2 billion bailout from the Benelux governments and saw its retail banking operations in
Belgium sold to BNP Paribas and its insurance and banking subsidiaries in the
Netherlands nationalised.
The remaining assets of the company, consisting principally of insurance operations but also
including some distressed assets, were rebranded Fortis Holding. In April 2010 its
shareholders agreed a formal change of name to Ageas N.V./S.A., with ownership of the
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Objectives:
services
insurance policies
Scope:
The scope of the study lies in finding out the perception of customers in Dehradun city
through responses taken by 90 customers and highlighting the key areas which require some
concern on part of insurance companies and improving upon which the company may
strengthen its customer base. The present study, analysis, findings and suggestions proposed
by the present researcher will be of immense use for future researcher with similar studies in
insurance market.
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OBJECTIVES
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OBJECTIVES
Primary Objectives
To analysis the satisfaction level of the customers toward IDBI Federal Life
Insurance.
Secondary Objectives
To analyze the customers view toward the plans of IDBI Federal Life Insurance.
To study about the customer perception towards IDBI Federal Life Insurance.
To analysis about the various schemes provided by the IDBI Federal Life Insurance.
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DESIGN OF THE
STUDY
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DESIGN OF THE STUDY
Research Design:
The study was exploratory in nature with survey method being used to complete the study.
The research is divided into two parts. The first part helps us to understand the consumer’s
satisfaction, service quality, problems faced and the investor’s motive of investment, the
second part deals with extracting important findings from this information and analyzing the
Sample Design:
Population includes investors in Dehradun city. Most of the sample will be generated by
personal contacts as the research requires those samples who are investing in insurance or
who had invested in past. List of all the contacts was formed from them all the possible
prospects were chosen out who are most favored one. In next step these prospects were
approached they were briefed about the questions and their responses were recorded.
Sample size:
Self designed questionnaire was used for the evaluation of factors affecting Customer’s
satisfaction towards IDBI Federal Life Insurance. In this questionnaire the responses of the
customer’s are recorded on the basis of four point scale i.e if the customer’s are highly
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Types of data collection
PRIMARY DATA:
The primary data was collected by asking the customers who come to the IDBI Federal Life
Insurance circle office at NCR Plaza, New Cantt. Road, Dehradun for renewing their life
insurance policies. In the duration of 2 months of summer internship; I have asked 90
respondents to fill up the questionnaires by me. It is a very important part of the project as it
is only through the properly filled up questionnaires that I can reach to any conclusion from
the data which I got from the questionnaires.
SECONDARY DATA:
Secondary data are the information which is attained indirectly. They are the data collected
by someone else and which has already passed through statistical process
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
advertising.
Data collection
Marketing Professional
Sample universe
Basis of sampling:
internet
▪ 50 numbers in all
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Sampling Technique:
educated person may be able to reason out the questions in the better
way.
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ANALYSIS OF
DATA CONTAINS
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1. What type of product are you using of IDBI Federal Life Insurance?
Table No. 1
Termsurance Plans 18
Lifesurance Plans
18
Childsurance Plans 15
35
30
25
20
15
10
0
Term Plans Life Plans Sr. Ctzn Plans Income Plans Child Plans
CHART 1
Interpretation: It has been found that majority of respondents are using Incomesurance &
Table No. 2
a) Yes 73 84
b) No 17 16
Total 90 100
percentage
90
80
70
60
No. of
Respondents 50
40
30
20
10
0
a) yes b) No
options
CHART 2
Interpretation: Mostly all customers are satisfied with the products of IDBI Federal life
insurance. Study shows that out of 90 respondents 73 are satisfied with the products that
constitute near about 84% of the total respondents. Remaining people are not satisfied with
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3. How will you rate the Products of IDBI Federal Life Insurance?
Table No. 3
a)Excellent 9 10
b) Very Good 30 33
c) Good 45 50
d) Bad 6 7
Total 90 100
a)Excellent
b) Very Good
c) Good
d) Bad
CHART 3
Interpretation: 10% of respondents feel that the Products provided by IDBI Federal Life
Insurance are Excellent where as 33% thinks that they are very good, 50% respondents think
that it is good & only 7% think that their products are bad.
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4. What are the responses of the agents?
Table No.4
a)Excellent 12 13%
c) Good 54 60%
d) Bad 0 0%
Total 90 100%
20
18
16
14
12
10 18
8
6
4 8 No of respondents
2 4
0 0
c) Good
b) Very Good
a)Excellent
d) Bad
CHART 4
Interpretation: 13% of respondents found that the responses are excellent & 27% of the
respondents found it very good, 60% of the respondents are good. No one is with the
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5. What do you think regarding the personal attention paid by the agents of IDBI
Table No. 5
a)Excellent 27 30%
c) Good 42 47%
d) Bad 0 0%
Total 90 100%
27
a)Excellent
42
b) Very Good
c) Good
d) Bad
21
CHART 5
Interpretation: 30% of respondents found the personal attention by the agents of IDBI
Federal Life Insurance towards customers are excellent & 23% of the respondents found it
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6. What do you think about the returns of different plans of IDBI Federal Life
Insurance?
Table No.6
a)Excellent 36 40%
c) Good 19 21%
d) Bad 6 7%
Total 90 100%
40
36
35
29
30
25
19
20
15
No. of Respondents
10
6
5
0
a)Excellent b)Very Good c)Good d)Bad
CHART 6
Interpretation: 36% of respondents found the returns of different plans of IDBI Federal Life
Insurance are excellent & 29% of the respondents found it very good, 19% of the respondents
found that the returns of different plans of IDBI Federal Life Insurance is good & 6% of the
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7. How will you rate the after sales facilities provided by the IDBI Federal Life
Insurance?
Table No.7
a)Excellent 24 26%
c) Good 14 16%
d) Bad 16 18%
Total 90 100%
40
35
30
25
No. of
Respondents 20
15 No. of Respondents
10
5
0
a)Excellent b) Very c) Good d) Bad
Good
Options
CHART 7
Interpretation: 26% of respondents found the after sale facilities provided by the IDBI
Federal Life Insurance are excellent & 40% of the respondents found it very good, 16% of
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8. Are you satisfied with the IDBI Federal Life Insurance agency/dealer?
Table No.8
a)Yes 66 73%
b) No 24 27%
Total 90 100%
70
60
50
No of 40
Respondents
30
20
10
0
Yes NO
Options
CHART 8
Interpretation: 73% respondents are satisfied & 27% respondents are dissatisfied with the
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9. Are you satisfied with the different plans of IDBI Federal Life Insurance?
Table No.9
a)Yes 69 77%
b) No 21 23%
Total 90 100%
70
60
50
No of Respondents 40
30
20
10
0
Yes NO
Options
CHART 9
Interpretation: 77% respondents are satisfied with the different plans of IDBI Federal Life
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10. How will you rate the overall Products of IDBI Federal Life Insurance?
Table No.10
a)Excellent 27 30%
c) Good 28 31%
d) Bad 14 16%
Total 90 100%
30
25
20
No of
Respondents 15
10
0
Excellent Very Good
Options
CHART 10
Interpretation: 30% of respondents found the rate the overall Products of IDBI Fedearl Life
Insurance are excellent & 23% of the respondents found it very good, 31% of the respondents
found that the returns are good & 14% thinks it to be bad.
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11. Do you think that IDBI Federal Life Insurance is preferred because of its returns?
Table No.11
a)Yes 78 87%
b) No 12 13%
Total 90 100%
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No of Respondents 70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Yes NO
Options
CHART 11
Interpretation: 87% respondents think that IDBI Federal Life Insurance is preferred
because of its returns & only 13% respondents don’t think so.
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FINDING
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FINDINGS
The major observations supports in the favour that customers are satisfied with the overall
services of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance. Through the above analysis & Interpretation it is
clearly stated that customers are happy with the services of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance.
It has been observed that majority of the respondents are using incomesurance &
Majority of the customers are satisfied with the various products provided by the
IDBI Federal Life Insurance. 73% of the total respondents responded that they are
45% of total respondents have rated the products of IDBI Federal Life Insurance as
Good.
Various agents/advisors who are working for the IDBI Federal Life Insurance also
give the favourable responses in favour of the services of the IDBI Federal.
The personal attention paid by the agents/advisors of IDBI Federal Life Insurance is
good. They are able to handle the queries of the customers well & able to satisfied
When it comes to Returns; Respondents rated the returns of the IDBI Federal Life
Insurance to be Excellent.
Majority respondents are very much satisfied with the different plans of IDBI Federal
Life Insurance.
77% of total respondents are satisfied with the different plans of the IDBI Federal Life
Insurance.
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Majority respondents rate the overall products of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance as
good.
Maximum people think that IDBI Federal Life Insurance is preferred for its returns.
So these are the some of the main findings that is been collected through the various
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CONCLUSION
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CONCLUSIONS
is seen as a key differentiator and increasingly has become a key element of business
strategy. For this we have done project on customer satisfaction of IDBI Federal Life
Insurance. It is found that majority of respondent have use Savings & Investment Plans
Products from IDBI Federal Life Insurance. 87% respondents think that IDBI Federal Life
Insurance is preferred because of its returns. So finally both below the hypothesis are proved:
It has been found that majority of respondents are using Incomesurance & Money Back Plans
from IDBI Federal Life Insurance. 84% of respondents satisfied with the Products provided
by IDBI Federal Life Insurance. 10% of respondents feel that the Products provided by IDBI
Federal Life Insurance are Excellent where as 33% thinks that they are very good, 50%
respondents think that it is good & only 7% of them rated the products Bad. 13% of
respondents found that the responses are excellent & 27% of the respondents found it very
good, 60% of the respondents is good. 30% of respondents found the personal attention by
the agents of IDBI Federal Life Insurance towards customers are excellent & 23% of the
respondents found it very good, 47% of the respondents found it to be good. 40% of
respondents found the returns of different plans of IDBI Federal Life Insurance are excellent
& 32% of the respondents found it very good, 21% of the respondents found that the returns
of different plans of IDBI Federal Life Insurance are good. 26% of respondents found the rate
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after sale facilities provided by the IDBI Federal Life Insurance are excellent & 40% of the
73% respondents are satisfied with IDBI Federal Life Insurance agency/dealer. 77%
respondents are satisfied with the different plans of IDBI Federal Life Insurance where as
21% are not satisfied. 30% of respondents rate the overall Products of IDBI Federal Life
Insurance to be excellent, 23% of the respondents found it very good, 31% of the respondents
found it to be good, only 16% are not satisfied with the overall products of the IDBI Federal
Life Insurance.
IDBI Federal Life Insurance is preferred because of its returns. 87% of the customers are
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SUGGESTIONS
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SUGGESTIONS
On the basis of extensive study and research, here are some recommendation and suggestion
which may help the company to market the product and service more profitability and
PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES
The company expands the budget allocation for promotional campaign in center Bhopal. It
has affected the sale service brand image of kotak insurance especially in Bhopal. Low
Advertising: Advertising should have a clear objective and message, which has not been
found in recent ads. Insurance is a faster growing provider service in each state .every offers
and schemes they should show with proper message for benefit to the customer. In busy life
customer do not remembered any offers and which service we can provided for the customer
therefore they should by force showing advertisement in growing market and among
Persuasive Advertising: Now there is a need of persuasive advertising for Reliance service
which can be moved into the category of “comparative advertising”. It will help the company
to establish the superiority of its brand service through specific comparison of one or more
Technical Expertise: The advertisement should show the company’s expertise, experience
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Published Sources
Donald S. Tull & Del I. Hawkins, (2004) Sampling & Data analysis :
Marketing Research – Measurement & Method, pp 537
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APPENDIX
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Questionnaire
Personal Details:
NAME :
AGE :
SEX :
QUESTIONS
1) What type of IDBI Federal Life Insurance Products have you purchase?
Yes No
3) How will you rate the Products of IDBI Federal Life Insurance?
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4) What is the responses of the agents?
5) What do you think regarding the personal attention by the by the agents of
IDBI Federal Life Insurance towards the customers?
6) What do you think about the returns of different plans of IDBI Federal Life
Insurance?
7) How will you rate the after sale facilities provided by the IDBI Federal Life
Insurance?
8) Are you satisfied with the IDBI Federal Life Insurance agency/dealer?
Yes No
9) Are you satisfied with the different plans of IDBI Federal Life Insurance?
Yes No
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10) How will you rate the overall plans of IDBI Federal Life Insurance?
11) Do you think that IDBI Federal Life Insurance is preferred because of its
returns?
Yes No
THANKYOU
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