Mr M Ramadoss, the outspoken Chairman-cum-Managing Director of The New India Assurance Company, has worked out a strategy to use individual agents to the maximum to achieve his plans for the company. Agents are the most cost effective distribution method, he says in this interview with K Nitya Kalyani, and he is putting things in place for New India to nurture and celebrate its agents, unlike in the past.

utual Fund vs ULIP Where are the Earnings? Since August 2009 when Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred entry loads on mutual fund products, there has been concern among AMFI certified agents about their earnings through selling mutual funds. Meanwhile in September 2009 came the discussion paper of the Swarup committee which argued that [...]

The number of Indian Life insurance agents or advisors who represented the country at the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)  Annual Meet at Indianapolis, US, from June 7 to 11, 2009, has grown over the last couple of years, according to media reports. Companies like SBI Life Insurance Company, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company, Life [...]