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SMS advertising and Harshad Mehta

Monday, January 11th, 2010

SMS advertising has such a high irritation factored into it, one wonders why the advertisers bother to waste their ad money on it? From store sales to 'body massages' and now it was stock tips. I got one such SMS today which advised me to buy a certain stock at X level and and hold ...

Get Traffic Alerts on the Go – Coutesy; ICICI Lombard General Insurance

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

ICICI Lombard General Insurance has found a unique way to reach out to Motorists; send them a Traffic Alert SMS as they are driving. ICICI Lombard General Insurance has joined hands with SMS GupShup, to bring to Mumbai motorists free traffic alerts through SMS directly from the Traffic Control Room of ...

Celebs rules endorsements for financial sector

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Business Standard has an article on Insurers  banking on celebrities for endorsements. Several of these we have blogged about earlier. I am putting in links incase you wish to jog your memory. The articles states Max Vijay is a low premium policy from Max New York Life with a premium of Rs ...

Insurance industry experimenting with different sales channels

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

A curious little article caught my eye. It said Rosebys Interiors India Ltd.  has signed a pact with Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Co. to provide home insurance to its customers. The home decor and lifestyle retail chain said also it plans to increase the number of its stores in India ...

ICICI Lombard rates highest on consumer satisfaction

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

ICICI Lombard ranks highest in customer satisfaction with auto insurance providers, according to the J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2009 India Auto Insurance Customer Satisfaction Index (AIS) Study. The inaugural study measures auto insurance policyholder experiences with their primary insurers. Customer satisfaction is measured across six factors: interaction; claims; product/policy offerings; ...

FEATURE: Interview with Anup Seth, Senior Vice President, Mallassurance, Future Generali India Life

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

The Mallassurance™ delivery channel is a first in India's insurance sector, selling  Life  and  General  Insurance  offerings  through all Future Group retail  outlets  across  the country. This model has worked well for Future Generali,  whereby  today  a sizeable chunk of their customers come through the Mallassurance route. An interview with  Anup ...

National Insurance Company undergoes a transformation

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

National Insurance Company was incorporated in 1906 with their head office in Kolkata, and they have now undergone a brand transformation. The General Insurance giant, has revealed its new brand identity. The old logo of the company sported a peacock and the revised logo too continues to be adorned by the ...

Confused about Insurance? Here comes the Insurance Pandit

Monday, March 9th, 2009

In today’s time the customer is the king and people have become more conscious of the products and services they buy, especially when it comes to Insurance as they buy it to protect either their near and dear ones or their assets. To cater to this very need there is a site, ...

ICICI Lombard promotes its ‘instant policies’

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

ICICI Lombard’s new marketing campaign is promoting the ‘instant policy’ aspect of the insurer. While the company has been one of the first to promote online purchase of insurance products, this is the first time a campaign has been launched to highlight the ‘no hassles, no paperwork instant policy’ aspect. The ...

Choose Your Insurance Policy Online

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Policybazaar.com is a website launched to cater to most of our insurance needs. In today’s market, where there are so many insurance policies, this site helps you to compare the policies on many factors and helps you to make a decision. Moreover it also caters to different domains – Car insurance, Life ...