A housewife turns insurance agent in her 50s and makes it to MDRT through sheer persistence. Read Mrs G Kanakaratnam’s story in this month’s Role Model section by K Nitya Kalyani.
“Success is what keeps me going”, says Mr M Rajavardhan Reddy who has been attending the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) annual meet for the past 12 years continuously as an agent of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) at Hyderabad. Apart from his insurance selling business, Mr Reddy is also active in the MDRT organisation in India and has been recently reappointed to the post of Area Chair, Andhra Pradesh.
He was in the armed forces, took up insurance agency without a clue about insurance and is riding high. Wing Commander Dinesh Kumar Bhardwaj based at Gurgaon represents the two Tata AIG insurance companies, flying the world as a high achiever in the new career he discovered in his late fifties and trying to din the importance of insurance protection into the heads of his erstwhile defence forces colleagues!
Mr Praful Shah is an quintessential old world father and son insurance agents of the type you find in Mumbai, serving fathers and sons and son’s sons with the confidence that they know what the client needs so well that the relationship grows from generation to generation. Because Mr Praful Shah’s father started in this profession, and his son is now successfully helping him.
MDRT’s ToT Annual Meeting Being a member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is a badge of achievement. Over and above that is being a Top of the Table member of this US based association of the top financial services professionals. After all, the 2010 ToT qualification was Rs 45.55 lakh in commission or [...]
Insurance in an Island Amid the lush green of the jungle, abright red Maruti Swift flashes by emblazoned with graphics advertising popular Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) schemes like ‘Bima Gold.’ On a holiday to the Andaman and Nicobar islands, I was in one of the white Tata Sumos, that was part of a [...]
Mr Narendra Prasad is an LIC agent based in Kolkata with business interests around the country and world. Though his desire was to join the Indian Navy, he decided to become an insurance agent and has not regretted it. He now prefers to only service policies.
Mr J C Kanani had a natural flair for selling. When given the opportunity he proved himself. This prompted his wife to suggest he take up an insurance career instead of being part of a business partnership. Further, he saw the benefits of insurance at close quarters and that did the trick.
The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Zone 4 celebrates MDRT Days in India on February 8, 10, 11 and 14 at Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Mumbai respectively. All insurance agents are welcome including MDRT members, qualifiers, aspirants and others.
The spirit of the US-based Million Dollar Round Table is being recreated in India during the MDRT Days by the members of the MDRT Club. The members aim to share their expertise with MDRT aspirants who are not wanting in India! A core group of six are handling the celebrations in four cities of the country.
