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Huge decline seen in the number of Life Insurance Agents in India

The life insurance industry is witnessing a huge decline in the number of Individual agents. Almost 1.75 lakh agents have been exited from records across all life insurance companies in the period April to June 2015.

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Last Updated - May 15, 2023
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The life insurance industry is witnessing a huge decline in the number of Individual agents. Almost 1.75 lakh agents have been exited from records across all life insurance companies in the period April to June 2015. 

The highest attrition was seen in LIC where 79,129 agents have been reported as deleted till 30 June 2015. Among the private players, Bajaj Allianz Life had the highest agent attrition reporting a count of 29,025 exits.  

Below displayed is the snapshot of Individual Agents of Life Insurers for the period ended 30th June 2015. Agency channel is one of the key distribution channels of life insurance companies and insurers will be on a recruiting spree to cover up lost ground.

Snapshot of Individual Agents of Life Insurers for the period ended 30th June 2015:

Sr. No

Insurers

No. of agents as of

Additions up to June

Deletions up to June

Net No. of agents as on

April 01, 2015

2015

2015

30-06-2015

1

Bajaj Allianz Life

120982

5245

29025

97202

2

Tata AIA Life

40993

2884

15351

28526

3

Reliance Life

105022

7067

15142

96947

4

SBI Life

83656

6740

9238

81158

5

Max Life

43505

5551

5873

43183

6

PNB Met Life

17017

1811

5345

13483

7

Kotak Mahindra Life

55548

8211

4446

59313

8

Future Generali Life

17150

846

3633

14363

9

IndiaFirst Life

4325

47

2248

2124

10

Bharti Axa Life

19132

2274

2117

19289

11

Aviva Life

18935

995

1051

18879

12

Exide Life

32285

6478

413

38350

13

Star Union Dai – ichi Life

8167

304

383

8088

14

Aegon Religare Life

7973

610

356

8227

15

ICICI Prudential Life

132463

4128

272

136319

16

Birla Sun Life

90537

5456

217

95776

17

HDFC Life

65214

3090

199

68105

18

Shriram Life

4460

0

58

4402

19

IDBI Life

13089

1111

45

14155

20

Edelweiss Tokio Life

10421

671

12

11080

21

Sahara Life

11362

9

7

11364

22

DHFL Pramerica Life

1995

320

4

2311

23

Canara HSBC Oriental

0

0

0

0

Total – Private

904231

63848

95435

872644

24

LIC of India

1163604

49976

79129

1134451

Grand Total

2067835

113824

174564

2007095

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