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Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited
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Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (BALICL) is a joint venture between worlds two leading conglomeratesAllianz AG and Bajaj Auto Limited. Allianz group was founded in 1890 in Berlin and is one of the leading providers of insurance and asset management products and services worldwide. Allianz has multi-local structure and is present in over 70 countries, employs about 174,000 employees and has over 60 million customers. Bajaj Auto Ltd. is the flagship company of Bajaj Group which was incorporated in the year 1945 as Bachraj Trading Corporation. It is one of Indias largest two and three-wheeler manufacturer and the fourth largest manufacturer of two-wheelers in the world, with an annual turnover of Rs. 42.16 bn. Characterized by global presence with a local focus and driven by customer orientation to establish high earnings potential and financial strength, BALICL was incorporated on March 12, 2001. The company received IRDA approval in August 2001 to conduct life insurance business in India.

 
 
 

Factors for Success The company's decentralization policy has begun to yield results. In the current year, the company will be launching innovative and need-based products using IT infrastructure, to drive their growth strategy. Wide Network and Large Sales Force BALICL has pan Indian presence and a large trained sales force, which is one of the largest amongst the private sector life insurers in the country. Bajaj Allianz pioneered the phenomenon of bancassurance in India. The company leveraged bancassurance channel to widen its distribution network. More than 30 % of BALICL's total premium income is contributed by its bancassurance partners and has bancassurance tie-ups with many rural and cooperative banks.

One of the fast-growing private life insurance companies in India with over 300% growth for last two years in succession.Currently ranked first amongst private sector life insurance companies as per the IRDA results for April 05-January 06 for new business market share.It has over 4,40,000 satisfied customers. The company was first to touch the 100,000 and 200,000 customers mark amongst private insurance companies.Present in more than 550 locations with 95,000 insurance consultants, providing the finest customer service.Its gross premium collections till December 2005 were 1,367.04 crore or a growth of 301, and it reached to Rs. 1,940 cr last quarter.At present it has a product portfolio of 26 products and a capital base of Rs. 500 cr, with a market share of 7.38%.

 
 
 

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