New Delhi: Private sector life insurer Aegon Religare on Wednesday said it would hire 10,000 agents in the current fiscal to support its expansion plans.
"We would hire 10,000 agents this fiscal taking the headcount to 12,000, out of which more than 2,000 have already been employed," Aegon Religare Chief Executive Officer Rajiv Jamkhedkar told reporters.
In addition to this, the company plans to recruit about
300 sales managers in the current fiscal, he said.
To grow its business, the company intends to invest Rs 230
crore during 2009-10, out of which Rs 95 crore have already
been infused.
The insurance firm, which is a three-way venture promoted
by Religare Enterprises, Aegon of the Netherlands and Bennett,
Coleman has launched its unit linked insurance plan-- Aegon
Religare Invest Maximiser-- which the company claims would
give the highest rate of return among other such instruments.
"The Aegon Religare Invest Maximiser Plan is aimed at
providing the customer with the highest value and is a
reiteration of our core strategy of being customer-centric
both in terms of products as well as service and overall
experience," Jamkhedkar said.
The company also plans to launch 4-5 new insurance schemes
in the next six months.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 18:17