Indian Insurance Industry

Novi Dewan establishes a status quo of the Indian health and life insurance industry and discusses the best practices for various elements of the marketing mix. She complements secondary research with recent empirical data accentuating the emerging opportunities and challenges in the Indian Insurance Industry by using standardized interviews with opinion leaders and CEOs of several insurers.

This book traces the development and analyses the performance of life insurance industry in India, since inception of this sector, using different business indicators over the years. It discusses the evolution and changing features of the Indian insurance industry in 3 phases: phase I from 1818 to 1956, phase II from 1956 to 2000 (known as the nationalisation period) and phase III post 2000 (called the post reform period). The book also measures the relative efficiency and productivity of the life insurance industry in India for the post-reform period, by employing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Despite the fact that the life insurance sector recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17% in terms of total premiums and 21% in terms of new business premium collections during the post reform period, the insurers continue to grapple with the issue of profitability. Against this background, the book presents results on the factors determining profitability of the life insurance companies using measures of efficiency and competition. By helping regulatory authorities determine the future course of action in the context of entry of foreign insurers and also in establishing a level playing field, the book has important policy implications.

Enthused And Encouraged By The Exemplary Success Of Life Insurance Corporation Of India The Government Of India In The Early 1970S Decided To Bring In The General Insurance Industry Also Into The Vortex Of A Nationalised Setup To Provide Comprehensive Insurance Security To The People Of India.How Effectively And Substantially Life Insurance Corporation Of India And The Four Nationalised General Insurance Companies, The Holding Companies Of General Insurance Corporation Of India, Contributed To Redesigning The Socio-Economic Fabric Of Modern India Is A Part Of The Post Independent Economic History Of India.Though These Two Organisations Have Interlaced And Intertwined Their Destiny With That Of India, The Preference Shift In The Indian Markets, New Realities Of The Global Economic Order, And Demands Arising Out Of Multilateral Trade Agreements Have All Left India With No Option Other Than Throwing Open Its Economic And Commercial Policies To Global Competition And Challenges.

Examines The Relationship Between Insurance Services And Economic Development - Rationale Of Govt Regulations - Present Stage Of The Industry - Future Prospectsd - Has 3 Parts - 20 Contributions - Annexures - Bibliography - Index.