Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) recently published a report titled COVID-19: Impact on the Indian Insurance Industry (PWC, June 2020). Reproducing below some of the observations in that Report, with respect to life insurance sector. Term Insurance The Report says that while there may be an increase in the demand for online term insurance, the increased… Continue reading Be on the Customer’s Internet Highway
Give this idea a thought. The Human Life Value (HLV) of an individual is a financial asset, like any other financial asset. It is not a tangible asset like a life insurance policy or a fixed deposit. There is no document that proves its existence. There is no document that indicates the HLV of an… Continue reading Human Life Value is a Financial Asset – Part 1
There is a lot of hype that mutual funds earn a lot of money. It is only hype. In reality they do not. In fact roughly half of all mutual funds (equity and debt, and index funds included) earn less than 8 % p.a. The Pressure on the Investment Manager to Perform The hype leads… Continue reading How do Mutual Funds Invest Your Money?
Building customer trust is as much of what you should say and do, as it is on what you should not say or do. On 13th April I had written on a strategy (Read Corona Strategy 3 )to follow for building customer relationship and customer trust, on what you should say or do. This article… Continue reading Corona Strategy 4 – Do not even attempt meeting the customer NOW
The National Pension Scheme offers investors options in the kind of investment fund they would like to invest, based on their risk appetite. Among the options are equity based investments, where up to 50 % and up to 75 % of the invested amount is invested in equities or shares. The primary objective of choosing… Continue reading Pension Schemes should be Defined Benefit
A life insurance agent is a trustworthy member of the customer’s family. Many agents are a part of the customer’s family social and family functions. It is expected that in such a relationship you will educate your customers about the virus and tell them the importance of taking care. This will go a long way… Continue reading Corona virus? What Should the Agent Do?
All the time in our sales effort we try to look at selling an insurance policy in terms of the product, our company, our service and so on. To do so we put in great thought at how we should conduct our sales process, how we should handle objections that arise, etc. Rarely do we… Continue reading How does your customer take a buying decision?
Recently I received a mail from a financial advisor that I should invest in corporate bonds for high returns and the advisor gave a few options for investment. One of the options I am reproducing below. Subsequently in this article I shall show you how the information is mis-leading. The promotional Email informationEarn 11.50% Fixed… Continue reading How Financial Advisors Fool You
How we sold life insurance? We are used to a selling strategy that was based on selling life insurance products. Most often an insurance agent approaches a customer and tries to explain the product features in the hope that the customer will see value in the proposal to buy a life insurance product. But many… Continue reading Your New Role
The Bharat Bond ETF has been oversubscribed. Many of the analysts would have investors believe that the Bharat Bond is perfectly safe and can be sold as an alternative to fixed deposits of banks. In terms of investment risks they are both fundamentally different. Read more to know why
