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    Contents

    Chapter 1- Introduction And objective

    Chapter 2-Industry profile

    Chapter 3-Company profile

    Chapter 4-Subject matter Introduction of topic

    Research methodology

    Chapter 5- Data analysis and interpretation

    Chapter 6-Conclusion

    Cchapter7-Recommentation

    Chapter8- Bibliography

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    Chapter 1

    INTRODUCTION

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    INTRODUCTION

    LIFE INSURANCE IN INDIA

    Life insurance in India made its debut well over 100 years ago.In our country,

    which is one of the most populated in the world, the prominence of insurance is

    not as widely understood, as it ought to be. What follows is an attempt to acquaint

    readers with some of the concepts of life insurance, with special reference to LIC.

    It should, however, be clearly understood that the following content is by no means

    an exhaustive description of the terms and conditions of an LIC policy or Its

    benefits or privileges.

    For more details, please contact our branch or divisional office. Any LIC Agent

    will be glad to help you choose the life insurance plan to meet your needs and

    render policy servicing.

    What Is Life Insurance?

    Life insurance is a contract that pledges payment of an amount to the person

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    assured (or his nominee) on the happening of the event insured against.

    The contract is valid for payment of the insured amount during:

    The date of maturity, or

    Specified dates at periodic intervals, or

    Unfortunate death, if it occurs earlier.

    Among other things, the contract also provides for the payment of premium

    periodically to the Corporation by the policyholder. Life insurance is universally

    acknowledged to be an institution, which eliminates 'risk', substituting certainty

    for uncertainty and comes to the timely aid of the family in the unfortunate event

    of death of the breadwinner. By and large, life insurance is civilization's partial

    solution to the problems caused by death. Life insurance, in short, is concerned

    with two hazards that stand across the life-path of every person:

    1. That of dying prematurely leaving a dependent family to fend for itself.

    2. That of living till old age without visible means of support.

    Customer satisfied with LIC service because the LIC totally concentrate

    customer relations and it makes customers attract towards the LIC

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    LIC moves towards better customer relations

    Plans to start a new portal for its policyholders

    Our Regional Bureau / Hyderabad September 07,

    2005

    Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is embarking on a number of customer

    relationship management initiatives to retain its foothold in the market, in the

    wake of private players inching their way up in the life insurance sector.

    The Insurance behemoth is planning to tie-up with a number of banks to enable a

    payment gateway wherein the policyholders can make their premium payments via

    credit cards.

    LIC is planning to start a new portal for its policyholders where a customer can

    log in, get details on his/her policies, change the resident address when he/she

    shifts to a new place and even take a printout of the income tax certificate. The

    portal is likely to be ready in a month's time.

    Besides, it has already started work on allotment of customer folio number to

    know each customer's holding.

    "The allotment of customer folio number for all our holders will still take a year's

    time in this zone," H Nanda, regional manager, information technology, LIC

    (south-central zone), said.

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    "The electronic clearance system that we have launched at Hyderabad, Bangalore,

    Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam, has been doing very well. Here the customer's

    premium is automatically debited from his account at the time of payment," he

    added. Shortly, the zone will also see the launch of this system in Mysore,Mangalore and Hubli.

    "This month, we will also be setting up five satellite branches in the zone, with two

    being in Hyderabad and three in Bangalore," A K Sahoo, regional manager

    (marketing), LIC (south-central zone), said at a press conference organised on the

    occasion of the beginning of the golden jubilee year for LIC.

    Regarding the recently launched Bima Gold policy, a money-back policy with

    premium payment options, the corporation plans to sell 15 lakh policies this year

    in the south central zone with the national figure being one crore.

    LIC also plans to launch three-four products this year with one of these being unit-

    linked insurance plan in October. As on August 31, 2005, the zone has issued

    12,47,795 policies under new business.

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    OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

    The main objective of this study is to carry on brief study on "Customer

    satisfaction survey on insurance products of LIC Other objectives of this project

    are as follows:

    To identify the insurance needs of the Indian population with

    respect to their emotional, physical and financial conditions.

    Comparative study of various insurance players in the market

    To study the varied reasons of availing life insurance plans

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    To clearly understand the rationale behind the investment in policies of LIC

    and private sector insurance companies

    To test the awareness of customers on various aspects of life insurance

    policies offered by LIC and other private sector insurance companies and

    find whether there is any relation between them.

    The prime objective of the study is to find out the level of satisfaction of a

    customer (policy holders or beneficiary) so far as the settlement of claims.

    To find out the procedure of claim policy holder or the beneficiary

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    Chapter 2

    Industry profile

    Industry profile

    ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

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    Life Insurance in its modern form came to India from England in the year

    1818. Oriental Life Insurance Company stated by Europeans in Calcutta was the

    first life insurance company on Indian Soil. All the insurance companiesestablished during that period were brought up with the purpose of looking after

    the needs of European community and Indian natives were not being insured by

    these companies.

    However, later with the efforts of eminent people like Babu Muttylal Seal, the

    foreign life insurance companies started insuring Indian lives. But Indian lives

    were being treated as sub-standard lives and heavy extra premiums were being

    changed on them.

    Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society heralded the birth of first Indian life

    insurance company in the year 1870, and covered Indian lives at normal rates.

    Starting as Indian enterprise with highly patriotic motives, insurance companies

    came tito existence to carry the message of insurance and social security through

    insurance to various sectors of society. Bharat Insurance Company (1896) was

    also one of such companies inspired by natioalism. the Swadeshi movement of

    1905-1907 gavwe rise to more insurance companies. The United India in Madras,National Indian and National Insurance in Calcutta and the Hindustan Co-

    operative Insurance Company took its birth in one of the rooms of the Jorasanko,

    house of the great poet Rabindranath Tagore, in Calcutta. The Indian Mercantile,

    General Assurance and Swadeshi Life (later Bombay Life) were some of the

    companies established during the same period. Prior to 1912. India had no

    legislation to regulate insurance business.

    In the year 1912, the Life Insurance Companies Act, and the Provident Fund Act

    were passed. The Life Insurance Companies Act, 1912 made it necessary that thepremium rate tables and periodical valuations of companies should be certified by

    an actuary.

    But the act discriminated between foreign and Indian companies on many

    accounts, putting the Indian companies at a disadvantage.

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    The first two decades of the twentieth century saw lot of growth in insurance

    business. From 44 companies with total business-in force as Rs. 22.44 crore, it

    rose to 176 companies with total business-in-force as Rs. 298 crore in 1938.

    During the

    mushrooming of insurance companies many financially unsound concerns were

    also floated which failed miserably. The Insurance Act 1938 was the first

    legislation governing not only life insurance but also non-life insurance to provide

    strict state control over insurance business. The demand for nationalization of life

    insurance industry was made repeatedly in the past but it gathered momentum in

    1944 when a bill to amend the Life Insurance Act 1938 was introduced in the

    Legislative Assembly. However, it was much later on the 19th of January, 1956,

    that life insurance in India was nationalized. About 154 Indian insurancecompanies, 16 non-Indian companies and 75 provident were operating in India at

    the time of nationalization, nationalization was accomplished in two stages;

    initially the management of the companies was taken over by means of an

    Ordinance, and later, the ownership too by means of a comprehensive bill. The

    Parliament of India passed the Life Insurance Corporation Act on the 19th of June

    1956, and the Life Insurance Corporation of India was created on 1st September,

    1956, with the objective of spreading life insurance much more widely and in

    particular to the rural areas with a view to reach all insurable persons in thecountry, providing them adequate financial cover at a reasonable cost.

    LIC had 5 zonal offices, 33 divisional offices and 212 branch offices, apart from

    its corporate office in the year 1956. Since life insurance contracts are long term

    contracts and during the currency of the policy it requires a variety of services

    need was felt in the later years to expand the operations and place a branch office

    at each district headquarter, re-organization of LIC took place and large numbers

    of new branch offices were opened. As a result of re-organization servicing

    functions were transferred to the branches, and branches were made accountingunits. It worked wonders with the performance of the corporation. It may be seen

    that from about 200.00 crores of New Business in 1957 the corporation crossed

    1000.00 crores only in the year 1969-70, and it took another 10 years for LIC to

    cross 2000.00 crore mark of new business. But with re-organization happening in

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    the early eighties, by 1985-86 LIC had already crossed 7000.00 crore Sum

    Assured on new policies.

    Today LIC functions with 2048 fully computerized branch offices, 100

    divisional offices, 7 zonal offices and the corporate office. LIC's Wide Area

    Network covers 100 divisional offices and connects all the branches through a

    Metro Area Network. LIC has tied up with some Banks and Service providers to

    offer on-lint premium collection facility in selected cities. LIC's ECS and ATM

    premium payment facility is an addition to customer convenience. Apart from on-

    line Kiosks and IVRS,Info Centres have been commissioned at Mumbai,

    Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, Pune and

    many other cities. With a vision of providing easy access to its policyholders, LIC

    has launched its SATELLITE SAMPARK offices. The satellite offices are smaller,leaner and closer to the customer. The digitalized records of the satellite offices

    will facilitate anywhere servicing and many other conveniences in the future.

    LIC continues to be the dominant life insurer even in theliberalized scenario of

    Indian insurance and is moving fast on a new growth trajectory surpassing its own

    past records. LIC has issued over one crore policies during the current year. It has

    crossed the milestone of issuing 1,01,32,955 new policies by 15th Oct, 2005,

    posting a healthy growth rate of 16.67% over the corresponding period of the

    previous year.

    From then to now, LIC has crossed many milestones and has set unprecedented

    performance records in various aspects of life insurance business. The same

    motives which inspired our forefathers to bring insurance into existence in this

    country inspire us at LIC to take this message of protection to light the lamps of

    security in as many homes as possible and to help the people in providing security

    to their families.

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    Some of the important milestones in the life insurance business in India

    are:

    1818: Oriental Life Insurance Company, the first life insurance company on

    Indian

    soil started functioning.

    1870: Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society, the first Indian life insurance

    company started its business.

    1912: The Indian Life Assurance Companies Act enacted as the first statute to

    regulate the life insurance business.

    1928: The Indian Insurance Companies Act enacted to enable the government to

    collect statistical information about both life and non-life insurance businesses.

    1938: Earlier legislation consolidated and amended to by the Insurance Act with

    the objective of protecting the interests of the insuring public.

    1956: 245 Indian and foreign insurers and provident societies are taken over by

    the

    central government and nationalized. LIC formed by an Act of Parliament, viz.

    LIC Act, 1956, with a capital contribution of Rs. 5 crore from the Government of

    India.

    The General insurance business in India, on the other hand, can

    trace its roots to the Triton Insurance Company Ltd., the first general insurance

    company established in the year 1850 in Calcutta by the British.

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    Life insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

    The Life insurance Corporation was established about 44 years ago with a view to

    provide an insurance cover against various risks in life. A monolith then, the

    corporation, enjoyed a monopoly status and become synonymous with life

    insurance. Its main asset is its staff strength of 1.24 lakhs employed and 2,048

    branches and over six-lakhs agency force.

    LIC has hundred divisional offices and has established extensive training facility

    at all levels. At the apex, is the Management Development Institute, seven zonal

    Training Centre and 35 sales Training Centers. At the industry level, along with

    the

    Government and the GIC, it has helped establish the National Insurance Academy.

    It presently transacts individual Life Insurance business, group Insurance

    business, social security schemes and Pensions, grants housing loans through its

    subsidiary. And the markets savings and Investment products through its mutual

    fund. It pays off about Rs 6,000 crores annually to5.6 million policyholders

    LIC OPERATES ALL OVER INDIA

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    Chapter 3

    Company profile

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    Company profile

    Type: Public limited company or Government-owned corporation

    Founded: September 1, 1956

    Headquarters: Headquarters in Mumbai, India (Various other locations in

    India and abroad)

    Key people: T. S. Vijayan (Chairman), D. K. Mehta and Thomas Mathew

    (Managing Directors)

    Industry: Life insurance

    Products: Insurance and Pension Plans

    Employees: Over 10,00,000

    Parent: NIL

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    Subsidiaries: LIC Housing Finance Limited, etc.

    Website: http://www.licindia.com

    Chapter 4

    Objectives Of LIC

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    OBJECTIVES OF LIC

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    Spread Life Insurance widely and in particular to the rural areas and to

    the socially and economically backward classes with a view to reaching

    allinsurable persons in the country and providing them adequate financial

    cover against death at a reasonable cost.

    Maximize mobilization of people savings by making insurance-linked

    savings adequately attractive.

    Bear in mind, in the investment of funds, the primary obligation to its

    policyholders, whose money it holds in trust, without losing sight of the

    interest of the community as a whole; the funds to be deployed to the best

    advantage of the investors as well as the community as a whole, keeping in

    view national priorities and obligations of attractive return.

    Conduct business with utmost economy and with the full realization that

    moneys belong to the policyholders.

    Act as trustees of the insured public in their individual and collective

    capacities.

    Meet the various life insurance needs of the community that would arise in

    the changing social and economic environment.

    Involve all people working in the Corporation to the best of their capability

    in furthering the interests of the insured public by providing efficient service

    with courtesy.

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    Promote amongst all agent and employees of the corporation a sense of

    participation, pride and job towards achievement of Corporate objective.

    MISSION/VISION

    Mission

    "Explore and enhance the quality of life of people through financial security by

    providing products and services of aspired attributes with competitive returns, and

    by rendering resources for economic development."

    Vision

    "A trans-nationally competitive financial conglomerate of significance to societies

    and Pride of India."

    LIC of India is the one and only public sector life insurance Company in India.

    Some of the important milestones in the life insurance business in India are:

    1818: Oriental Life Insurance Company, the first life insurance company on

    Indian

    soil started functioning.

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    1870: Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society, the first Indian life insurance

    company started its business.

    1912: The Indian Life Assurance Companies Act enacted as the first statute to

    regulate the life insurance business.

    1928: The Indian Insurance Companies Act enacted to enable the government to

    collect statistical information about both life and non-life insurance businesses.

    1938: Earlier legislation consolidated and amended to by the Insurance Act with

    the objective of protecting the interests of the insuring public.

    1956: 245 Indian and foreign insurers and provident societies are taken over by

    the

    central government and nationalised. LIC formed by an Act of Parliament, viz.

    LIC

    Act, 1956, with a capital contribution of Rs. 5 crore from the Government of India.

    The General insurance business in India, on the other hand, can trace its roots to

    the Triton Insurance Company Ltd., the first general insurance company

    established in the year 1850 in Calcutta by the British.

    Chapter 5

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    Products Of LIC

    Products Of LIC:

    LIC - Jeevan Anurag

    Benefits:

    LIC's Jeevan ANURAG is a with profits plan specifically designed to take care of

    the educational needs of children. The plan can be taken by a parent on his or her

    own life. Benefits under the plan are payable at prespecified durations

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    irrespective of whether the Life Assured survives to the end of the policy term or

    dies during the term of the policy. In addition, this plan also provides for an

    immediate payment of Basic Sum Assured amount on death of the Life Assured

    during the term of the policy.

    Assured Benefit:

    Payment of 20% of the Basic Sum Assured at the start of every year during last 3

    policy years before maturity. At maturity, 40% of the Basic Sum Assured along

    with reversionary bonuses declared from time to time on full Sum Assured for the

    full term and the Terminal bonus, if any shall be payable. For example, if term ofthe policy is 20 years, 20% of the Sum assured will be payable at the end of the

    17th, 18th, 19th year and 40% of the Sum Assured along with the reversionary

    bonuses and the terminal bonus, if any, at the end of the 20th year.

    Death Benefit:

    Payment of an amount equal to Sum Assured under the basic plan immediately on

    the death of the life assured.

    LIC - Jeewan Kisore

    Product summary:

    This is an Endowment Assurance Plan available for children of less than 12 years

    of age. The policy may be purchased by any of the parent/grand parent.

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    Commencement of risk cover:

    The risk commences either after 2 years from the date of commencement of policy

    or from the policy anniversary immediately following the completion of 7 years of

    age of child, whichever is later.

    Premiums:

    Premiums are payable yearly, half-yearly, quarterly or monthly throughout the

    term of the policy or till earlier death of child.

    Bonuses:

    This is a with-profits plan and participates in the profits of the Corporation's life

    insurance business. It gets a share of the profits in the form of bonuses. Simple

    Reversionary Bonuses are declared per thousand Sum Assured annually at the

    end of each financial year. Once declared, they form part of the guaranteed

    benefits of the plan. A Final (Additional) Bonus may also be payable provided

    policy has run for certain minimum period.

    LIC - Childs Career Plan

    Introduction:

    This plan is specially designed to meet the increasing educational and other needs

    of growing children. It provides the risk cover on the life of child not only during

    the policy term but also during the extended term (i.e. 7 years after the expiry of

    policy term). A number of Survival benefits are payable on surviving by the life

    assured to the end of the specified durations.

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    Options:

    You may choose Sum Assured (S.A.), Maturity Age, Policy Term, Mode of

    Premium payment and Premium Waiver Benefit.

    Payment of Premium:

    You may pay the premiums regularly at yearly, half-yearly, quarterly or through

    Salary deductions over the term of policy. Premiums may be paid either for 6

    years or up to 5 years before the policy term.

    LIC - Jeevan Chhaya

    Product summary:

    This is an Endowment Assurance plan that provides financial protection against

    death throughout the term of the plan. Besides payment of Sum Assured

    immediately on death, one-fourth of Sum Assured is payable at the end of each of

    last four years of policy term whether the life assured dies or survives the term of

    the policy.

    Premiums:

    Premiums are payable yearly, half-yearly, quarterly, monthly or through salary

    deductions as opted by you throughout the term of the policy or till the earlier

    death.

    LIC - Child Future Plan

    Introduction:

    This plan is specially designed to meet the increasing educational, marriage and

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    other needs of growing children. It provides the risk cover on the life of child not

    only during the policy term but also during the extended term (i.e. 7 years after

    the expiry of policy term). A number of Survival benefits are payable on surviving

    by the life assured to the end of the specified durations.

    Options:

    You may choose Sum Assured (S.A.), Maturity Age, Policy Term, Mode of

    Premium payment and Premium Waiver Benefit.

    Payment of Premiums:

    You may pay the premiums regularly at yearly, half-yearly, quarterly or through

    Salary deductions over the term of policy. Premiums may be paid either for 6

    years or up to 5 years before the policy term.

    LIC - Jeevan Shree

    Product summary:

    This is an Endowment Assurance plan offering the choice of many convenient

    premium-paying terms. It provides financial protection against death throughout

    the term of plan with the payment of maturity amount on survival to the end of the

    policy term.

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    Premiums:

    Premiums are payable yearly, half-yearly, quarterly, monthly or through Salary

    deductions, as opted by you, throughout the premium paying term or till earlier

    death. Alternatively premium may be paid in one lump sum.

    Guaranteed Additions :

    The policy provides for the Guaranteed Additions at the rate of Rs. 50/- per

    thousand Sum Assured for each completed year for first five years of the policy.

    LIC - The Whole Life Policy

    This plan is mainly devised to create an estate for the heirs of the policyholder as

    the plan basically provides for payment of sum assured plus bonuses on the death

    of the policyholder. However, considering the increased longevity of the Indian

    population, the Corporation has amended the above provision, thereby providing

    for payment of sum assured plus bonuses in the form of maturity claim on

    completion of age 80 years or on expiry of term of 40 years from date of

    commencement of the policy whichever is later.The premiums under the policy are

    payable up to age 80 years of the policyholder or for a term of 35 years whichever

    is later. If the payment of premium ceases after 3 years, a paid-up policy for such

    reduced sum assured will be automatically secured provided the reduced sum

    assured exclusive of any attached bonus is not less than Rs.250/-. Such reduced

    paid-up policy is not entitled to participate in the bonus declared thereafter but the

    bonuses already declared on the policy will remain attach, provided the policy is

    converted in to a paid-up policy after the premiums are paid for 5 years.

    LIC - Amulya Jeevan :On Death during the Term of the Policy: Sum Assured

    On Maturity: Nil

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    RESTRICTIVE CONDITIONS

    Chairman

    Managing Director

    imum age at entry : 18 years (completed)

    ximum age at entry : 60 years (nearest birthday)

    ximum age at maturity : 70 years (nearest birthday)

    imum Policy Term : 5 years

    ximum Policy term : 35 years

    imum Sum Assured : Rs.25,00,000/-

    ximum Sum Assured : No Upper Limit

    Policies will be issued in multiples of Rs.100,000/- for Sums Assured

    ore than the minimum Sum Assured)

    Mode of premium payment : Yearly, Half-yearly & Single Premium

    ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE OF LIC

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    Executives Directors

    Chiefs

    Zonal Managers

    Regional Managers

    Divisional Managers

    100 Seniors Divisional Managers

    Marketing Managers

    Sales Managers

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    Senior Branch Managers (Head of the Branch)

    Assistant Branch Managers Sells

    Development Officers

    Different Agen

    PUBLIC RELATION DEPARTMENT

    The Public Relation Department in LIC is divided into three major

    categories. Namely:

    1. Communication Department

    2. Crisis Management Department

    3. Publicity Department

    Chief Public Relation Officer

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    PRO (Communication Dept.)

    PRO (Crisis Management Dept.)

    PRO (Publicity Dept.)

    CHIEF PUBLIC RELATION OFFICER

    The Chief Public Relation Officer of LIC is Mr. M. V. Kulkarni. He heads the

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    PR department. The above three committees are under the PRO. The PRO is

    responsible for the overall functioning of the PR department. He has to monitor

    the smooth functioning of the three departments.

    RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHIEF PUBLIC RELATION OFFICER :-

    1. PR represents whole organization.

    2. Should know how to behave in a certain situation.

    3. He is not a person, he is representative.

    4. Should know how to create enthusiasm.

    5. In crisis he has to give feedback as soon as possible.

    OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OF CHIEF PUBLIC RELATION OFFICER:-

    The PRO is directly answerable to the Chairman Shri. T.S. Vijayan.

    The PRO looks after all the activities of the three departments all over

    India.

    Also he has to keep in close touch with the over-seas PR departments

    of LIC.

    All the policies implemented in India are informed to other PROs of the

    over-seas branches of LIC.

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    The PRO monitors the norms and values of all the branches.

    The new rules and regulations in India are informed to the PROs of the

    over-seas branches.

    The PRO also holds regular workshops for the top management

    employees to motivate them to lift the spirit of the work culture.

    The PRO also has to provide information about latest policies to the

    communication department and ask them to public or air it through

    various mediums.

    Since a major share of workload of LIC is in the public sector, the PRO

    has to look after social responsibility as well as maintaining the image of the

    company.

    COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT

    The PRO of this Department is an external PR.

    He looks after:-

    Arranging press conferences, press releases and is in constant contact

    with the media.

    He is also responsible for monitoring the overseas communications.

    The Communication Department PRO has to make arrangements for the

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    guests and their overall honors. The conversations with the guests are

    directly done by the Communication Department PRO.

    The PRO from this department should always keep a close eye on the

    latest happenings in the market. Any social issue at any area is a news to

    be worked out for him.

    He reports directly to the Chief PRO of the company.

    The Press conference usually includes the CEO of the company, the Chief

    PRO and the Communication Dept. PRO.

    If the case is of crisis, then only is the Crisis management Dept PRO

    present for the Press conference.

    Since LIC is closely related with the Public Sector, the Communication

    Dept. PRO has to also be in a close contact with the government officials.

    He also has to motivate the employees in his department for constant

    progress in the strategies for communication.

    In short, the communication Department PRO ensures that there is no

    communication gap between the company and the external concerned

    bodies.

    (recent press releases of LIC issued by Communication Department PRO

    enclosed).

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    CRISIS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

    The PRO in this department is an internal one. From the overall history of

    LIC, it is seen that the company has never been into any major crisis. This itself

    is one of the best achievements. He is answerable to the Chief Public Relation

    Officer. The PRO from crisis management, though is here to handle crisis, he has

    been assigned many other internal responsibilities.

    Motivating the lower employees, sales executives and sales and

    marketing employees.

    Building up a smooth communication between the Blue Collar and the

    White Collar.

    Arranging small workshops for all the employees.

    He also has to know the issues going within the other departments so that

    these issues are solved before they create crisis.

    The strategy used by the PR here for crisis management is:-

    "Wash the utensil before having food in it."

    Thus all the employees right from the day of joining are kept in close

    contact with the Crisis Management Dept. And regular workshops help to restrict

    cases like Corruption. With a company so closely associated with the

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    government, restricting such practices is very difficult task.

    PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT

    The PRO of the publicity Department is an External PR.

    This department was formed due to the fall of sales in the 1999. This fall was due

    to the emergence of the foreign insurance companies and their advertising

    strategies. Initially, the ads shown by LIC always said "no worry even after

    death". All the ads portrayed death. The other insurance companies came up

    with the idea that insurance is for happy life. Thus the sales of LIC went down as

    people liked the idea of Life more than Death.

    Hence a separate publicity department was formed which worked only for

    publicity strategies. Initially it was looked up by the Communication Department.

    Today the publicity department PRO has to see to it that all the ads running are

    creating effect. The PRO is the one who along with the Marketing department

    looks after the strategies for publicity. He is also to carry out various campaigns.

    The very recent campaign is known as "Zindagi Express".

    The Zindagi Express is a term that has been associated to the life of LIC.

    Just as humans celebrate their 50 years of life, even LIC is celebrating its life.

    and when any person has done a lot in his life, he is capable of writing an

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    Autobiography. Thus Zindagi Express is an Autobiography by LIC.

    They had started this unique campaign of auto biography from Delhi and

    will cover the entire nation and end up in Delhi again. During this journey they

    explain what all LIC has done for publics and what all it still intends to do

    To satisfy the consumers in lic they make effective public

    relations and consumer relations

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    Chapter 6

    S.W.O.T Analysis

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    S.W.O.T. ANALYSIS OF LIC A proper S.W.O.T. analysis of LIC has also

    been conducted to know better about the position, growth, and upcoming future

    and prospective of the company.

    STRENGTHS:

    LIC is on 1

    st

    rank among the Insurance player.

    Long-term plans of LIC are the main strength.

    After sales services.

    Products cost are very low.

    Customer does not believe on private company.

    WEAKNESS:

    Low interest rate

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    OPPORTUNITIES:

    Good brand promotion.

    1/2nd- % insurance has been covered.

    THREATS:

    Competitors.

    Entry of Private Insurance banks.

    Chapter 7

    Subject matter

    Introduction of topic

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    Research

    methodology

    Subject matter

    Introduction of topic

    What is customer satisfaction?

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    Customer satisfaction refers to how satisfied customers are with the

    products or services they receive from a particular agency. The level of

    satisfaction is determined not only by the quality and type of customer

    experience but also by the customer's expectations.

    A customer may be defined as someone who:

    has a direct relationship with, or is directly affected by your agency and

    receives or relies on one or more of your agency's services or

    products. Customers in human services are commonly referred to as

    service users, consumers or clients.

    An organization with a strong customer service culture places the

    customer at the centre of service design, planning and service

    delivery. Customer centric organizations will:

    determine the customers expectations when they plan

    listen to the customer as they design

    focus on the delivery of customer service activities

    Value customer feedback when they measure performance.

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    Why is it important?

    There are a number of reasons why customer satisfaction is important in

    Insurance Sector:

    Meeting the needs of the customer is the underlying rationale for the

    existence of community service organizations. Customers have a right to

    quality services that deliver outcomes.

    Organizations that strive beyond minimum standards and exceed the

    expectations of their customers are likely to be leaders in their

    sector.

    Customers are recognized as key partners in shaping service

    development and assessing quality of service delivery.

    The process for measuring customer satisfaction and obtaining feedback on

    organizational performance are valuable tools for quality and

    continuous service improvement.Customer satisfaction, a sinebuss term, is a

    measure of how products and services supplied by a company meet or surpass

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    customer expectation. It is seen as a key performance indicator within business

    and is part of the four of aBalanced Scorecard.

    In a competitive marketplace where businesses compete for customers, customer

    satisfaction is seen as a key differentiator and increasingly has become a key

    element of business strategy.[1]

    There is a substantial body of empirical literature that establishes the benefits of

    customer satisfaction for firms.

    Organizations need to retain existing customers while targeting non-customers;[2].

    Measuring customer satisfaction provides an indication of howsuccessful the

    organization is at providing products and/or services to the marketplace.

    Customer satisfaction is an abstract concept and the actual manifestation of the

    state of satisfaction will vary from person to person and product/service to

    product/service. The state of satisfaction depends on a number of both

    psychological and physical variables which correlate with satisfaction behaviors

    such as return and recommend rate. The level of satisfaction can also vary

    depending on other factors the customer, such as other products against which the

    customer can compare the organization's products.

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    Customer Satisfaction in 7 Steps in LIC

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    It's a well-known fact that no business can exist without customers. In the business

    of Website design, it's important to work closely with your customers to make sure

    the site or system you create for them is as close to their requirements as you can

    manage. Because it's critical that you form a close working relationship with yourclient, customer service is of vital importance. What follows are a selection of tips

    that will make your clients feel valued, wanted and loved.

    1. Encourage Face-to-Face Dealings

    This is the most daunting and downright scary part of interacting with a customer.

    If you're not used to this sort of thing it can be a pretty nerve-wracking experience.Rest assured, though, it does get easier over time. It's important to meet your

    customers face to face at least once or even twice during the course of a project.

    My experience has shown that a client finds it easier to relate to and work with

    someone they've actually met in person, rather than a voice on the phone or

    someone typing into an email or messenger program. When you do meet them, be

    calm, confident and above all, take time to ask them what they need. I believe that

    if a potential client spends over half the meeting doing the talking, you're well on

    your way to a sale.

    2. Respond to Messages Promptly & Keep Your Clients Informed

    This goes without saying really. We all know how annoying it is to wait days for a

    response to an email or phone call. It might not always be practical to deal with

    all customers' queries within the space of a few hours, but at least email or call

    them back and let them know you've received their message and you'll contact

    them about it as soon as possible. Even if you're not able to solve a problem right

    away, let the customer know you're working on it.

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    A good example of this is my Web host. They've had some trouble with server

    hardware which has caused a fair bit of downtime lately. At every step along the

    way I was emailed and told exactly what was going on, why things were going

    wrong, and how long it would be before they were working again. They also

    apologised repeatedly, which was nice. Now if they server had just gone down with

    no explanation I think I'd have been pretty annoyed and may have moved my

    business elsewhere. But because they took time to keep me informed, it didn't seem

    so bad, and I at least knew they were doing something about the problems. That to

    me is a prime example of customer service.

    3. Be Friendly and Approachable

    A fellow Site Pointer once told me that you can hear a smile through the phone.

    This is very true. It's very important to be friendly, courteous and to make your

    clients feel like you're their friend and you're there to help them out. There will be

    times when you want to beat your clients over the head repeatedly with a blunt

    object - it happens to all of us. It's vital that you keep a clear head, respond to your

    clients' wishes as best you can, and at all times remain polite and courteous.

    4. Have a Clearly-Defined Customer Service Policy

    This may not be too important when you're just starting out, but a clearly defined

    customer service policy is going to save you a lot of time and effort in the long run.

    If a customer has a problem, what should they do? If the first option doesn't work,

    then what? Should they contact different people for billing and technical

    enquiries? If they're not satisfied with any aspect of your customer service, who

    should they tell?

    There's nothing more annoying for a client than being passed from person to

    person, or not knowing who to turn to. Making sure they know exactly what to do

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    at each stage of their enquiry should be of utmost importance. So make sure your

    customer service policy is present on your site -- and anywhere else it may be

    useful.

    5. Attention to Detail (also known as 'The Little Niceties')

    Have you ever received a Happy Birthday email or card from a company you were

    a client of? Have you ever had a personalised sign-up confirmation email for a

    service that you could tell was typed from scratch? These little niceties can be time

    consuming and aren't always cost effective, but remember to do them.

    Even if it's as small as sending a Happy Holidays email to all your customers, it's

    something. It shows you care; it shows there are real people on the other end of

    that screen or telephone; and most importantly, it makes the customer feel

    welcomed, wanted and valued.

    6. Anticipate Your Client's Needs & Go Out Of Your Way to Help Them Out

    Sometimes this is easier said than done! However, achieving this supreme level of

    understanding with your clients will do wonders for your working relationship.

    Take this as an example: you're working on the front-end for your client's exciting

    new ecommerce endeavour. You have all the images, originals and files backed up

    on your desktop computer and the site is going really well. During a meeting with

    your client he/she happens to mention a hard-copy brochure their internal

    marketing people are developing. As if by magic, a couple of weeks later a CD-

    ROM arrives on their doorstep complete with high resolution versions of all the

    images you've used on the site. A note accompanies it which reads:

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    "Hi, you mentioned a hard-copy brochure you were working on and I wanted to

    provide you with large-scale copies of the graphics I've used on the site. Hopefully

    you'll be able to make use of some in your brochure."

    Your client is heartily impressed, and remarks to his colleagues and friends howvery helpful and considerate his Web designers are. Meanwhile, in your office, you

    lay back in your chair drinking your 7th cup of coffee that morning, safe in the

    knowledge this happy customer will send several referrals your way.

    7. Honour Your Promises

    It's possible this is the most important point in this article. The simple message:

    when you promise something, deliver. The most common example here is project

    delivery dates.

    Clients don't like to be disappointed. Sometimes, something may not get done, or

    you might miss a deadline through no fault of your own. Projects can be late,

    technology can fail and sub-contractors don't always deliver on time. In this case a

    quick apology and assurance it'll be ready ASAP wouldn't go amiss.

    Conclusion

    Customer service, like any aspect of business, is a practiced art that takes time and

    effort to master. All you need to do to achieve this is to stop and switch roles with

    the customer. What would you want from your business if you were the client?

    How would you want to be treated? Treat your customers like your friends and

    they'll always come back.

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    Research Methodology :

    Secondary data is collected from various bibliographical sources

    such as journals, novels, magazines, publications and various

    websites including the official website of LIC and various other

    company websites. The published research reports and market

    studies also helped the researcher to guage into the problem.

    (This research is fully based on secondary data )

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    Chapter 8

    DATA ANALYSIS

    AND

    INTERPRETATION

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    DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

    CUSTOMERS PRECEPTION TOWARDS SERVICES

    LIC HDFC ICICI OTHRS

    50% 30% 20% 10%

    ( LIC IS HAVE MORE CUSTOMERS RATHER THAN OTHERS)

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    CUSTOMERS RELATIONSHIP DEPARTMENTS

    LIC HDFC ICICI OTHRS

    40% 30% 20% 10%

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    (IN LIC CRM DEAPARMENTS MOST TO SATISFIED THE CUSTOMERS)

    PUBLIC RELATIONS

    LIC HDFC ICICI OTHRS

    40% 30% 20% 10%

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    IN LIC MOSTLY CENCENTRATE ON PUBLIC RELATIONS

    LIC POLICIES AND BETTER PLANS

    LIC HDFC ICICI OTHRS

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    50% 30% 20% 10%

    LIC IS ONE OF FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY WHICH

    PROVIDE MORE SERVICES

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    Project Analysis

    The Positive side of LIC as well as Negative side of LIC. I encourage other readers

    to correct me if I am wrong and also add light to any point that I may have missed.

    First let's talk about the Positive side of LIC

    1. LIC is owned by the government and therefore it is the only company besides the

    PPF that has the sovereign guarantee of the govt. of India. It is a different story

    that today LIC has become so powerful that the govt. leans on LIC every time that

    the Stock Market crashes. Imagine having an Asset base of over Rs 6 Lac Crore. .

    That's a 14 digit number! No company in India can boast of such figures. Mind

    boggling.

    2. LIC is the only Life Insurance Company making profits. Most of the Private

    Insurers including the self proclaimed market leaders like ICICI and Bajaj Allianz

    are booking heavy losses. Check IRDA website in the Annual Report column. The

    point is that if an insurance company makes losses year over year, then how will

    they manage to pay the Claim amount? After all no Insurance company is here to

    do charity business.

    3. When it comes to paying claims, again LIC is Number One with the claims

    settlement ratio of more than 99%. Private Insurers cannot match LIC's ability on

    claims settlement. Again, please visit IrDA's website to see the claims settlement

    performance of various companies.

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    4. LIC has the world's largest sales force, yes over 10 lac agents and now

    universities in western countries are trying to study how a company managed to

    appoint such a large sales force. A sales force of over 1 million! Truly a

    remarkable achievement.

    5. Many people argue that LIC has not been able to penetrate the market as it has

    insured only 15% of the population. My point is, in a poor country like India

    where there are so many people living below the poverty line, so many people who

    die of starvation, so many people who don't have access to basic medication, so

    many

    people who don't have basic necessities of life like food, shelter, education and

    clothing. Will such a person first feed his children or buy Insurance ? Lets not

    forget that a majority of the Indian population is poor and a substantial

    percentage is living below the poverty line. At a personal level i feel that LIC has

    done a

    satisfactory job of insuring people.

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    Recommendations

    and

    Suggestions

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    Recommendations

    TO CONVERT ALL NEGATIVE POINT IN POSITIVE TO SIT INFIRST LEVEL IN INSURANCE AREAS FOREVER ANDIMPROVE Q.D.C

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    # NOW THE NEGATIVE POINTS OF LIC #

    1. The Administrative staff in LIC is in deep slumber. Try writing a complaint to

    them and they wont even bother to reply back. If you ask the Branch Manager for

    the complaints book, he probably wont have it in place. If an Agent complains

    against any staff,then the Agent is black listed and next time onwards his work is

    not done.

    2. In order to show a better performance & achieve branch Targets, Agents are

    motivated by the Managers to split the policies. This not only adds to the

    inconvinience of the policyholders but it also increases the expenses of LIC.

    Competitions for Agents are held with Prizes being offered on the number of

    policies sold and not on the number of lives insured.

    Therefore many Agents are tempted to split the policies in order toget better

    prizes. However if an agent wants the forms or sales literature, most of the time its

    out of stock. But surprisingly just a week before any scheme is about to close, the

    office is flooded with forms & sales literature. This is very disturbing.

    3, As I earlier said, LIC is lacking in Effective Leadership in recent times.

    Managers having designations like Marketing Manager or Sales Manager donot

    have the capability to motivate an audience at a meeting. Yes this is true even in a

    city like Mumbai. Even the Senior level managers cannot make effective

    presentations or design a sales strategy. Their only mantra at an Agents meeting is

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    "Friends, bring more policies!'. If you ask them howto bring more policies, they

    wont know. Its a pity !

    4. Though LIC has more than 2000 branches, they are not systematically located.

    In Mumbai's Fort area, LIC has more than 20 branches within a radius of 1.5kms.

    Whats the use ? In the suburbs where most of the people reside, there are no

    branches at all. LIC has no branches in Bandra East, Khar East & West,

    Santacruz East, Vile Parle East, Andheri West, Jogeshwari West,Mahim, Matunga,

    etc. If LIC gives a thought to systematic relocation of its offices, it will immensly

    help the policyholders.

    5. Even though LIC claims to have taken several initiatives in the IT sector,

    policyholders still face problems in revival of their policies, payment of premium

    in several branches, change of mode, change of address, etc. The After-sales

    policy services department needs to be revamped. Policyholders feel that LIC

    agents are humble while selling a policy and thereafter they fail to provide any

    service to the client. The truth is that LIC is so weak in policy services department,

    that even a good agent finds it difficult to get the work done from the

    administrative staff.

    To sum up, i would say that LIC will never cheat a Policyholder in payment of

    claim, but at the same time everyone will agree that LIC is not responsive to the

    needs of the customer. If you have purchased an LIC policies then dont forget to

    pay the premium on time, and when your policy gets matured LIC will honestly

    pay your Maturity amount on time.

    The employees are sometimes rude in their behaviour with the Policyholder. If a

    claim cheques is handed over by a courteous and smiling employee of LIC, it will

    enhance the image of LIC in the mind of the policyholder.

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    Today LIC is not just an Insurance Company, LIC is a Movement, LIC is a Cult,

    LIC is a Religion. Imagine 10 lac agents and 1 lac employees serving 16 crore

    policyholders in India. You cannot deny that LIC has become the way of life in

    India. Daily you can hear someone or the other talking of LIC in local trains, at

    fish markets, at restaurants, on News Channels, in your own offices, etc.

    As i earlier said, LIC has started lacking in effective leadership. If a company like

    LIC starts sponsoring irrelevant awards like Zee Cine awards which it had done 2

    years ago, then it will send the wrong message in the minds of the policyholders.

    Imagine India's most famous institution sponsoring a Cine Awards function stating

    that it was done to increase the brand awareness of LIC. That sounded like a big

    joke. It is time that the top level officials of LIC come out of their air-conditioned

    cabins and travel by public transport for sometime in order to feel the pulse of the

    common man.

    Why LIC is trusted brand of India?

    1. As a Govt of India owned Company, LIC is 51 + years old in the field of life

    insurance and money management. LIC's Life Fund size as on day is more

    than Rs 5 Lakh Thousand Crores !

    2. Any LIC policyholder or the nominee will vouch for the best claims settlement

    from LIC. Perhaps, this is the only institution where you as a policyholder are

    virtually chased till such time your claim cheques is handed over to you !

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    3. LIC has won `NDTV Profit Leadership Award 2007 under Life Insurance

    Category', `Outlook Money Award 2007 as the best Life Insurer', `CNBC

    Awaaz Consumer Award 2007 as the best Life Insurance Company',

    `Golden Peacock Award for excellence in Corporate Governence 2007',

    `Web 18 Genius of the Web Award 2007 and many more'.

    4. LIC adjudged No.1 Trusted Service Brand for the 4th successive year by ET

    Brand Equity Survey.

    5. LIC has been adjudged Superbrand India for 2004-06 and Reader's Digest

    `Trusted Brand' Asia 2007.

    6. This is the only corporation that is catering to more than 190 million satisfied

    policyholders in India and abroad.

    7. This is one of the very few institutions that pays ex-gratia interest on

    pending maturity claims !

    8. More than 2050 LIC branches all over India are connected together to serve

    you. You can pay your premium anywhere in the country.

    9. During its long existence, LIC has kept on updating its portfolio by bringing in

    new plans depending on public requirement. More than 50 of them are most

    popular and can be customized to meet any of your requirements. LIC ULIPs

    have become extremely popular due to the returns they offer. Money Pluslatest

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    LIC Unit Linked Plan is a case in point.

    10. All LIC Plans come with Sovereign Guarantee i.e., Govt of India

    Guarantee regarding repayment. Infact, as of now, only LIC plans enjoy

    this Govt Guarantee. Beneficiary for this Sovereign Guarantee is you and

    you alone as the policyholder/ would-be policyholder.

    11. All LIC plans are characterized by low premium, high life insurance coverage

    and a vast package of benefits offered by them. Add to this package, section

    80C benefit and section 10(10D) benefit on the maturity proceeds, you will

    find investment on LIC plans one of the most coveted investment options

    available to you.

    12. Premium paid under Key-Man Insurance plan is a recognized business

    expense under section 37(I) of the Income-Tax Act. For companies making

    profits, this is a very good incentive indeed.

    13. Through Employer-Employee Insurance scheme, you can recognize the worth

    of your most valuable employees whose absence you can ill afford to loose.

    14. Entire contribution to LIC Group Gratuity Scheme is a recognized business

    expense in the hands of the employer. In addition, through this scheme, the

    employer can transfer his gratuity liability to the corporation and fund the

    same under cash accumulation scheme. The most popular among all the

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    companies.

    15. LIC is declaring quite an impressive bonus (profits) on all its with-profits

    policies every year. Extra attraction under LIC Bonus is (a) it is calculated

    every year on the insured amount and not on the premium paid and (b) entire

    bonus received along with insured amount either by you on maturity of your

    policy(ies) or by your nominee in your absence during the currency of your

    policy(ies) is free from income-tax under section 10(10D) of the Income-tax

    Act.

    16. On most of the LIC plans, you can borrow to take care of your immediate

    monetary requirements. None of the policy benefits get affected as a result of

    borrowal. Infact, policy loans offer one of the most attractive investment

    opportunities.

    17. You can pay your premium 3 years in advance at 5% discount. Chief

    attractions of this advance payment of premium are (a) there is no possibility

    of your overlooking your premium payment and getting your policy(ies)

    lapsed wherever you are in the world and (b) you will be earning 5% tax-free

    interest on the unutilized portion of the amount left with LIC after

    apportioning the regular installment.

    18. Most of the LIC plans come with Riders to take care of Total and Permanent

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    Disablement due to Accident and some of the most dread diseases that may

    result in loss of income.

    19. LIC pension plans that guarantee you life pension are extremely popular. You

    can park your hard earned money safely with the corporation and enjoy

    pension as long as you are alive.

    Due to these reasons and lot more, LIC should be your obvious choice for all

    your life insurance requirements.

    LIC is India's most trusted brand, INSURING LIVES AND ENSURING SMILES

    from more than 50 Years.

    SUPER BRAND & MOST TRUSTED SERVICE BRAND OF INDIA. BEST IT

    USER IN INDIA (NASSCOM - 2003).

    Largest Institutional Investor in India and Second largest in Asia among insurers.

    (Source: Asian Investor)

    LIC - An Institution Builder promoting many financial and insurance institutes like

    NSE, NCDEX, LIC Mutual Fund, Stock Holding Corporation of India, National

    Insurance Academy, Insurance Institute of India etc.

    LIC is the largest life insurer of India Asset value as on 31.3.2004: 3,673,598.4 mn

    (INR). Offers over 45 plans to cover your life at various stages Over 160 million

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    customers and 1.1 million agents. It has underwritten more than 160 million

    policies.2,048 branch offices (all computerized) of which 2019 are networked

    "From all above we can say our money is safe and secure with assured returns."

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    Finding

    Product offered to customer

    Children's Policy

    Komal Jeevan - Plan No. 159

    Children Deferred - Plan no.41

    Jeevan Kishore - Plan no.102

    Jeevan Chhaya - Plan no.103

    Marriage Endowment/Educational Annuity - Plan No. 90

    Jeevan Anurag - Plan no.168

    Endowment PolicyEndowment with Profits - Plan no.14 Limited Payment Endowment

    with

    Profits - Plan no.48

    Jeevan Mitra - Plan no.88

    New JanaRaksha Policy - Plan no.91

    Jeevan Anand Plan no. 149

    Jeevan Mitra Triple Cover - Plan no.133

    Group Insurance PolicyJanashree Bima Yojana

    Group Insurance Scheme in lieu of EDLI

    Group (Term) Insurance Scheme

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    Group Savings Linked Insurance Scheme

    Group Superannuation Scheme

    Group Mortgage Redemption Assurance Scheme

    Joint Life PolicyJeevan Saathi - Plan no.89

    Money Back PolicyMoney Back with Profit - Plan no.75

    New Money Back - Plan no.93

    Jeevan Surabhi 15 yrs - Plan no.106

    Jeevan Surabhi 20 yrs - Plan no.107

    Jeevan Surabhi 25 yrs - Plan no.108

    Jeevan Bharati Plan No 160

    Jeevan Samriddhi Plan No 154, 155, 156 157

    Bima Bachat- Plan no.175

    Pension Plans or AnnuitiesNew Jeevan Dhara - Plan no.148

    New Jeevan Suraksha Plan no. 147

    Jeevan Akshay II Plan no. 163

    Jeevan Nidhi Plan no. 169

    Jeevan Akshay V Plan no. 183

    Special Plans

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    Term Assurance - Plan no.43

    Mortgage Redemption - Plan no.52

    Jeevan Aadhar - Plan no.114

    Market Plus - Plan No 181

    Jeevan Vishwas Plan No. 136

    Jeevan Saral Plan No. 165

    Jeevan Pramukh Plan No. 167

    Bima Nivesh 2005 Plan No 171

    Money Plus-Plan No 180

    Term PolicyConvertible Term Assurance - Plan no.58

    New Bima Kiran

    Term Assurance

    Anmol Jeevan I Plan No- 164

    Amulya Jeevan-Plan No-177

    Service Quality

    Your Policy Bond And Its Safety

    Your Policy Number

    Policy Conditions

    Alterations In Policy

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    If Your Policy Is Lost

    Your Contact Address - Keep Us Posted Without Fail

    Admission Of Age

    Nomination

    Assignment

    When To Pay The Premiums

    Grace Period For Premium Payment

    How And Where To Pay The Premiums

    Policy Status - Where Available

    Revival Of Lapsed Policies

    Availing Loans On Policies

    Surrender Value

    Maturity, Survival Benefits, Disability And Death Claims

    Policies Under Salary Savings Scheme

    Helpline

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    Chapter 9

    Conclusion

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    Conclusion

    After Finding's we can see about LIC features and his The tendency to take

    the expedient approach and focus on the far right of the LIC spectrum,

    Peacetime Contingency Operations and conduct training as usual, while

    briefing that the LIC block has been checked, will lead us to a possibly fatal

    false sense of security.

    Instinctive behavior and ingrained training must be adjusted to fit new

    circumstances. STXs must be developed locally or borrowed from units who

    have already been through the training.

    The probability of becoming involved in a LIC operation is high. The potential

    to attract international attention, even with limited forces, is also great. Units

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    have demonstrated that with a balanced training focus and proper preparation,

    many pitfalls outlined above can be avoided.

    LIC is not conventional warfare. This is critical for the counterinsurgent to

    understand. The insurgent's violent and coercive strategy is applied so as to

    achieve political, civil, military and psychological results. Hence, the

    counterinsurgent must counter all of these strategic elements individually. In

    addition, the target of the insurgent's violence and coercion is the population.

    This is because the population is the centre of gravity in LIC. Therefore the

    counterinsurgent must also focus on the population to be successful. In terms

    of military principles in counterinsurgency, doctrinal precision, professionalism,

    independence, initiative, force precision, restraint, combined arms, precision

    engagement, joint force, effective population based intelligence, integrated

    communications, a civil affairs approach and high levels of training are critical.

    So all policies and plan toally satisfied the customers.

    Chapter 10

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Important websites -

    www.google.com(recummented)

    www.licindia.com

    www.indiainfoline.com

    www.textindia.com

    Books And Magazines

    Yogkshem -Lic Magazine

    Outlook Express

    Business today

    Finance & Banking

    Money Outlook

    News Paper

    Business standard

    Times of India

    Economic times

    http://www.licindia.com/http://www.indiainfoline.com/http://www.licindia.com/http://www.indiainfoline.com/
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    Hindustan times