Bancassurance
Bancassurance in India |
There was a time in the past when insurance policies were meant for a small part of public who were financially strong. Today the scenario has completely changed wherein insurance policies reach every person in almost every corner of our nation. This change in the financial horizon was ushered in with the birth of bancassurance in India. Banks which were meant for deposits, loans and transactions are allowed to provide insurance policies to people and this feature of bank is called ‘bancassurance’. However to understand how this takes place one would have to continue reading this article. Need for bancassurance in India:-
Researches and present day statistics speak about the need of a well equipped financial structure for a country that helps it to grow economically. The financial resources in the hands of people should be channelized in effective manner so as to increase the returns from the basic financial structure of nation and also the quality of living of people. Insurance policies are instruments/products that play major role in upholding the financial structure of developed countries. Though the teething phase of insurance, one may say is just past, a desirable foothold is yet to be found. With growth in number of middle class families in the country, RBI recognized the need of an effective method to make insurance policies reach people of all economic classes in every corner of the nation. Implementing bancassurance in India is one such development that took place towards the cause. The need and subsequent development of bancassurance in India began for the following reasons: * To improve the channels through which insurance policies are sold/marketed so as to make them reach the hands of common man * To widen the area of working of banking sector having a network that is spread widely in every part of the nation * To improve the services of insurance by creating a competitive atmosphere among private insurance
There was a time in the past when insurance policies were meant for a small part of public who were financially strong. Today the scenario has completely changed wherein insurance policies reach every person in almost every corner of our nation. This change in the financial horizon was ushered in with the birth of bancassurance in India. Banks which were meant for deposits, loans and transactions are allowed to provide insurance policies to people and this feature of bank is called ‘bancassurance’. However to understand how this takes place one would have to continue reading this article. Need for bancassurance in India:-
Researches and present day statistics speak about the need of a well equipped financial structure for a country that helps it to grow economically. The financial resources in the hands of people should be channelized in effective manner so as to increase the returns from the basic financial structure of nation and also the quality of living of people. Insurance policies are instruments/products that play major role in upholding the financial structure of developed countries. Though the teething phase of insurance, one may say is just past, a desirable foothold is yet to be found. With growth in number of middle class families in the country, RBI recognized the need of an effective method to make insurance policies reach people of all economic classes in every corner of the nation. Implementing bancassurance in India is one such development that took place towards the cause. The need and subsequent development of bancassurance in India began for the following reasons: * To improve the channels through which insurance policies are sold/marketed so as to make them reach the hands of common man * To widen the area of working of banking sector having a network that is spread widely in every part of the nation * To improve the services of insurance by creating a competitive atmosphere among private insurance