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    STUDY OF CUSTOMER RETENTION IN IDBI FEDERAL LIFE

    INSURANCE CORPORATION LIMITED

    A Project Report

    submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

    the award of the degree of Masters of Business Administration

    by

    U.SINDHU11MBA0108

    Under the Guidance of

    Prof. Sudipto Battacharya PhD

    JULY 2012

    V usiness School

     fostering innovation

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    CERTIFICATE

    This is to certify that Institutional Training Report submitted by Ms.U.sindhu, Reg. No.

    11MBA0108  to VIT Business School, VIT University, Vellore in partial fulfillment of the

    requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration is a bonafide record of work

    carried out by her under my supervision. The contents of this report, in full or in parts have not

    been submitted in any form to any other institute or university for the award of any degree or

    diploma

    Faculty Guide Programme Manager

    Internal Examiner External Examiner

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    Declaration

    I, Sindhu.U (11MBA0108), a Bonafide student of the VIT Business School, VIT University,

    Vellore, hereby declare that the Institutional Training Report submitted in partial fulfillment of

    the requirements of the Degree of Master of Business Administration of the VIT University, is my

    original work.

    .

    Date:

    Place: Vellore

    Sindhu.U

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    I express my sincere thanks to the Chancellor, Dr. G. Vishwanathan for providing me with

    adequate infrastructure and a congenial academic environment.

    I wish to express my thanks to the Vice Chancellor, Dr. V. Raju, for his patronage.

    I am grateful to the Programme Manager of VIT Business School, Dr. Bhanu Sree Reddy, for

    encouraging and providing me with the necessary assistance in accomplishing the project.

    I am also thankful to my guides, Dr. Sudipto Bhattacharya PhD, VIT Business School and

    Mrs.Shanthi Yagyanath , IDBI Federal Life Insurance Corporation Limited, whose timely

    guidance and persistent encouragement helped me in completing the project successfully and

    making it a wonderful learning experience.I convey my sincere thanks to all the teaching and non-teaching staff of the business school for

    their support and co-operation during the project.

    Finally I thank my parents and colleagues who have helped me in the successful completion of

    the project.

    (SINDHU.U)

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    CONTENTS

    S.NO TITLE PAGE NO

    List of Tables and Charts 2

    1 Introduction 4

    2 Review of Literature 8

    3 Company Profile 17

    4 Research Methodology 27

    5 Analysis and Interpretation 29

    6 Findings 51

    7 Recommendation 53

    8 Conclusion 55

    9 Appendix 57

    10 Bibliography 62

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    LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS

    S.NO TITLE PAGE NO

    1 Decision Criteria for Univariate Analysis 30

    2 Age Distribution 31

    3 Gender 32

    4 Marital Status 33

    5 Education Qualification 34

    6 Occupation 35

    7 Income 36

    8 Service Satisfaction 37

    9 Concern Solvation 38

    10 Benefit Satisfaction 39

    11 Courteous Service 40

    12 Quick Call 41

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    13 Knowledge Representative 42

    14 Highest Benefits 43

    15 Policy & Procedure Understanding 44

    16 Easy Payment Mode 45

    17 Long Relationship 46

    18 Recommend IDBI 47

    19 Friends Insisted 48

    20 Another Policy in IDBI 49

    21 Overall Mean & Stranded Deviation Value 50

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    1. INTRODUCTION

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    IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY

    Customer satisfaction and customer retention are two of the most important factors

    regarding the long term success of a company. These factors are known to be a huge influencing

    factor in relation to the economic success of a company.

    Customer retention is one of the most important factors of profit growth. It's so important

    because it costs so much to influence customers to buy and so little to induce a repurchase. These

    are the benefits of customer retention:

    i.  New customers cost more than keeping existing ones. Help executives make the most

    of existing relationships by helping their customers make repeat purchases. Existing

    customers have made an emotional commitment that required a large investment of time

    to earn.

    ii.  Company already knows how to do business with existing customer. An executive

    doesn't have to invest additional resources training to do business with the existing

    customer. This saves time and allows them to serve existing customers faster.

    iii.  Satisfied customers are already convinced of value.  They have already proven they

    can serve the customer, and have provided proof. Executives don't have to invest the

    resources necessary to start from scratch again.

    iv. 

    Strengthening of the unique selling proposition

    STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

    IDBI Federal life insurance co ltd is a joint venture company between three financial

    companies IDBI Bank, federal Bank and European Insurer Ageas. With effective utilization of

    digital marketing tools IDBI federal life insurance are able to reach potential customers. IDBI in-

    house technology for customer inquiries and query resolution are deeply entrenched in terms of

    processes and call to action with respective customer.

    Though such technologies for the customer retention are prevailed there are some

    drawbacks in it. Premium collection of the insurance company fell down by 34% during April  –  

    December 2011.I wanted to know the relinquishment level of IDBI federal life insurance

    corporation limited and the ways that could make the customer retain.

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    OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

    1. To identify the present situation of IDBI Federal Life Insurance  

    2. To identify the ways to retain the customer

    SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

    Successful companies are constantly working in the field of customer retention, because

    without customer retention it isn’t and wasn’t possible to be successful in the long term.  

    Currently many companies are facing an aggressive battle regarding customer retention. This

    study will help IDBI to know the relinquishment level and how to retain the customers.

    PERIOD OF THE STUDY

    The Period of Study is 6 weeks.

    COLLECTION OF DATA

    Two types of data are collected: Primary and secondary data

    Primary data

    The data are collected by the questionnaire method. The questionnaire consists of a

    number of questions interviewed to the customers for their response.

    Interview: Telephonic Interview

    Secondary data

    Secondary data is the data that have been already collected by and readily available from

    other source. The secondary data for this study are already available in the firm's enrolled

    feedback, journals, books, newspapers and other related report - policy book, Magazine

    SAMPLE DESIGN

    The research will be carried out among the customers of IDBI federal life insurance. And

    sample will be around 100.

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    LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

    Although there were very few limitations to enlist but every research work carried out has

    to face some limitations.

    i. 

    It is planned to collect 200 responses from the company .Due to some restrictions only

    100 responses are collected.

    ii. 

    The survey conducted was more objective and completely based on the views of the

    respondent.

    iii.  Survey was conducted among customers of Coimbatore branch only so the result may not

    be accurate.

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    2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE

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    INTRODUCTION

    A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area, and

    sometimes information in a particular subject area within a certain time period. A literature

    review can be just a simple summary of the sources, but it usually has an organizational

    pattern and combines both summary and synthesis. A summary is a recap of the

    important information of the source, but a synthesis is a re-organization, or a reshuffling, of that

    information. It might give a new interpretation of old material or combine new with old

    interpretations. Or it might trace the intellectual progression of the field, including major debates.

    And depending on the situation; the literature view may evaluate the sources and advice the

    reader on the pertinent or relevant. This chapter began with retention, measuring retention,

    importance of customer retention, advantage of customer retention, benefits of customer

    retention.

    CUSTOMER RETENTION

    In today’s  challenging economy and competitive business world, retaining their customer

    base is critical to organization success. If the company doesn’t give their customer some good

    reason to stay, organization’s  competitors will give the customer a reason to leave. Customer

    retention and customer satisfaction drive profits. It’s far less expensive to cultivate organization

    existing customer base and sell more service to the customer than it to seek new, single-

    transaction customers. Most surveys across industries shows that keeping one existing customer

    is five to seven times more profitable than attracting one new customer. A customer-focused

    approach among its employees is still not present. In this era of intense competition .it is very

    important for any service company to understand that merely acquiring customer is not sufficient

    because there is a direct link between customer retention over time and profitability & growth.

    Customer retention to a great extent depends on service quality and customer

    satisfaction. Complaints are natural part of any service activity as mistakes are an unavoidable

    feature of all human endeavor and thus also of service recovery. Service recovery is the process

    of putting things right after something goes wrong in the service delivery. Customer retention is

    the maintenance of continuous trading relationships with customers over the long term.

    Customer retention is the mirror image of customer defection or chum.

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    High retention is equivalent to low defection. In an industry where there are a multiple

    purchases over the years, organization’s  entire team should be very focused on retaining those

    customers: 

    i. 

    Delivering service that’s consistent with your value proposition and brand

    ii. 

    Cross-selling, up-selling and asking for referrals from existing customers

    iii. 

    Developing programs to increase customer loyalty and decrease turnover

    iv.  Prioritizing retention as a major focus in your annual marketing plan.

    v.  Knowing the lifetime value for different segments and using that data to improve the

    marketing.

    Studies say it costs ten times more to generate a new customer than to maintain an

    existing one. If organization has a small number of customers, losing a few could cripple

    company. Even if there are a large number of customers, a small increase in the rate should

    dramatically increase profits.

    The maintenance of the patronage of people who have purchased a company’s goods  or

    services once and the gaining of repeat purchases. Customer retention occurs when a customer is

    loyal to a company, brand, or to a specific product or service, expressing long-term commitment

    and refusing to purchase from competitors. Of critical importance to such strategies are the wider

    concepts of customer service, customer relations, and relationship marketing. Companies can

    build loyalty and retention through the use of a number of techniques, including database

    marketing, the issue of loyalty cards, redeemable against a variety of goods or service,

     preferential discounts, free gifts, special promotions, newsletters or magazines, members’ clubs

    or customized products in limited editions. It has been argued that customer retention is linked to

    employee loyalty, since loyal employees build up long-term relationships with customers.

    Customer retention has always been an important topic for the marketing. For sure, the

    advantages of loyal clients are obvious. Often CRM is only implementing new systems for data

    mining and client segmentation or operational system like a complaint management. But thething is: data mining system or client clubs are not the basis. They are the cherry of the cake

    called client retention. A key principle of relationship marketing is the retention of customers

    through varying means and practices to ensure repeated trade from preexisting customers by

    satisfying requirements above those of competing companies through a mutually beneficial

    relationship.

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    This techniques is now used as a means of counter balancing new customer and

    opportunities with current and existing customers as a means of maximizing profit and

    counteracting the “leaky bucket theory of business” in which new customer gained in order

    direct marketing oriented businesses were at the expense of or coincided with the loss of older

    customers. This process of "churning" is less economically viable than retaining all or the

    majority of customers using both direct and relationship management as lead generation

    via new customers requires more investment.

    Many companies in competing markets will redirect or allocate large amounts of resources

    or attention towards customer retention as in markets with increasing competition it may cost 5

    times more to attract new customers than it would to retain current customers, as direct or

    "offensive" marketing requires much more extensive resources to cause defection from

    competitors. However, it is suggested that because of the extensive classic marketing theories

    center on means of attracting customer and creating transactions rather than maintaining them,

    the majority usage of direct marketing used in the past is now gradually being used more

    alongside relationship marketing as its importance becomes more recognizable. According to

    Buchanan and Gilles the increased profitability associated with customer retention efforts occurs

    because of several factors that occur once a relationship has been established with a

    customer.

    i.  The cost of acquisition occurs only at the beginning of the relationship, so the longer the

    relationship, the lower the amortized cost.

    ii. 

    Account maintenance costs decline as a percentage of total costs or as a percentage of

    revenue.

    iii. 

    Long-term customers tend to be less inclined to switch, and also tend to be fewer prices

    sensitive. This can result in stable unit sales volume and increase in dollar-sales volume.

    iv. 

    Long-term customer may initiate free word of mouth promotions and referrals.

    v. 

    Long-term customers are more likely to purchase ancillary products and high margin

    supplemental products.

    vi. 

    Customer that stay with company tend to be satisfied with the relationship and are less

    likely to switch to competitors, making it difficult for competitors to enter the market or

    gain market share.

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    IMPORTANCE OF CUSTOMER RETENTION

    There are a number of reasons for this. To begin with, to acquire a customer a company

    incurs promotional costs like advertising, sales promotion etc. It is said that it costs five times

    more to attract a new customer than retaining one. The operating cost decrease when a customer

    stays. Service being rich in experience and credence qualities, it takes some time for customers

    to get accustomed to it and once they are used to the service and are satisfied with the service

    provider, they tend to purchase more over a period of time. As they remain satisfied with a

    service provider, they spread a positive word of mouth, which is very effective in case of service

    for attracting new customers. Longer the customer stays with an organization, more the

    organization knows about him, which enables it to offer a customized service which makes it

    difficult for the customer to defect. This may even provide opportunities to the organization tocharge price premium by offering individualized service which may be difficult for the

    competitors to offer. Considering the importance of retaining customers in service business,

    Reichheld & Sasser coined a term ‘Zero Defection’. They highlighted that companies can boost

    profits by almost 100% by retaining just 5% more of their customers. Further, it is also very

    important to understand the life time value of a customer. Further, if by a positive word of

    mouth, he brings just one more customer to the organization, his value to the organization

    doubles. Therefore, it is important for all the employees in the organization to understand the life

    time value of their customers.

    ADVANTAGES OF CUSTOMER RETENTION

    POSSIBILITY OF REPEAT BUSINESS

    This is probably the most obvious advantage of customer retention. Effective services

    that lead to customer satisfaction will make customer coming back to again, thus giving repeat

    business. Repeat business is a win-win proposition for the business or service and the customer.

    The business reduces the cost of customer acquisition, while the customer reduces the cost of

    finding a reliable vendor and thus also saves on costs associated with switching vendors.

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    REDUCED COSTS FOR CUSTOMER ACQUISITION

    Acquiring a customer has certain associated costs. These include the costs associated

    with advertising, following up, sales demos, travel and meeting cost etc. having a repeat

    customer means that the customer means that the customer is already aware of your processes

    and can predict certain quality of output, thus minimizing the cost involved in new customer

    acquisition. Having a repeat customer also has the potential to open up another channel to

    advertise your business  –   word of mouth. Word of mouth advertising / recommendations are

    perhaps the most important outcome of having a satisfied customer.

    FOSTERING GREATER INTERACTION BETWEEN BUSINESS

    AND CUSTOMER

    Today’s markets are increasingly moving away from mass produced standard products

    and service, towards a more customized market, where products and service are tailored to meet

    customers’ specific requirements. Having a repeat customer is an opportunity for you to build a

    more focused relationship based on your customers’ specific needs and requirements. Being

    ensured of having a customer who comes back, you have more confidence to suggest

    improvements, provide an insight to better understand their needs and consequently design

    products and services that are relevant. Having a repeat business also provides an opportunity for

    the buyer and the seller to co-create products and services.

    HAVING MORE DELIGHTED CUSTOMERS

    Effective customer retention strategies allow you to move from the zone of

    customer satisfaction to customer delight. Studies have shown that customer delight is achieved

    only when there is a perfect synergy between the buyer needs and the buyer understands what the

    seller can deliver exactly what the customer need. If you are able to deliver your customers, you

    have better chance of them coming back to you, since they now know why you are different from

    the rest of competition.

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    CUSTOMER RETENTION: STATISTICS

    i.  Acquiring new customer can cost five times more than satisfying and retaining current

    customers. (Source: http://www.parature.com/tag/customer-service-statistics-2012)

    ii.  2% increase in customer retention has same effect on profits as cutting costs by 10%.

    (Source: http://www.bautomation.com/resources/articles/startling-statistics-on-customer-

    retention-acquisition/489/)  

    iii.  The average company losses 10% of its customer each year.(Source:

    http:/www.dbmarketing.com/index.html)

    iv. 

    5% reduction in the customer defection rate can increase profits by 25-125%, depending

    on the industries. (Source: http://www.parature.com/tag/customer-service-statistics-2012)

    v. 

    The customer profitability rate tends to increase over the life of a retained

    customer.(Source: http:/www.dbmarketing.com/index.html)

    vi.  Companies can boost profits anywhere from 25 to 125% by retaining merely5% more

    existing customers. (Source: http://www.parature.com/tag/customer-service-statistics-2012)

    vii.  Only one out of 25 dissatisfied customers will express dissatisfaction. (Source:

    http://www.bautomation.com/resources/articles/startling-statistics-on-customer-retention-

    acquisition/489/) 

    viii. 

    Happy customer tells 4 to 5 others of their positive experience. Dissatisfied customers tell

    9 to 12 how bad it was. ( Source: http://www.parature.com/tag/customer-service-

    statistics-2012)

    ix. 

    Two-thirds of customers do not feel valued by those serving them. (Source:

    http://www.dbmarketing.com/article/Art232.htm)

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    MEASURING CUSTOMER RETENTION

    Retention rate is normally calculated as the number of customers who have been lost over

    a period of time, usually calculated over a quarterly or annual period. The key is to calculate the

    percentage versus existing customers, and not underestimate the loss rate by tallying new

    customer acquisitions into the mix. The customer retention rate refers to the number of customer

    lost over a period of time. It is normally calculated by the percentage of lost customer versus

    existing customers over a quarterly or annual period, without tallying new customer acquisitions.

    While there are obvious benefits to keeping customers loyal and maintaining retention rates, it

    can be extremely challenging for management to keep retention rates up.

    Some companies can measure retention rate using their CRM system, since any of the

    vendors with solid sales modules should offer this capability. Customer service expert Lori

    Bocklund recommends that companies look for this functionality when evaluating CRM

    solutions, even though it is unlikely to be the differentiating factor. Companies like witness,

    Performix, AIM, and Merced offer these types of tools. To measure this, some companies

    combines data from the CRM system and data from other systems, such as your systems, such as

    your quality monitoring system, ACD or CTI solution handling contact routing and reporting.

    There are no hard and fast rules on calculating customer defection and customer retention,

    according to Lowenstein. It can depend on the industries or the type of business, since companies

    have long-term arrangements with customers.However, several consulting and database management companies have succeeded in

    creating them. However, the appropriate interval over which retention rate should be measured is

    not always one year. Rather, it depends on the customer repurchase cycle. Car insurance and

    magazine subscriptions are bought on an annual basis. Carpet tiles and hi-fis are not. If the

    normal hi-fi replacement cycle is four years, then retention rate is more meaningful if it is

    measured over four years instead of twelve months. Additional complexity is added when

    companies a sell a range of products and services, each with different repurchase cycles.

    Automobile dealers might sell cars, parts, fuel and service to a single customer. These products

    have different repurchase cycles which make it very difficult for the dealer to have a whole of

    customer perspective on retention. Sometimes companies are not clear about whether an

    individual customer has defected. This is because of the location of customer related data, which

    might be retained in product silos, channel silos or functional silos.

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    TYPE OF CUSTOMER RETENTION RATE

    RAW CUSTOMER RETENTION RATE

    This is the number of customer doing business with a firm at the end of a trading period,

    expressed as percentage of those who were active customer at the beginning of the period.

    SALES-ADJUSTED RETENTION RATE:

    This is the value of sales achieved from the retained customers, expressed as a percentage

    of the sales achieved from all customers who were active at the beginning of the period.

    PROFIT-ADJUSTED RETENTION RATE:

    This is the profit earned from the retained customers, expressed as a percentage of the

    profit earned from all customers who were active at the beginning of the period.

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    3. COMPANY PROFILE

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    THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY: 

    The insurance sector has gone through a number of phases and changes. Insurance in

    India used to be tightly regulated and monopolized by state-run insurers. Following the move

    towards economic reform in the early 1990s, various plans to revamp the sector finally resulted

    in the passage of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Act of 1999.

    Significantly, the insurance business was opened on two fronts. Firstly, domestic private-sector

    companies were permitted to enter both life and non-life insurance business. Secondly, foreign

    companies were allowed to participate, albeit with a cap on shareholding at 26%. With the

    introduction of the 1999 IRDA Act, the insurance sector joined a set of other economic sectors

    on the growth march.

    During the 2003 financial year, life insurance premiums increased by an estimated 12.3%

    in real terms to INR 650 billion (USD 14 billion) while non-life insurance premiums rose 12.2%

    to INR 178 billion (USD 3.8 billion). Growth in insurance premiums has been averaging at

    11.3% in real terms over the last decade. There are strong arguments in favor of sustained rapid

    insurance business growth in the coming years, including India’s robust economic growth

    prospects and the nation’s high savings rates. 

    COMPANY PROFILE

    IDBI FEDERAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. LTD.:

    IDBI Fortis Life Insurance Co. Ltd., is a joint venture between three financial

    companies – Development and Commercial Bank, IDBI Bank, India’s private sector

    Bank, Federal Bank and European insurer Ageas (formerly Fortis).

    IDBI Fortis Life Insurance Co. Ltd. was formed on March 2008. In this venture, IDBI

    Bank owns 48% equity while Federal Bank and Ageas own 26% equity each. The Headquartersis located in Mumbai, India.

    IDBI Bank Ltd. continues to be, since its inception, India’s premier industrial

    development bank. Created in 1956 to support India’s industrial backbone, IDBI Bank has since

    evolved into a powerhouse of industrial and retail finance.

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    Today, it is amongst India’s foremost commercial banks, with a wide range of innovative

    products and services, serving retail and corporate customers in all corners of the country from

    720 branches and 1228 ATMs.

    The Bank offers its customers an extensive range of diversified services including project

    financing, term lending, working capital facilities, lease finance, venture capital, loan

    syndication, corporate advisory services and legal and technical advisory services to its corporate

    clients as well as mortgages and personal loans to its retail clients.

    As part of its development activities, IDBI Bank has been instrumental in sponsoring the

    development of key institutions involved in India’s financial sector –  such as the Securities and

    Exchange Board of India (SEBI), National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and National

    Securities Depository Ltd.

    Federal Bank is one of India’s leading private sector banks, with a dominant presence in

    the state of Kerala. It has a strong network of 708 branches and 749 ATMs spread across India.

    The bank provides over four million retail customers with a wide variety of financial products.

    Federal Bank is one of the first large Indian banks to have an entirely automated and

    interconnected branch network.

    In addition to interconnected branches and ATMs, the Bank has a wide range of services

    like Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, Tele Banking, and Any Where Banking, debit cards,

    online bill payment and call center facilities to offer round the clock banking convenience to its

    customers. The Bank has been a pioneer in providing innovative technological solutions to its

    customers and the Bank has won several awards and recommendations.

    Fortis is an international insurance group composed of AG Insurance, the overall market

    leader in life and non-life insurance in Belgium, distributing its insurance products through the

    network of BNP Paribas Fortis Bank and independent insurance brokers, and Fortis Insurance

    International with subsidiaries in the UK, France, Hong Kong, Luxembourg (Non-life),

    Germany, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine, and joint ventures in Luxembourg (Life), Portugal,

    China, Malaysia, Thailand and India. 

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    VISION AND VALUES 

    VISION

    To be the leading provider of wealth management, protection and retirement solutions

    that meets the needs of our customers and adds value to their lives.

    MISSION

    To continually strive to enhance customer experience through innovative product

    offerings, dedicated relationship management and superior service delivery while striving to

    interact with our customers in the most convenient and cost effective manner. To be transparent

    in the way we deal with our customers and to act with integrity. To invest in and build quality

    human capital in order to achieve our mission.

    VALUES

    Transparency: Crystal Clear communication to our partners and Stakeholders.

    Value to Customers: A product and service offering in which customers perceive value.

    Rock Solid and Delivery on Promise: This translates into being financially strong,

    operationally robust and having clarity in claims.

    Customer-friendly: Advice and support in working with customers and partners.

    Profit to Stakeholders:  Balance the interests of customers, partners, employees, shareholders

    and the community at large.

    EXCELLENCE

    "In every aspect of work ranging from the in-house training institute to the detailed

    Personal Insurance Plan. IDBI Fortis is focused on achieving the highest standards of quality in

    every aspect of their business".

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    HONESTY

    "Is the heart of the Life Insurance business? IDBI Fortis believes that above all, Life

    Insurance is based on trust. Transparency, Dependability and Integrity will form the cornerstones

    of the IDBI Fortis experience."

    KNOWLEDGE

    "Is what makes experts. IDBI Fortis is focused on the Life Insurance business. Perfectly

    combining global expertise with local knowledge, IDBI Fortis is the Indian Life Insurance

    specialist."

    CARING

    "For the customer IDBI Fortis is redefining the Life Insurance paradigm to focus on the

    needs of the customers. The IDBI Fortis service process is responsive, personalized, humane and

    empathetic."

    CULTURE 

    Our "in house culture recipe" has some of the finest ingredients going into its making.

    Some of the more prominent aspects of our culture are stated below:

    i. 

    Customer comes first

    ii.  Do it right the first time

    iii.  Bias for result oriented action

    iv.  Financial strength and discipline

    v.  Clarity of purpose

    vi.  International quality standards

    vii. 

    Inclusive Meritocracyviii.  learning opportunities

    ix.  Fun at work

    x. 

    Commitment to published value system

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    TECHNOLOGY 

    To monitor and manage its network equipment across 34 sites, IDBI Fortis uses Tulip

    Proactive Managed CE solution. The solution includes device management, proactive

    troubleshooting and notification support. With the implementation of the solution, IDBI has

    reported improvement of network performance and availability, with a faster, more effective

    change and configuration management.

    PRODUCTS 

    IDBI Fortis launched its first set of products across India in March 2008, after receiving

    the requisite approvals from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA). IDBI

    Fortis offers services through a nationwide network across the branches of IDBI Bank andFederal Bank in addition to a network of advisors and partners. IDBI Fortis has 35 branches

    across the country.

    SPONSORSHIPS, AWARDS 

    IDBI Fortis Life Insurance Company was selected as the title sponsor for the India-Sri

    Lanka Cricket Series. This was followed by the IDBI Fortis Wealthsurance Twenty20.

    ‘Wealthsurance Made Easy’ (WME), a knowledge aid by IDBI Fortis for its sales force, won

    The Bronze Dragon in the category for ‘Best Dealer/Sales Force activity’ at the Promotion

    Marketing Awards of Asia (PMAA).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance_Regulatory_and_Development_Authorityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance_Regulatory_and_Development_Authority

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    ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 

    SALES ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

    MURLIIYER (country

    Head sales)

    North

    Zonal Head

    Bank

    assurance

    head

    Area

    agency

    head

    South

    Zonal Head

    East

    Zonal Head

    West

    Zonal Head

    Area

    agency

    head

    Area

    agency

    head

    Area

    agency

    head

    Bank

    assurance

    head

    Bank

    assurance

    head

    Bank

    assuranc

    head

    Manager

    distribution

    deputy

    chief senior

    Manager

    distribution

    deputy

    chief senior

    Manager

    distribution

    deputy

    chief senior

    Manager

    distribution

    deputy

    chief senior

    Distribut

    & traine

    & agenc

    Corporate

    headCorporate

    head

    Corporate

    head

    Corporate

    head

    Distributer

    & trainees

    & agencies

    Distributer

    & trainees

    & agencies

    Distributer

    & trainees

    & agencies

    G.V NAGESHVAR

    RAO (MD & CEO)

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    HUMAN RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

    There are no Zonal Heads in the Human Resource Department the area Human Resource

    executive only acts as the Human Resource Manager and reports all the activities to the Head

    Office that is in MUMBAI.

    G.V NAGESHVAR RAO

    (MD &CEO)

    MURLIYER (Country

    Head Sales)

    MALLIKA

    SARASWATH (Human

    Resource Head)

    Pay RollService Department Recruitment

    Senior Manager

    Chief Manager

    Assistant

    Manager

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    OPERATIONS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

    The Zonal Managers are supported by Branch Support Executives and the Operations

    department is present only in the Head Office which is in MUMBAI. 

    G.V NAGESHVAR

    RAO (MD &CEO)

    PRODUCT

    DEPARTMENT

    FINIANCE

    DEPARTMENT

    ANIL SHRIVATSAV

    UNDERWRITING

    DEPARTMENT

    South Zonal

    Support Manager

    North Zonal

    Support Manager

    West Zonal

    Support Manager

    East Zonal

    Support Manager

    MARKET &

    PROMOTION

    DEPARTMENT

    MURLIYER

    (Country Head

    Sales)

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    PRODUCT PROFILE:

    WEALTHSURANCE: The Wealthsurance Milestone Plan enables the policyholder to save and

    build wealth to meet their financial goals. This Plan comes with a wide range of 13 investment

    options and 7 insurance benefits - all packaged with a low charge structure and unmatched

    flexibility.

    HOMESURANCE: IDBI Federal Homesurance Protection Plan provides full insurance cover

    for properties even under construction, thus ensuring that the beneficiary gets the full sanctioned

    amount in case of any unfortunate event. It also has an innovative fixed period cover for those

    who would aim to prepay their loans early.

    BONDSURANCE: Bondsurance is designed for customers looking for guaranteed returns which

    will not get affected by financial market conditions. It offers guaranteed return on investment

    along with life insurance cover.

    MICROSURANCE: IDBI Federal Microsurance Plan is a one of its kind insurance plan which

    can be very useful for various Micro Financial Institutions and NGOs, wherein not only the

    members but even the member’s family gets an insurance cover. 

    TERMSURANCE: IDBI Federal Termsurance Protection Plan offers the unique Increasing

    Cover option that automatically increases the cover every year without increasing the premium.

    INCOMESURANCE: Knowing the customer helped us to combine the Endowment & Money

    Back plans into a single plan. It linked the returns to the G-Sec rates, transparently declared by

    the government. Also, the Guaranteed Annual Payout and other benefits upon death are tax-free

    under Sec 10(10D).

    http://www.idbifederal.com/Products/Bondsurances/Bondsurancehttp://www.idbifederal.com/Products/Bondsurances/Bondsurancehttp://www.idbifederal.com/Products/Termsurancehttp://www.idbifederal.com/Products/Termsurancehttp://www.idbifederal.com/Products/Bondsurances/Bondsurance

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    4. 

    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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    INTRODUCTION

    The system of collecting data for research projects is known as research methodology.

    The data may be collected for either theoretical or practical research for example management

    research may be strategically conceptualized along with operational planning methods and

    change management. Research methodology is to describe how to gather information (method)

    this can be survey interview, litterateur review etc. And then explain each method what are they,

    what are the method. Some important factors in research methodology of measure most of your

    work is finished by the time you finish the analysis of data. Formulation of research questions

    along with sampling weather probable or non-probable is followed by measurement that includes

    surveys and scaling. This is followed by research design, which may be either experimental or

    quasi-experimental. Methodology includes a philosophically coherent collection of theories,

    concepts or ideas as they relate to a particular discipline or field of inquiry.

    METHOD OF DATA PRESENTATION

    Any research finally leads to a result, which would be analyzed, from the data that have

    been received by the researcher. Data analysis is meant to be the most sensitive part of any

    research work. On achieving this various methods can be adopted there are three different

    methods using for data analysis such as univariate statistic.

    The univariate analysis consist of mean, standard deviation, percentage etc. although the

    mean most commonly seen representation of central tendency and the stranded deviation takes

    into account each observation’s distance from the mean. The obtained data were presented

    through table based on the percentage of the respondents and were analysis through spread sheet

    under the univariate measures such as mean, standard deviation.

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    5. 

    ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION

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    METHOD OF DATA EVALUATION

    After the data analysis, it must be evaluate to get the decision. Here the decision rule will

    be applied that is univariate measure calculated to the decision. The liker’s scale is given 1-3 to

    each statement in the questionnaires.

    Based on the value indicated in the questionnaire, the average value for each factor is considered.

    The mean value lies between 1-3 which follows.

    1) Agree

    2) Neutral

    3) Disagree

    1 2 3

    Further three types of degree of consideration that can be derived regarding differentiation

    variables are show in the following table

    Decision Criteria for Univariate Analysis

    Range Decision Attribute

    1

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    AGE DISTRIBUTION

    Age distribution pattern of the customer in Coimbatore branch it’s represented by the

    sample 100. Age distribution class was categories in to three classes.63% of customer

    represented the age categories of 18-35 years. 5% of customer represented the age categories of

    36-50 years. 32% of customer represented the age categories of over 50 years.

    Age Distribution Frequency Percentage

    18-35 Years 63 63%

    36-50years 5 5%

    Over 50 Years 32 32%

    Total 100 100%

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    18 - 35 36 - 50 above 50

    Age Distribution

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    GENDER

    In this research the factor of gender represent 76% of sample male & 24% of samples

    female.

    Gender Frequency Percentage

    Male 76 76%

    Female 24 24%

    Total 100 100%

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    80

    Male Female

    Gender

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    MARITAL STATUS

    Out of 100 samples, 77% samples were unmarried and 23% of samples were married.

    Marital status Frequency Percentage

    Unmarried 77 77%

    Married 23 23%

    Total 100 100%

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    80

    90

    Unmarried Married

    Marital status

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    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

    33% of samples were found in the category of UG degree holder. 58% of samples were

    found in the category of PG degree holder. 19% of samples were found in the category of other

    or none.

    Education Qualification Frequency Percentage

    UG degree holder 33 33%

    PG degree holder 58 58%

    Other or none 19 19%

    Total 100 100%

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    UG Degree Holder PG Degree Holder Other or None

    Education Qualification

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    OCCUPATION

    64% of samples were found in the category of professional. 10% of samples were found

    in the category of clerical. 26% of samples were found in the category of unskilled workers.

    Occupation Frequency Percentage

    Professional 64 64%

    Teacher 0 0%

    Clerical 10 10%

    Unskilled workers 26 26%

    Total 100 100%

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    Professional Teacher Clerical Unskilled workers

    Occupation

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    INCOME

    Income was categories in to four classes. 5% customer represents the income Rs 10000-

    20000.12% customer represents the income Rs 20000-30000. 83% customer represents the

    income above Rs 300000.

    Income range (per month) Frequency Percentage

    Rs 10000-20000 5 5%

    Rs 20001-30000 12 12%

    Above Rs 300000 83 83%

    Total 100 100%

    0

    2

    4

    6

    8

    10

    12

    14

    10000 - 20000 20001 - 30000 Above 30000

    Income

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    RESEARCH INFORMATION

    The data collected from 100 customers who were statement in order to evaluate. The

    mean and standard deviation are calculated to evaluate the research details.

    Mean = Σfx / Σf  

    Standard deviation = (Σfx^2 / Σf)-(Σfx / Σf ) ^2

    EVALUATED RESEARCH DATA

    7. In thinking about the recent experience with IDBI Federal life insurance, rate the satisfaction

    with the customer service received by you?

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 78 78%

    Neutral 0 0%

    Disagree 22 22%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 78 78 1 78

    Neutral 2 0 0 4 0

    Disagree 3 22 66 9 198

    100 144 276

    Mean = 1.44

    Standard deviation = 0.69

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Service Satisfaction

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    8. The process for getting your concerns resolved is fast?

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 83 83%

    Neutral 0 0%

    Disagree 17 17%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 83 83 1 83

    Neutral 2 0 0 4 0

    Disagree 3 17 51 9 153

    100 134 236

    Mean = 1.34

    Standard deviation = 0.56

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    7080

    90

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Concern Solvation

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    9. Please think about the features and the benefits of the insurance you took. Are you satisfied

    with the insurance?

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 32 32%

    Neutral 45 45%

    Disagree 23 23%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 32 32 1 32

    Neutral 2 45 90 4 180

    Disagree 3 23 69 9 207

    100 191 419

    Mean = 1.91

    Standard deviation = 0.54

    0

    5

    10

    15

    20

    25

    30

    35

    40

    4550

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Benefit Satisfaction

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    10. a. The customer service representative was very courteous

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 53 53%

    Neutral 17 17%

    Disagree 30 30%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 53 53 1 53

    Neutral 2 17 34 4 68

    Disagree 3 30 90 9 270

    100 177 391

    Mean = 1.77

    Standard deviation = 0.78

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Courteous Service

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    b. The customer service representative handled your call quickly

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 56 56%

    Neutral 5 5%

    Disagree 39 39%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 56 56 1 56

    Neutral 2 5 10 4 20

    Disagree 3 39 117 9 315

    100 183 391

    Mean = 1.83

    Standard deviation = 0.56

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Quick Call

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    c. The customer service representative was knowledgeable

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 68 68%

    Neutral 12 12%

    Disagree 20 20%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 68 68 1 68

    Neutral 2 12 24 4 48

    Disagree 3 20 60 9 180

    100 152 296

    Mean = 1.52

    Standard deviation = 0.65

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    80

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Knowledge Representative

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    11. The policy plans of IDBI Federal Company provide highest benefits for you?

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 80 80%

    Neutral 15 15%

    Disagree 5 5%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 80 80 1 80

    Neutral 2 15 30 4 60

    Disagree 3 5 15 9 45

    100 125 185

    Mean = 1.25

    Standard deviation = 0.25

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    80

    90

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Highest Benifits

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    12. The insurance plans policy and procedure of IDBI insurance company are understandable

    easily?

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 100 100%

    Neutral 0 0%

    Disagree 0 0%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 100 100 1 100

    Neutral 2 0 0 4 0

    Disagree 3 0 0 9 0

    100 100 100

    Mean = 1

    Standard deviation = 0

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    120

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Policy & Procedures Understandability

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    13. Is the premium payment mode of IDBI federal insurance is easy?

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 100 100%

    Neutral 0 0%

    Disagree 0 0%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 100 100 1 100

    Neutral 2 0 0 4 0

    Disagree 3 0 0 9 0

    100 100 100

    Mean = 1

    Standard deviation = 0

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    120

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Easy Payment Mode

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    14. Do you like to have a long term relation with IDBI insurance company?

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 34 34%

    Neutral 24 24%

    Disagree 42 42%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 34 34 1 34

    Neutral 2 24 48 4 96

    Disagree 3 42 126 9 378

    100 208 508

    Mean = 2.08

    Standard deviation = 0.73

    0

    5

    10

    15

    20

    25

    30

    3540

    45

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Long Relationship

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    15. Do you recommend IDBI Insurance Company to your friends?

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 43 43%

    Neutral 52 52%

    Disagree 31 31%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 43 43 1 43

    Neutral 2 26 52 4 104

    Disagree 3 31 93 9 279

    100 188 426

    Mean = 1.88

    Standard deviation = 0.73

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Recommend IDBI

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    16. You insure in IDBI because friends insisted?

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 68 68%

    Neutral 10 10%

    Disagree 22 22%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 68 68 1 68

    Neutral 2 10 20 4 40

    Disagree 3 22 66 9 198

    100 154 306

    Mean = 1.54

    Standard deviation = 0.69

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    80

    Agree Neutral Disagree

    Friends Insisted

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    17. Would you like to have another insurance policy in IDBI in future?

    Frequency Percentage

    Agree 32 32%

    Neutral 23 23%

    Disagree 45 45%

    Total 100 100%

    X f fx x^2 fx^2

    Agree 1 32 32 1 32

    Neutral 2 23 46 4 92

    Disagree 3 45 135 9 405

    100 213 529

    Mean = 2.13

    Standard deviation = 0.75

    0

    5

    10

    15

    20

    25

    30

    35

    40

    45

    50

    Agree Neutal Disagree

    Another Policy In IDBI

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    OVERALL MEANS & STANDARD DEVIATION VALUE

    Statement Agree Neutral Disagree Mean Std.De

    In thinking about the recent experience

    with IDBI Federal life insurance, rate

    the satisfaction with the customer

    service received by you?

    78 0 22 1.44 0.69

    The process for getting your concernsresolved is fast?

    83 0 17 1.34 0.56

    Please think about the features and the

    benefits of the insurance you took. Areyou satisfied with the insurance

    32 45 23 1.91 0.54

    The customer service representative was

    very courteous

    53 17 30 1.77 0.78

    The customer service representative

    handled your call quickly

    56 5 39 1.83 0.56

    The customer service representative was

    knowledgeable

    68 12 20 1.52 0.65

    The policy plans of IDBI Federal

    company provide highest benefits for

    you?

    80 15 5 1.25 0.25

    The insurance plans policy andprocedure of IDBI insurance company

    are understandable easily?

    100 0 0 1 0

    Is the premium payment mode of IDBIfederal insurance is easy?

    100 0 0 1 0

    Do you like to have a long term relation

    with IDBI insurance company?

    34 24 42 2.08 0.75

    Do you recommend IDBI Insurancecompany to your friends?

    43 26 31 1.88 0.73

    You insure in IDBI because friends

    insisted?

    68 10 22 1.54 0.69

    Would you like to have another insure

    policy in IDBI in future?

    32 23 45 2.13 0.75

    No of Response Mean Std deviation

    100 20.69 6.95

    The above table shows that IDBI federal insurance is having a high level of customer

    relinquishment.

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    6. FINDINGS

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    CUSTOMER RELINQUISHMENT

    IDBI federal insurance is having a high level of customer relinquishment.

    WAYS TO RETAIN THE CUSTOMER

    The IDBI federal insurance company in Coimbatore branch has to take some action to have

    customers for long time.

    i. 

    Free some amount of premium on continuous purchase.

    ii. 

    Give some gifts which must satisfy the needs of the customers.

    iii. 

    Establish membership cards and membership programs

    iv.  Frequent buyer programs which permit customers to build up fair play

    v.  Databases that keep track of customer’s purchases, preferences, complements and

    complaints, which are used to carry out loyalty building services and dialogs.

    vi.  Integrated marketing programs where the advertising, direct communications, customer

    service, database marketing and sales programs are all orchestrated together and designed

    to build loyalty.

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    7. RECOMMENDATION 

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    RECOMMENDATIONS

    The unmarried people are actually not interested to take insurance. They wanted to invest

    their money in other fields like buying a house, bike, buildings, and real-estate etc. They are even

    ready to take risk for more earnings.

    The married peoples are interested in insurance for the benefit of their partner as well as their

    children and medical expenses. Generally educated people understand easily so most of graduate

    clearly understand the benefits of insurance policies.

    So IDBI Federal Life Insurance Corporation Limited can develop a new policy by targeting

    the unmarried people.

    IDBI have to increase their promotional activities in such a way that even unskilled persons

    understand the importance of their Insurance add value to their customer.

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    8. 

    CONCLUSION

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    CONCLUSIONS

    The data were collected from the customer’s response of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance

    Corporation Limited Coimbatore branch. Based on the percentage of the customers 100 sample

    size was collected. The age, gender, marital statuses, educational qualification, occupation,

    monthly income, were analyzed as personal information in the questionnaire. According to the

    collected personal information, most of the sample customers were young age, single, educated,

    higher income customers who got insurance. According to the research the IDBI Federal Life

    Insurance Corporation Limited Coimbatore have high customer relinquishment because most of

    the customers did not insure out of their own interest. Parents, Friends who are working or doing

    their project or internship in IDBI Federal Life Insurance wanted them to have a policy. This is

    the reason why customers move out of IDBI Federal.

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    9. APPENDIX

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    QUESTIONNAIRE

    Good morning is this Mr./Ms.………… 

    I am Sindhu from IDBI federal one of the leading wealthsurance solution provider in India.

    Do you have a moment to talk?

    I work extensively in the area of proving future financial planning solution to people. My

    expertise includes planning for your family’s financial security, your children’s education,

    marriage or your personal retirement.

    The reason why I called you today is to get your idea and feedback about IDBI federal can I

    continue?

    PART A: PERSONAL DETAILS

    1. Is your age

    a) 18-36 years

    b) 36-45 years

    c) Over 50 years

    2. Gender

    a) Male

    b) Female

    3. Marital status

    a) Single

    b) Married

    4. Education qualification

    a) UG degree holder

    b) PG degree holder

    c) Other or none

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    5. Occupation

    a) Professional

    b) Teacher

    c) Clerical

    d) Unskilled workers

    6. Monthly income

    a) Rs 10000-20000

    b) Rs 20000-30000

    c) Above Rs 300000

    PART B: RESEARCH DETAILSEvaluate the statement on the basis of the point given below

    1. Agree

    2. Neutral

    3. Disagree

    7. In thinking about the recent experience with IDBI Federal life insurance, rate the satisfaction

    with the customer service received by you?

    1 2 3

    8. The process for getting your concerns resolved is fast?

    1 2 3

    9. Please think about the features and the benefits of the insurance you took. Are you satisfied

    with the insurance?

    1 2 3

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    10. Customer service Representative 

    Pertain to the customer service representative you spoke with most recently please indicate

    whether you agree or disagree or none to the following statements

    1 2 3

    The customer service

    Representative was O O O

    Very courteous

    The customer service

    Representative handled O O O

    your call quickly

    The customer service

    Representative was O O O

    Knowledgeable

    11. The policy plans of IDBI Federal Company provide highest benefits for you?

    1 2 3

    12. The insurance plans policy and procedure of IDBI insurance company are understandable

    easily?

    1 2 3

    13. Is the premium payment mode of IDBI federal insurance is easy?

    1 2 3

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    14. Do you like work or held the relationship between you and IDBI insurance company at long

    time?

    1 2 3

    15. Do you recommend IDBI Insurance Company to your friends?

    1 2 3

    16. You insure in IDBI because friends insisted?

    1 2 3

    17. Would you like to have another insure policy in IDBI in future?

    1 2 3

    Thanks a lot for your response

    Have a nice day

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    10. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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    Books

    1. 

    Research Method for Business Students-Pearson Education-Mark Saunders, Philip Lewis,

    and Adrian Thorn hill.

    2. 

    Questioner design-Ian Brace

    3.  Developing a Questionnaire (Real World Research) by Bill Gill ham

    4.  Questionnaire Design by A.N. Oppenheim

    5. 

    Analysis of Questionnaire Data with R by Bruno Falissard

    6.  Kothari C.R. (1990) Research Methodology: Method and Techniques, WishvaParkashan,

    New Delhi. PP115-117

    7. 

    Bodie. Z, Kane. A & Marcus. J: Essentials of Investments PP242-243

    Websites

    1. 

    http://www.economywatch.com/indianeconomy/indian-insurance-sector.html

    2.  http://www.indianmba.com/Occasional_Papers/OP85/op85.html

    3.  http://www.banknetindia.com/finance/insure2011.htm

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