Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Life insurance is favorite investment class among urban Indians; says survey

Survey of Nielsen on life insurance sector and investment pattern a Life 2011 in its findings has found that life insurance products are the most favorite investment class among urban Indians and they are even ready to invest half of their investable income in life insurance products.
As per the survey about 60% urban populations have life insurance policies.
Study has said that in last two years urban Indians have become risk averse hence they have shifted their focus from risky asset classes such as equities to more safer option such as life insurance; which not only gives tax benefits but it is also have limited risk.
Primary reason which influences urban Indian s investment decision is return then fear of unseen future and then childs education.
Survey also said that young population which is entering work force at high salaries can prove to be the big opportunity for insurers as they account for one-fifth of the population and most of them do not have life insurance but they are eager to invest in it as life insurance has historic acceptance as safe investment and added tax benefit.
To increase the coverage 16% life insurance holders are ready to buy another policy in coming six months. Hence there is an opportunity for life insurers to promote dual life insurance ownership.

According to the survey Indians are not still open to purchase Investment Insurance online.

1 comment:


  1. Thank you for sharing such great information. It is informative, can you help me in finding out more detail on Best Investment Plan ,i am interested and would like to know more about this field and wanted to understand the basics of Retirement Insurance Company.

    ReplyDelete