Warren Buffett bets big on selling Insurance online in India
As Indian masses come online, Warren Buffett, the master of traditional businesses, is betting big on Indian consumers. Ironically.
He wants to sell insurance online. Currently, Berkshire India sells motor, travel and health insurance products online at BerkshireInsurance.com. Now it wants to market life insurance as a corporate agent of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance. It started with just 8 employees and in 2011 and is already up to 100 employees in India. Life insurance has been shown to be highly important for people to have, just in case something happens and they need to protect their remaining family, from life insurance in India to life insurance canada it can be set up anywhere for the policyholder’s peace of mind.
Headquartered in Gurgaon, the company uses the internet as the sales mode in India. And it is now betting big on the online modes in India – as the use of smartphones rises in the country.
“…Over half of India’s total Internet user base will access the Internet solely through mobile or tablet devices by 2015. Since our direct model of business employs telephone and Internet, we are positioned to enjoy a great advantage,” BerkshireInsurance.com CEO Arun Balakrishnan said.
“We are confident of our business model and are continually developing it to make it even more efficient and cost-effective,” he said.
It is interesting that someone like Warren Buffett is seeing something that the Indian companies aren’t – ie; rise of social media and smartphones to sell business products.
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