Online media playing a prominent role in Information Dissemination.
11 Mar 2010

"Life insurance is definitely a long term game, but the most important thing for any life insurance company is to maintain their financial wealth for a long period of time for the sake of its policy holders," says Deepak Sood, CEO, Future Generali Life in an exclusive conversation with ApnaPaisa.

HDFC is known for its sound value system!
3 Feb 2009

We have faced competition all through particularly in early 2000s ( 2001 - 2004). Every bank in the country, be it PSU banks, Private Sector bank or Foreign banks were aggressive in this segment then. Now it is happening again, but this aggression should not lead to other issues. -Keki Mistry, Vice-Chairman & CEO, HDFC.

Online media will grow at a faster pace!
7th Jan 2010

In India, online media will grow at a faster pace as we have young population who are more techno savvy,says G.N. Bajpai, the doyen of Indian Insurance industry in an exclusive conversation with Apna Paisa.

Internet: The challenge is to take it to the rural population!
7th Jan 2010

Internet has worked very well for people who are tech savvy but the challenge is to take it to rural population,says Harpal Karlcut, CEO, Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company Ltd

Interest rates to be stable till next quarter
18th Dec 2009

See when the rates go down, how many organizations follow that speed in which they move it upwards? There are organizations which have revised the rates twice in a month (upwards), when rates went down, has anybody meticulously followed the same trajectory? R. Ramachandran Nair,MD, LICHFL.-, in a candid Q& A session with Harsh Roongta and Bienu Vaghela of Apnaloan.com

Digital space to offer big opportunity in future!
7^th October 2009

Having associated with Insurance industry from last 15 years, Jacob can be termed as mastermind for health insurance in India. Passionate about enhancing the cause of health insurance, he is moving on the mission to make Apollo DKV a name to reckon with in health insurance. He assures a really unique bouquet of products for Indian consumer in a short while from now.

SIMPLE should be the keyword for RETAIL
9 September 2009

Online media has a big scope in India due to presence of huge younger population which is quite computer savvy, who in turn will become decision makers in few years. Hence the Online media has an important role to play in the development of insurance sector. "- N.K. Kedia, Director Marketing, IFFCO TOKIO

Indian consumers need to crossover between pure protection & savings
14 July 2009

The work, which you are doing at ApnaPaisa, is benefiting consumers in a big way as you are giving them host of comparative product information and making sure that people compare price points and other features as well - Nitin Chopra, CEO, Bharti Axa Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Health Insurance in India, JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG!
12 May 2009

We are investing in a big way to streamline all our online activities. We want to reach out to whole of Middle class India as upper classes are anyway over served. That is why penetration of non-life insurance is just .6% of GDP as every player is going back to the same customer. In last 10 years it has gone up from .5% to .6% whereas in life it has grown from less than 1% to 4% - Gaurav D Garg, MD & CEO, Tata AIG General Insurance Co.

Power of Online activity is vastly underestimated !
12 May 2009

We would like to raise the standards of life insurance in the country by providing high quality insurance advice and protection products to our customers - Kapil Mehta, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, DLF Pramerica.

Internet can play a vital role in enhancing transparency !
12 May 2009

A lot of activity is happening on the Internet and it is emerging as an extremely important channel. If you allow for the explanation of the entire process online and make the customer complete the sale online, it will dramatically change the business model - T R Ramachandran, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Aviva Life Insurance India Ltd.

Now you can get copy of your own credit report from CIBIL
16 April 2009

Infact owing to information from CIBIL, banks can now process loans faster and make prudent lending decisions. Credit information bureaus actually aide credit penetration -
Says Arun Thukral, MD, CIBIL in an exclusive interview with ApnaLoan.com

Brand and Product PULL are our real strengths !
13 March 2009

You say that insurance penetration is low, yes, it is and of course, we can increase the penetration level. The good news is that penetration of insurance has increased in the last seven years -
Says Shikha Sharma, the Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Prudential Life in an exclusive conversation with Harsh Roongta and Bienu Vaghela of ApnaInsurnace.com

Consistent performance, not aggression led growth!
2 Feb 2009

We have seen that measures taken by the Government since October 2008 have brought in great normalcy and financial stability in the system. One of the primary objectives of the RBI is to maintain financial stability, which has been achieved already, though it would take sometime before we see actual growth happening -
Says Sushobhan Sarker, Chief Executive, LIC Mutual Fund AMC in an exclusive interview with ApnaInvestment.com

Enhanced coverage, not discounts to be the norm !
30 Dec 2008

The distribution architecture, the coverage, the use of technology and the methods of buying insurance need to change for the deeper penetration and enhanced profitability, says Sandeep Bakshi, the Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Lombard, in a free-wheeling interview with Harsh Roongta and Bienu Vaghela of Apnainsurance.com

Property prices can RISE
30 Dec 2008

It is very difficult to predict the direction and magnitude of price movement on real estate. One can only assume that forces of demand and supply would always apply and price movement would follow accordingly - R. Ramachandran Nair,Director & Chief Executive, LIC Housing Finance Ltd, in a candid Q& A session with Harsh Roongta and Bienu Vaghela of Apnaloan.com