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“Study on CUSTOMER SATISFACTIONTOWRADS KOTAK LIFE INSURANCE”

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INTRODUCTION

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Introduction to the topic

This chapter will outline and overview the research topic and rational of this

study, the objectives and the reason for the personal interest of the author for 

this study and will help readers to understand what is going to follow in this

 project

Insurance is a federal subject in India and has a history dating back to 1818.

Life and general insurance in India is still a nascent sector with huge

  potential for various global players with the life insurance premiums

accounting to 2.5% of the country's GDP while general insurance premiums

to 0.65% of India's GDP.[1]. The Insurance sector in India has gone through a

number of phases and changes, particularly in the recent years when the

Govt. of India in 1999 opened up the insurance sector by allowing private

companies to solicit insurance and also allowing FDI up to 26%.

 Definitions and theoretical concept framework 

Customer loyalty has been examined by many researchers in the past and

many of them have given various definitions around this concept. According

to Heskett (2002), customer loyalty has been regarded as the sina qua non of 

an effective business strategy. Dick and Basu (1994, p.99) give a stronger 

conceptualization for customer loyalty. They view it as the “strength of the

relationship between an individual’s relative attitude towards an entity

(brand, Products, store, or vendor) and repeat patronage”.

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Customer satisfaction

What is customer satisfaction?

Social psychologists, marketing researchers, and students of consumer 

 behaviour, have extensively studied the concepts of customer satisfaction

and dissatisfaction. The increasing importance of quality in both Products

and manufacturing industries has also created a proliferation of research,

with more than 15,000 academic and trade articles having been published on

the topic of customer satisfaction in the past two decades (Peterson and

Wilson, 1992). Several conferences have been devoted to the subject and

extensive literature reviews have been published (Day, 1977; Hunt, 1977;

LaTour and Peat, 1979; Smart, 1982; Ross, et al ., 1987, Barsky, 1992: Oh

and Parks, 1997) The result of all this research has been the development of 

nine distinct theories of customer satisfaction. The majority of these theories

are based on cognitive psychology, some have received moderate attention,

while other theories have been introduced without any empirical research.

The nine theories include:

expectancy disconfirmation;

assimilation or cognitive dissonance;

contrast;

assimilation-contrast;

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equity;

attribution;

comparison-level;

generalized negativity; and

value-precept (Oh and Parks, 1997).

Recently, numerous researchers have attempted to apply CS theories

developed by consumer behaviourists in the areas of lodging (Barsky, 1992;

Barsky and Labagh, 1992; Saleh and Ryan, 1991; Ekinci and Riley, 1998),

restaurant (Dube et al ., 1994; Bojanic and Rosen, 1994; Lee and Hing, 1995;

Oh and Jeong, 1996), foodProducts (Almanza et al ., 1994), and tourism

(Pizam and Milman, 1993; Danaher and Arweiler, 1996; Ryan and Cliff,

1997; Hudson and Shepard, 1998) in order to investigate CS applicability to

the hospitality and tourism industries.

For several decades the word or concept customer satisfaction was of crucial

importance for marketing, managers and the organizations and it is regarded

today central issue to many definitions (Parker and Mathews, 2001). The

Oxford Library of Words and Phrases (1993) emphasize satisfaction as a

“release from uncertainty”. Customer satisfaction can be defined in many

ways. Kotler (2000, pg.36) defines customer satisfaction as one of which is

“a person's feelings of pleasure or disappointment from comparing a

  product's perceived performance (or outcome) in relation to his or her 

expectations”. Another conceptualization given from Homburg et al. (2005)

is that customer satisfaction is a cumulative, worldwide assessment based on

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different experiences with a firm. Similarly, Kotler (1991) and Fornell

(1992) characterized satisfaction as an evaluation of quality of products after 

customers purchase them and he argues that “high customer satisfaction

ratings are widely believed to be the best indicator of a company’s future

 profits” (Kotler 1991, pg.19).

Customer perception of value

Theoretical concept framework and definitions

The creation of consumer value has been taken into consideration from many

managers during the 1990s and it was the result of companies’ need to be

more competitive and to fulfill the increasing customer demands (Cravens

and Piercy, 2003). Consumer perceived value depends on “how the customer 

 perceives the benefits of an offering and the sacrifice that is associated with

its purchase” (Jobber, 2004, pg.13). That’s why, Monroe (1991) and

Sweeney (1994) define customer perceived value as the ratio between

  perceived benefits and perceived sacrifice. Also, Monroe and Chapman

(1987) suggest that perceived value is a weighted sum of acquisition and

transaction value.

“Customer perceived value can be broadly defined as the customer’s overall 

assessment of the utility of a product based on perceptions of what is

received and what is given” (Zeithaml, 1988, p. 14).

 Importance of customer perception of value

Many discounters, retail stores and supermarkets now focus to the offering of 

value-added Productss and highlight the importance of them to become more

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competitive (Kim and Jin, 2002). Examining the effects and impact of 

consumers’ perception of value, generally value is very important and crucial

to marketers for the success of companies (Dodds, 1991; Fredericks and

Salter, 1995).

The relationship between customer perception of value and customer 

 satisfaction

McDougall and Levesque (2000, p. 394) argued that “customers who

 perceive they received value for money are more satisfied than customers

who do not perceive they received value for money”.

Backgrounds of the study 

After we have referred to the Introduction (Chapter 1) about the background

of this research project and determine the research problem that we are going

to analyze, we are moving to the part of the Literature Review. In this

chapter we are going to find and say about the relevant past research in

regard to our research problem, a fact that will help to the better 

understanding and clarification of the topic and how we proceed in the next

chapters.

INSURANCE

Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of  risk management primarily

used to hedge against the risk of a contingent loss. Insurance is defined as the

equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in

exchange for a premium, and can be thought of as a guaranteed small loss to

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 prevent a large, possibly devastating loss. An insurer is a company selling

the insurance; an insured is the person or entity buying the insurance. The

insurance rate is a factor used to determine the amount to be charged for a

certain amount of insurance coverage, called the premium. Risk  

management, the practice of appraising and controlling risk, has evolved as a

discrete field of study and practice.

Characteristics of insurance

Commercially insurable risks typically share seven common characteristics.

[1]

1. A large number of homogeneous exposure units.

2. Definite Loss.

3. Accidental Loss.

The event that constitutes the trigger of a claim should be fortuitous, or at

least outside the control of the beneficiary of the insurance. The loss

should be ‘pure,’ in the sense that it results from an event for which there

is only the opportunity for cost. Events that contain speculative elements,

such as ordinary business risks, are generally not considered insurable.

4. Large Loss.

The size of the loss must be meaningful from the perspective of theinsured. Insurance premiums need to cover both the expected cost of 

losses, plus the cost of issuing and administering the policy, adjusting

losses, and supplying the capital needed to reasonably assure that the

insurer will be able to pay claims. For small losses these latter costs may

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The essential risk is often aggregation. If the same event can cause losses

to numerous policyholders of the same insurer, the ability of that insurer 

to issue policies becomes constrained, not by factors surrounding the

individual characteristics of a given policyholder, but by the factors

surrounding the sum of all policyholders so exposed. Typically, insurers

 prefer to limit their exposure to a loss from a single event to some small

 portion of their capital base, on the order of 5 percent. Where the loss can

 be aggregated, or an individual policy could produce exceptionally large

claims, the capital constraint will restrict an insurer's appetite for 

additional policyholders. The classic example is earthquake insurance,

where the ability of an underwriter to issue a new policy depends on the

number and size of the policies that it has already underwritten. Wind

insurance in hurricane zones, particularly along coast lines, is another 

example of this phenomenon. In extreme cases, the aggregation can affect

the entire industry, since the combined capital of insurers and reinsurers

can be small compared to the needs of potential policyholders in areas

exposed to aggregation risk. In commercial fire insurance it is possible to

find single properties whose total exposed value is well in excess of any

individual insurer’s capital constraint. Such properties are generally

shared among several insurers, or are insured by a single insurer who

syndicates the risk into the reinsurance market.

Indemnification

The technical definition of "indemnity" means to make whole again. There

are two types of insurance contracts;

1. an "indemnity" policy and

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2. a "pay on behalf" or "on behalf of"[3] policy.

The difference is significant on paper, but rarely material in practice.

An "indemnity" policy will never pay claims until the insured has paid out of 

 pocket to some third party; for example, a visitor to your home slips on a

floor that you left wet and sues you for $10,000 and wins. Under an

"indemnity" policy the homeowner would have to come up with the $10,000

to pay for the visitor's fall and then would be "indemnified" by the insurance

carrier for the out of pocket costs (the $10,000)[4].

Under the same situation, a "pay on behalf" policy, the insurance carrier 

would pay the claim and the insured (the homeowner) would not be out of 

 pocket for anything. Most modern liability insurance is written on the basis

of "pay on behalf" language[5].

An entity seeking to transfer risk (an individual, corporation, or association

of any type, etc.) becomes the 'insured' party once risk is assumed by an

'insurer', the insuring party, by means of a contract, called an insurance

'policy'. Generally, an insurance contract includes, at a minimum, the

following elements: the parties (the insurer, the insured, the beneficiaries),

the premium, the period of coverage, the particular loss event covered, the

amount of coverage (i.e., the amount to be paid to the insured or beneficiary

in the event of a loss), and exclusions (events not covered). An insured is

thus said to be "indemnified" against the loss covered in the policy.

When insured parties experience a loss for a specified peril, the coverage

entitles the policyholder to make a 'claim' against the insurer for the covered

amount of loss as specified by the policy. The fee paid by the insured to the

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insurer for assuming the risk is called the 'premium'. Insurance premiums

from many insureds are used to fund accounts reserved for later payment of 

claims—in theory for a relatively few claimants—and for overhead costs. So

long as an insurer maintains adequate funds set aside for anticipated losses

(i.e., reserves), the remaining margin is an insurer's profit.

Insurers' business model

Underwriting and investing

The business model can be reduced to a simple equation: Profit = earned  premium + investment income - incurred loss - underwriting expenses.

Insurers make money in two ways: (1) through underwriting, the process by

which insurers select the risks to insure and decide how much in premiums

to charge for accepting those risks and (2) by investing the premiums they

collect from insured parties.

The most complicated aspect of the insurance business is the underwriting of 

 policies. Using a wide assortment of data, insurers predict the likelihood that

a claim will be made against their policies and price products accordingly.

To this end, insurers use actuarial science to quantify the risks they are

willing to assume and the premium they will charge to assume them. Data is

analyzed to fairly accurately project the rate of future claims based on a

given risk. Actuarial science uses statistics and  probability to analyze the

risks associated with the range of perils covered, and these scientific

  principles are used to determine an insurer's overall exposure. Upon

termination of a given policy, the amount of premium collected and the

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investment gains thereon minus the amount paid out in claims is the insurer's

underwriting profit on that policy. Of course, from the insurer's perspective,

some policies are winners (i.e., the insurer pays out less in claims and

expenses than it receives in premiums and investment income) and some are

losers (i.e., the insurer pays out more in claims and expenses than it receives

in premiums and investment income).

An insurer's underwriting performance is measured in its combined ratio.

The loss ratio (incurred losses and loss-adjustment expenses divided by net

earned premium) is added to the expense ratio (underwriting expenses

divided by net premium written) to determine the company's combined ratio.

The combined ratio is a reflection of the company's overall underwriting 

  profitability. A combined ratio of less than 100 percent indicates

underwriting profitability, while anything over 100 indicates an underwriting

loss.

Insurance companies also earn investment profits on “float”. “Float” or 

available reserve is the amount of money, at hand at any given moment, that

an insurer has collected in insurance premiums but has not been paid out in

claims. Insurers start investing insurance premiums as soon as they are

collected and continue to earn interest on them until claims are paid out. The

 Association of British Insurers (gathering 400 insurance companies and 94%

of UK insurance services) has almost 20% of the investments in the London 

Stock Exchange.[6]

In the United States, the underwriting loss of  property and casualty insurance 

companies was $142.3 billion in the five years ending 2003. But overall

 profit for the same period was $68.4 billion, as the result of float. Some

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insurance industry insiders, most notably Hank Greenberg, do not believe

that it is forever possible to sustain a profit from float without an

underwriting profit as well, but this opinion is not universally held.

 Naturally, the “float” method is difficult to carry out in an economically

depressed period. Bear markets do cause insurers to shift away from

investments and to toughen up their underwriting standards. So a poor 

economy generally means high insurance premiums. This tendency to swing

 between profitable and unprofitable periods over time is commonly known

as the "underwriting" or insurance cycle. [7]

Property and casualty insurers currently make the most money from their 

auto insurance line of business. Generally better statistics are available on

auto losses and underwriting on this line of business has benefited greatly

from advances in computing. Additionally, property losses in the United 

States, due to unpredictable natural catastrophes, have exacerbated this trend.

Claims

Finally, claims and loss handling is the materialized utility of insurance; it is

the actual "product" paid for, though one hopes it will never need to be used.

Claims may be filed by insureds directly with the insurer or through brokers

or agents. The insurer may require that the claim be filed on its own

 proprietary forms, or may accept claims on a standard industry form such as

those produced by ACORD.

Insurance company claim departments employ a large number of  claims 

adjusters supported by a staff of records management and data entry clerks.

Incoming claims are classified based on severity and are assigned to

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adjusters whose settlement authority varies with their knowledge and

experience. The adjuster undertakes a thorough investigation of each claim,

usually in close cooperation with the insured, determines its reasonable

monetary value, and authorizes payment. Adjusting liability insurance claims

is particularly difficult because there is a third party involved (the plaintiff 

who is suing the insured) who is under no contractual obligation to cooperate

with the insurer and in fact may regard the insurer as a deep pocket. The

adjuster must obtain legal counsel for the insured (either inside "house"

counsel or outside "panel" counsel), monitor litigation that may take years to

complete, and appear in person or over the telephone with settlement

authority at a mandatory settlement conference when requested by the judge.

In managing the claims handling function, insurers seek to balance the

elements of customer satisfaction, administrative handling expenses, and

claims overpayment leakages. As part of this balancing act, fraudulent 

insurance practices are a major business risk that must be managed and

overcome. Disputes between insurers and insureds over the validity of claimsor claims handling practices occasionally escalate into litigation; see

insurance bad faith.

History of insurance

In some sense we can say that insurance appears simultaneously with the

appearance of human society. We know of two types of economies in humansocieties: money economies (with markets, money, financial instruments and

so on) and non-money or natural economies (without money, markets,

financial instruments and so on). The second type is a more ancient form

than the first. In such an economy and community, we can see insurance in

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the form of people helping each other. For example, if a house burns down,

the members of the community help build a new one. Should the same thing

happen to one's neighbour, the other neighbours must help. Otherwise,

neighbours will not receive help in the future. This type of insurance has

survived to the present day in some countries where modern money economy

with its financial instruments is not widespread (for example countries in the

territory of the former Soviet Union).

Turning to insurance in the modern sense (i.e., insurance in a modern money

economy, in which insurance is part of the financial sphere), early methods

of transferring or distributing risk were practised by Chinese and Babylonian 

traders as long ago as the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC, respectively.[8] Chinese

merchants travelling treacherous river rapids would redistribute their wares

across many vessels to limit the loss due to any single vessel's capsizing. The

Babylonians developed a system which was recorded in the famous Code of  

Hammurabi, c. 1750 BC, and practised by early Mediterranean sailing

merchants. If a merchant received a loan to fund his shipment, he would paythe lender an additional sum in exchange for the lender's guarantee to cancel

the loan should the shipment be stolen.

Achaemenian monarchs of Iran were the first to insure their people and made

it official by registering the insuring process in governmental notary offices.

The insurance tradition was performed each year in Norouz (beginning of the

Iranian New Year); the heads of different ethnic groups as well as others

willing to take part, presented gifts to the monarch. The most important gift

was presented during a special ceremony. When a gift was worth more than

10,000 Derrik (Achaemenian gold coin) the issue was registered in a special

office. This was advantageous to those who presented such special gifts. For 

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others, the presents were fairly assessed by the confidants of the court. Then

the assessment was registered in special offices.

The purpose of registering was that whenever the person who presented the

gift registered by the court was in trouble, the monarch and the court would

help him. Jahez, a historian and writer, writes in one of his books on ancient 

Iran: "[W]henever the owner of the present is in trouble or wants to construct

a building, set up a feast, have his children married, etc. the one in charge of 

this in the court would check the registration. If the registered amount

exceeded 10,000 Derrik, he or she would receive an amount of twice as

much."[1]

A thousand years later, the inhabitants of Rhodes invented the concept of the

'general average'. Merchants whose goods were being shipped together 

would pay a proportionally divided premium which would be used to

reimburse any merchant whose goods were jettisoned during storm or 

sinkage.

The Greeks and Romans introduced the origins of health and life insurance c.

600 AD when they organized guilds called "benevolent societies" which

cared for the families and paid funeral expenses of members upon death.

Guilds in the Middle Ages served a similar purpose. The Talmud deals with

several aspects of insuring goods. Before insurance was established in the

late 17th century, "friendly societies" existed in England, in which peopledonated amounts of money to a general sum that could be used for 

emergencies.

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Separate insurance contracts (i.e., insurance policies not bundled with loans

or other kinds of contracts) were invented in Genoa in the 14th century, as

were insurance pools backed by pledges of landed estates. These new

insurance contracts allowed insurance to be separated from investment, a

separation of roles that first proved useful in marine insurance. Insurance

 became far more sophisticated in post-Renaissance Europe, and specialized

varieties developed.

Toward the end of the seventeenth century, London's growing importance as

a centre for trade increased demand for marine insurance. In the late 1680s,

Edward Lloyd opened a coffee house that became a popular haunt of ship

owners, merchants, and ships’ captains, and thereby a reliable source of the

latest shipping news. It became the meeting place for parties wishing to

insure cargoes and ships, and those willing to underwrite such ventures.

Today, Lloyd's of London remains the leading market (note that it is not an

insurance company) for marine and other specialist types of insurance, but it

works rather differently than the more familiar kinds of insurance.

Insurance as we know it today can be traced to the Great Fire of London,

which in 1666 devoured 13,200 houses. In the aftermath of this disaster,

  Nicholas Barbon opened an office to insure buildings. In 1680, he

established England's first fire insurance company, "The Fire Office," to

insure brick and frame homes.

The first insurance company in the United States underwrote fire insurance

and was formed in Charles Town (modern-day Charleston), South Carolina,

in 1732. Benjamin Franklin helped to popularize and make standard the

  practice of insurance, particularly against fire in the form of  perpetual 

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insurance. In 1752, he founded the Philadelphia Contributionship for the 

Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire. Franklin's company was the first to

make contributions toward fire prevention. Not only did his company warn

against certain fire hazards, it refused to insure certain buildings where the

risk of fire was too great, such as all wooden houses. In the United States,

regulation of the insurance industry is highly Balkanized, with primary

responsibility assumed by individual state insurance departments. Whereas

insurance markets have become centralized nationally and internationally,

state insurance commissioners operate individually, though at times in

concert through a national insurance commissioners' organization. In recent

years, some have called for a dual state and federal regulatory system

(commonly referred to as the Optional federal charter (OFC)) for insurance

similar to that which oversees state banks and national banks.

Types of insurance

Any risk that can be quantified can potentially be insured. Specific kinds of 

risk that may give rise to claims are known as "perils". An insurance policy

will set out in detail which perils are covered by the policy and which are

not. Below are (non-exhaustive) lists of the many different types of insurance

that exist. A single policy may cover risks in one or more of the categories

set out below. For example, auto insurance would typically cover both

 property risk (covering the risk of theft or damage to the car) and liability

risk (covering legal claims from causing an accident). A homeowner's

insurance policy in the U.S. typically includes property insurance covering

damage to the home and the owner's belongings, liability insurance covering

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certain legal claims against the owner, and even a small amount of coverage

for medical expenses of guests who are injured on the owner's property.

Business insurance can be any kind of insurance that protects businesses

against risks. Some principal subtypes of business insurance are (a) the

various kinds of  professional liability insurance, also called  professional 

indemnity insurance, which are discussed below under that name; and (b) the

 business owner's policy (BOP), which bundles into one policy many of the

kinds of coverage that a business owner needs, in a way analogous to how

homeowners insurance bundles the coverages that a homeowner needs.[9]

Auto insurance

Auto insurance protects you against financial loss if you have an accident. It

is a contract between you and the insurance company. You agree to pay the

 premium and the insurance company agrees to pay your losses as defined in

your policy. Auto insurance provides property, liability and medical

coverage:

1. Property coverage pays for damage to or theft of your car.

2. Liability coverage pays for your legal responsibility to others for 

 bodily injury or property damage.

3. Medical coverage pays for the cost of treating injuries, rehabilitation

and sometimes lost wages and funeral expenses.

An auto insurance policy is comprised of six different kinds of coverage.

Most countries require you to buy some, but not all, of these coverages. If 

you're financing a car, your lender may also have requirements. Most auto

 policies are for six months to a year.

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In the United States, your insurance company should notify you by mail

when it’s time to renew the policy and to pay your premium. [10]

Home insurance

Home insurance provides compensation for damage or destruction of a home

from disasters. In some geographical areas, the standard insurances excludes

certain types of disasters, such as flood and earthquakes, that require

additional coverage. Maintenance-related problems are the homeowners'

responsibility. The policy may include inventory, or this can be bought as a

separate policy, especially for people who rent housing. In some countries,

insurers offer a package which may include liability and legal responsibility

for injuries and property damage caused by members of the household,

including pets.[11]

Health

Health insurance policies by the   National Health Service in the United 

Kingdom (NHS) or other publicly-funded health programs will cover the

cost of medical treatments. Dental insurance, like medical insurance, is

coverage for individuals to protect them against dental costs. In the U.S.,

dental insurance is often part of an employer's benefits package, along with

health insurance.

Disability

• Disability insurance policies provide financial support in the event the

 policyholder is unable to work because of disabling illness or injury. It

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 provides monthly support to help pay such obligations as mortgages 

and credit cards.

• Disability overhead insurance allows business owners to cover the

overhead expenses of their business while they are unable to work.

• Total permanent disability insurance provides benefits when a person

is permanently disabled and can no longer work in their profession,

often taken as an adjunct to life insurance.

• Workers' compensation insurance replaces all or part of a worker's

wages lost and accompanying medical expenses incurred because of a

 job-related injury.

Casualty

Casualty insurance insures against accidents, not necessarily tied to any

specific property.

• Crime insurance is a form of casualty insurance that covers the

  policyholder against losses arising from the criminal acts of third

 parties. For example, a company can obtain crime insurance to cover 

losses arising from theft or embezzlement.

• Political risk insurance is a form of casualty insurance that can be

taken out by businesses with operations in countries in which there is a

risk that revolution or other  political conditions will result in a loss.

Life

Life insurance provides a monetary benefit to a decedent's family or other 

designated beneficiary, and may specifically provide for income to an

insured person's family,  burial, funeral and other final expenses. Life

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insurance policies often allow the option of having the proceeds paid to the

 beneficiary either in a lump sum cash payment or an annuity.

Annuities provide a stream of payments and are generally classified as

insurance because they are issued by insurance companies and regulated as

insurance and require the same kinds of actuarial and investment

management expertise that life insurance requires. Annuities and  pensions 

that pay a benefit for life are sometimes regarded as insurance against the

 possibility that a retiree will outlive his or her financial resources. In that

sense, they are the complement of life insurance and, from an underwriting

 perspective, are the mirror image of life insurance.

Certain life insurance contracts accumulate cash values, which may be taken

 by the insured if the policy is surrendered or which may be borrowed against.

Some policies, such as annuities and endowment policies, are financial

instruments to accumulate or liquidate wealth when it is needed.

In many countries, such as the U.S. and the UK, the tax law provides that the

interest on this cash value is not taxable under certain circumstances. This

leads to widespread use of life insurance as a tax-efficient method of saving 

as well as protection in the event of early death.

In U.S., the tax on interest income on life insurance policies and annuities is

generally deferred. However, in some cases the benefit derived from tax

deferral may be offset by a low return. This depends upon the insuring

company, the type of policy and other variables (mortality, market return,

etc.). Moreover, other income tax saving vehicles (e.g., IRAs, 401(k) plans,

Roth IRAs) may be better alternatives for value accumulation. A

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combination of low-cost term life insurance and a higher-return tax-efficient

retirement account may achieve better investment return.

Property

Property insurance provides protection against risks to property, such as fire,

theft or weather damage. This includes specialized forms of insurance such

as fire insurance, flood insurance, earthquake insurance, home insurance,

inland marine insurance or  boiler insurance.

• Automobile insurance, known in the UK  as motor insurance, is

 probably the most common form of insurance and may cover both

legal liability claims against the driver and loss of or damage to the

insured's vehicle itself. Throughout the United States an auto

insurance policy is required to legally operate a motor vehicle on

 public roads. In some jurisdictions, bodily injury compensation for 

automobile accident victims has been changed to a no-fault system,

which reduces or eliminates the ability to sue for compensation but

  provides automatic eligibility for benefits. Credit card companies

insure against damage on rented cars.

o Driving School Insurance insurance provides cover for any

authorized driver whilst undergoing tuition, cover also unlike

other motor policies provides cover for instructor liability where

 both the pupil and driving instructor are equally liable in theevent of a claim.

• Aviation insurance insures against hull, spares, deductibles, hull wear 

and liability risks.

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• Boiler insurance (also known as boiler and machinery insurance or 

equipment breakdown insurance) insures against accidental physical

damage to equipment or machinery.

• Builder's risk insurance insures against the risk of physical loss or 

damage to property during construction. Builder's risk insurance is

typically written on an "all risk" basis covering damage due to any

cause (including the negligence of the insured) not otherwise expressly

excluded.

• Crop insurance "Farmers use crop insurance to reduce or manage

various risks associated with growing crops. Such risks include crop

loss or damage caused by weather, hail, drought, frost damage, insects,

or disease, for instance."[12] 

• Earthquake insurance is a form of property insurance that pays the

 policyholder in the event of an earthquake that causes damage to the

 property. Most ordinary homeowners insurance policies do not cover 

earthquake damage. Most earthquake insurance policies feature a high

deductible. Rates depend on location and the probability of an

earthquake, as well as the construction of the home.

• A fidelity bond is a form of casualty insurance that covers

 policyholders for losses that they incur as a result of fraudulent acts by

specified individuals. It usually insures a business for losses caused by

the dishonest acts of its employees.

• Flood insurance protects against property loss due to flooding. Many

insurers in the U.S. do not provide flood insurance in some portions of 

the country. In response to this, the federal government created the

 National Flood Insurance Program which serves as the insurer of last

resort.

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• Home insurance or homeowners' insurance: See "Property insurance".

• Landlord insurance is specifically designed for people who own

 properties which they rent out. Most house insurance cover in the U.K 

will not be valid if the property is rented out therefore landlords must

take out this specialist form of home insurance.

• Marine insurance and marine cargo insurance cover the loss or damage

of ships at sea or on inland waterways, and of the cargo that may be on

them. When the owner of the cargo and the carrier are separate

corporations, marine cargo insurance typically compensates the owner 

of cargo for losses sustained from fire, shipwreck, etc., but excludes

losses that can be recovered from the carrier or the carrier's insurance.

Many marine insurance underwriters will include "time element"

coverage in such policies, which extends the indemnity to cover loss

of profit and other business expenses attributable to the delay caused

 by a covered loss.

• Surety bond insurance is a three party insurance guaranteeing the

 performance of the principal.

• Terrorism insurance provides protection against any loss or damage

caused by terrorist activities.

• Volcano insurance is an insurance that covers volcano damage in

Hawaii.

• Windstorm insurance is an insurance covering the damage that can be

caused by hurricanes and tropical cyclones. 

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Liability

Liability insurance is a very broad superset that covers legal claims against

the insured. Many types of insurance include an aspect of liability coverage.

For example, a homeowner's insurance policy will normally include liability

coverage which protects the insured in the event of a claim brought by

someone who slips and falls on the property; automobile insurance also

includes an aspect of liability insurance that indemnifies against the harm

that a crashing car can cause to others' lives, health, or property. The

 protection offered by a liability insurance policy is twofold: a legal defense

in the event of a lawsuit commenced against the policyholder and

indemnification (payment on behalf of the insured) with respect to a

settlement or court verdict. Liability policies typically cover only the

negligence of the insured, and will not apply to results of wilful or 

intentional acts by the insured.

• Directors and officers liability insurance protects an organization

(usually a corporation) from costs associated with litigation resulting

from mistakes made by directors and officers for which they are liable.

In the industry, it is usually called "D&O" for short.

• Environmental liability insurance protects the insured from bodily

injury, property damage and cleanup costs as a result of the dispersal,

release or escape of pollutants.

• Errors and omissions insurance: See "Professional liability insurance"

under "Liability insurance".

• Prize indemnity insurance protects the insured from giving away a

large prize at a specific event. Examples would include offering prizes

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to contestants who can make a half-court shot at a basketball game, or 

a hole-in-one at a golf tournament.

• Professional liability insurance, also called   professional indemnity

insurance, protects insured professionals such as architectural

corporation and medical practice against potential negligence claims

made by their patients/clients. Professional liability insurance may

take on different names depending on the profession. For example,

 professional liability insurance in reference to the medical profession

may be called malpractice insurance. Notaries public may take out

errors and omissions insurance (E&O). Other potential E&O

  policyholders include, for example, real estate brokers, Insurance

agents, home inspectors, appraisers, and website developers.

Credit

Credit insurance repays some or all of a loan when certain things happen to

the borrower such as unemployment, disability, or death.

• Mortgage insurance insures the lender against default by the borrower.

Mortgage insurance is a form of credit insurance, although the name

credit insurance more often is used to refer to policies that cover other 

kinds of debt.

Insurance in India

Insurance is a federal subject in India and has a history dating back to 1818.

Life and general insurance in India is still a nascent sector with huge

  potential for various global players with the life insurance premiums

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accounting to 2.5% of the country's GDP while general insurance premiums

to 0.65% of India's GDP.[1]. The Insurance sector in India has gone through a

number of phases and changes, particularly in the recent years when the

Govt. of India in 1999 opened up the insurance sector by allowing private

companies to solicit insurance and also allowing FDI up to 26%. Ever since,

the Indian insurance sector is considered as a booming market with every

other global insurance company wanting to have a lion's share. Currently, the

largest life insurance company in India is still owned by the government.

History of Insurance in India

Insurance in India has its history dating back till 1818, when Oriental Life

Insurance Company was started by Europeans in Kolkata to cater to the

needs of European community. Pre-independent era in India saw

discrimination among the life of foreigners and Indians with higher 

 premiums being charged for the latter. It was only in the year 1870, Bombay

Mutual Life Assurance Society, the first Indian insurance company covered

Indian lives at normal rates.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, insurance companies started

mushrooming up. In the year 1912, the Life Insurance Companies Act, and

the Provident Fund Act were passed to regulate the insurance business. The

Life Insurance Companies Act, 1912 made it necessary that the premium rate

tables and periodical valuations of companies should be certified by anactuary. However, the disparage still existed as discrimination between

Indian and foreign companies. The oldest existing insurance company in

India is National Insurance Company Ltd, which was founded in 1906 and is

doing business even today. The Insurance industry earlier consisted of only

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two state insurers: Life Insurers i.e. Life Insurance Corporation of India 

(LIC) and General Insurers i.e. General Insurance Corporation of India 

(GIC). GIC had four subsidiary companies.

With effect from December 2000, these subsidiaries have been de-linked

from parent company and made as independent insurance companies:

Oriental Insurance Company Limited,   New India Assurance Company 

Limited,  National Insurance Company Limited and United India Insurance 

Company Limited.

Related Acts

The insurance sector went through a full circle of phases from being

unregulated to completely regulated and then currently being partly

deregulated. It is governed by a number of acts, with the first one being the

Insurance Act, 1938.

The Insurance Act, 1938

The Insurance Act, 1938 was the first legislation governing all forms of 

insurance to provide strict state control over insurance business. You can

download the act by clicking here

Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956

Even though the first legislation was enacted in 1938, it was only in 19 

January  1956, that life insurance in India was completely nationalized,

through a Government ordinance; the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956

effective from 1.9.1956 was enancted in the same year to, inter-alia, form

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LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION after nationalization of the 245

companies into one entity. There were 245 insurance companies of both

Indian and foreign origin in 1956. Nationalization was accomplished by the

govt. acquisition of the management of the companies. The Life Insurance 

Corporation of India was created on 1 September, 1956, as a result and has

grown to be the largest insurance company in India as of 2006.[2]

General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972

The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 was enacted to

nationalise the 100 odd general insurance companies and subsequently

merging them into four companies. All the companies were amalgamated

into National Insurance, New India Assurance, Oriental Insurance, United

India Insurance which were headquartered in each of the four metropolitan

cities.[3]

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Act,

1999

Till 1999, there were not any private insurance companies in Indian

insurance sector. The Govt. of India, then introduced the Insurance

Regulatory and Development Authority Act in 1999, thereby de-regulating

the insurance sector and allowing private companies into the insurance.

Further, foreign investment was also allowed and capped at 26% holding inthe Indian insurance companies. In recent years many private players entered

in the Insurance sector of India. Companies with equal strength competing in

the Indian insurance market. Currently, in India only 2 million people (0.2 %

of total population of 1 billion), are covered under Mediclaim, whereas in

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developed nations like USA about 75 % of the total population are covered

under some insurance scheme. With more and more private players in the

sector this scenario may change at a rapid pace.

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Existing Insurance Companies/Corporations

• Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited

• Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd

• KOTAK Life Insurance Co. Ltd

• ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

• Life Insurance Corporation of India

• Max New York Life Insurance Co. Ltd

• Met Life India Insurance Company Ltd.

• Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited

• SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd

• .Tata AIG Life Insurance Company Limited

• Aviva Life Insurance Co. India Pvt. Ltd.

• Sahara India Life Insurance Co, Ltd.

• Shriram Life Insurance Co, Ltd.

• Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd.

• Future Generali Life Insurance Company Ltd.

• IDBI Fortis Life Insurance Company Ltd.

• Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Co. Ltd

• AEGON Religare Life Insurance Company Limited.

• DLF Pramerica Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

• Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Comp. Ltd.

HYPOTHESIS

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So finally below the hypothesis are:

KOTAK Life Insurance is preferred because of its returns.

Most of the customer are satisfied with KOTAK Life Insurance.

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COMPANY

PROFILE

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COMPANY PROFILE

Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance

Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance is a joint venture between Kotak 

Mahindra Bank Ltd., its affiliates and Old Mutual plc. The company is one

of the fastest growing insurance companies in India and has shown

remarkable growth since its inception in 2001.

About Kotak Mahindra Group

Kotak Mahindra group is one of India’s leading banking and financial

services organizations, with offerings across personal financial services;

commercial banking; corporate and investment banking and markets; stock 

 broking; asset management and life insurance. The Kotak Group employs

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around 20,000 people and has over 1,350 offices across 370 cities and towns

in India. Kotak also has offices in London, New York, San Francisco,

Singapore, Dubai and Mauritius.

Kotak Mahindra is one of India's leading financial organizations, offering a

wide range of financial services that encompass every sphere of life. From

commercial banking, to stock broking, to mutual funds, to life insurance, to

investment banking, the group caters to the diverse financial needs of 

About Old Mutual Plc.

Old Mutual plc is an international savings and wealth management company

 based in the UK. Originating in South Africa in 1845, it is among the top 50

largest companies in the FTSE100. The group has a balanced portfolio of 

  businesses offering Asset Management, Life Assurance, Banking and

General Insurance Services in over 40 countries, with a focus on South

Africa, Europe and the United States, and a growing presence in Asia

Pacific. Old Mutual plc employs approximately 53,000 employees

worldwide and is listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges.

Kotak Loan Protection Plan

Kotak Loan Protection Plan is a protection plan that helps share the burden

of your loan.

Kotak Term/Preferred Term Plan

The Kotak Term/Preferred Term Plan is a pure risk cover plan that provides

you with a high level of protection at nominal costs.

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Kotak Eternal Life Plans

Kotak Eternal Life Plans are participating whole life plans that provideenhanced protection till the golden age of 99.

Kotak Group Shield

Kotak Group Shield is a comprehensive solution that helps protect your 

customer’s assets and savings in the unfortunate event of death, illness or 

disability.

Kotak Group Assure

Kotak Group Assure is a comprehensive solution that helps protect your 

customer’s assets and savings in the unfortunate event of death, illness or 

disability.

Kotak Term Grouplan

Kotak Term Grouplan provides life cover for a group of employees, by paying a lump sum benefit to the beneficiary on the unfortunate death of an

employee.

Kotak Gratuity Grouplan

Gratuity management solution manages your gratuity liability effectively but

also helps you release resources for your core business activities.

Kotak Superannuation Grouplan

Kotak Superannuation Grouplan (KSGP) is a uniquely flexible product that

addresses the needs of both the employers and the employees.

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Kotak Credit-Term Grouplan

The Kotak Credit-Term Grouplan, is the right solution to your needs,

 protecting both your institution's and your customer's interest.

Kotak Complete Cover

Kotak Complete Cover  Grouplan can provide your institution the required

value-add to differentiate your products and make them more competitive.

Our Mission

We focus on the needs of our customers and create confidence, trust andloyalty by offering a wide range of innovative insurance solutions.

Strengthened by our commitment to professional management, we ensure thecontinued growth and advancement of our employees.

Our Vision

Kotak Life Insurance has a deep rooted commitment to improve the quality

of life of its customers, employees and stakeholders. We aim at improving

the long term value in our relationship by continuous innovation and

improvements.We do this by our three-prong effort which strives to make

Kotak Life Insurance a corporate with values.

Increase Customer ValueKotak Life Insurance has gone to the heart of its customer's requirements and

developed products which are unique and serve the customer needs perfectly.

We built a relationship of mutual trust and benefit to serve the Indian

customer. At Kotak Life Insurance the customer always comes first.

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 Cohesive Work Environment

We form long-term partnership with our employees by offering them an

invigorating work experience. We not only demand loyalty, sincerity andvalues but also give it back in equal measures. Kotak Life Insurance will liketo offer its employees space to grow, innovate and build a long-term career.

Work with Honour

Kotak Life Insurance delivers everyday services in the marketplace with thehigh sense of duty and commitment. Our employees strive to build the long-term value for all those come in contact with Kotak Life Insurance. Our 

consumers, distributors, employees, shareholders and the nation have our commitment that we will uphold the values of trust, integrity and a Sense of Honour in every thought, act and deed in order to positively contribute toindividual, society and nation growth

Management Overview

• Mr. Gaurang Shah Director  

• Mr. Pankaj Desai -  Managing Director  

• Mr. G Muralidhar -  Chief Operating Officer  

• Mr. Subhasish Ghosh - Sr. VP, FinancialInstitutions Group 

• Mr. Sugata Dutta - Head Human Resources 

• Ms. Elizabeth Venkataraman - Senior Vice 

  Mr. Andrew Cartwright -  Appointed Actuary 

• Mr. Suresh Agarwal - Head of Alternate channel 

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• Mr. Shekhar Bhandari - Head of Tied channel 

• Mr. Anand Dewan - Head Business Impact Group (BIG) 

• Mr. Sandip Shrikhande -Head of Group Business 

• Mr. Dhiresh Rustogi - Chief Technology Officer  

• Mr. Sudhakar Shanbag Chief InvestmentOfficer  

Why Kotak Life Insurance

Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance is a joint venture between

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. along with its affiliates and Old Mutual plc.

Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance is one of the fastest growing

insurance companies in India and has shown remarkable growth since its

inception in 2001. Kotak Mahindra believes in offering its customers a

lifetime of value.

A commitment that has made it a leading financial services group with,employing around 10,800 people in its various businesses and has a

distribution network of branches, franchisees, representative offices and

satellite offices across 300 cities and towns in India and offices in New York,

London, Dubai, Mauritius and Singapore. The Group services around 2.6

million customer accounts.

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Our Strengths

• Financial Acumen – 

Holds a stable and diversified portfolio and has received some of the highestratings in financial strength from industry’s independent rating agencies.

• Disciplined fund management – 

Years of experience in asset management, and a strong track record inmanaging funds - backed by the acclaimed expertise of Old Mutual plc

• Innovativeness 

•

Known for being an innovator in providing world-class pragmatic financialsolutions, with a constant focus on customization and flexibility

• Unrelenting Customer Focus – 

A highly committed sales force, with customer satisfaction as the key drivingforce - a major differentiator 

Transparency in Services – 

Daily declaration of fund performances, regular performance benchmarking,

well regulated asset management, and monthly newsletter on market updates

Purpose of the study

Customer satisfaction, a business term, is a measure of how products and

services supplied by a company meet or surpass customer expectation. It is

seen as a key performance indicator within business and is part of the four 

 perspectives of a Balanced Scorecard.

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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. There is a substantial body of 

empirical literature that establishes the benefits of customer satisfaction for 

firms.

Organizations are increasingly interested in retaining existing customers

while targeting non-customers;[2] measuring customer satisfaction provides

an indication of how successful the organization is at providing products

and/or services to the marketplace.

Customer satisfaction is an ambiguous and 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 options the customer may have

and other products against which the customer can compare the

organization's products.

Because satisfaction is basically a psychological state, care should be taken

in the effort of quantitative measurement, although a large quantity of 

research in this area has recently been developed. Work done by Berry (Bart

Allen) and Brodeur between 1990 and 1998 defined ten 'Quality Values'which influence satisfaction behavior, further expanded by Berry in 2002 and

known as the ten domains of satisfaction. These ten domains of satisfaction

include: Quality, Value, Timeliness, Efficiency, Ease of Access,

Environment, Inter-departmental Teamwork, Front line Service Behaviors,

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Commitment to the Customer and Innovation. These factors are emphasized

for continuous improvement and organizational change measurement and are

most often utilized to develop the architecture for satisfaction measurement

as an integrated model. Work done by Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Berry

(Leonard L) [3] between 1985 and 1988 provides the basis for the

measurement of customer satisfaction with a service by using the gap

 between the customer's expectation of performance and their perceived

experience of performance. This provides the measurer with a satisfaction

"gap" which is objective and quantitative in nature. Work done by Cronin

and Taylor propose the "confirmation/disconfirmation" theory of combining

the "gap" described by Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Berry as two different

measures (perception and expectation of performance) into a single

measurement of performance according to expectation. According to

Garbrand, customer satisfaction equals perception of performance divided by

expectation of performance.

Kotak Realty Funds

Kotak Realty Funds Group (KRFG) is a division of Kotak Investment

Advisors Ltd (KIAL) that focuses on Real Estate Investment opportunities.

Established in May 2005, it is one of India's first private equity funds, with a

focus on real estate and real estate intensive businesses. Our realty

investment funds actively consider investment opportunities with the local

developers and projects in the residential, commercial and other real estate

sectors.

Real estate investment funds have a lot of potential, considering the boom in

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the property sector, which is expected to continue because of a shortfall in

demand and growing incomes. The demand for funds is expected to increase

exponentially, and real estate private equity firms will benefit. Kotak realty

funds investment aim is to capitalise on this growing opportunity.

Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd ("KIAL"), a subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra

Bank was set up to focus on managing the Alternate Assets business of the

Kotak Group. As part of KIAL, KRFG currently manages 2 funds that are

domicile in India and advises one Offshore Fund.

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OBJECTIVESOF

THE STUDY

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

• To analysis the satisfaction level of the customers toward KOTAK life

insurance.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES

To analysis the customers view toward plans of KOTAK life

insurance.

To insurance the insurance need of the customer.

TO study about insurance policy

To study about customer perception toward kotak life insurance.

To study how insurance policy affect customer perception.

To analysis about schemes provided by kotak life insurance.

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 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 

This project will reveal the customer satisfaction of the BANK. This

study will help the companies to improve the brand image the company.

Brand image is to make people understand that there is no satisfactory

substitute for the Brand which they are offering.

Since there are perceptual difference among buyers with regard to market

offering the Brand will attract to particular set of customers and not to others.

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RESEARCH

METHODOLOGY

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

 This chapter will discuss the research design and process, and methodology used in this

investigation which can be done in the following manner 

Research Design and Process

Sampling Issues

Types of Research

Type of Data

Data Collection Methods

Method Used in this Research

Questionnaire Design and Development

Pre-Testing

Data Collection Procedure

Limitation of Method

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Research Design And Process

In the most elementary sense, the design1 is the logical sequence that connect

the empirical data in the study’s initial research questions and ultimately, to

its conclusions. The research design is much more a than a work plan.

There are three types of research designs, namely:

(a) Exploratory

(b) Descriptive,

(c) Causative

Exploratory Research: Exploratory research is conducted when the

researcher does not know how and why a certain phenomenon occurs, for 

example, how does the customer evaluate the quality of a bank, hotel or an

airline? While in the case of a manufactured product, quality is assessed on

the basis of tangible features, replacement policy, warranty, and so forth in

the case of Products, there are no tangibles. To understand this phenomenon,

several researchers have conducted focus group discussions to identify these

quality parameters. For example, Zeithaml, Parsuraman and Berry identified

variables which they clubbed under five groups. In doing so, they used focus

groups. Since the prime goal of an exploratory research is to know the

unknown, this research is unstructured. Focus groups, interviewing key

customer groups, experts and even search for printed or published

information are some common techniques.

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Descriptive Research:

Descriptive research is carried out to describe a phenomenon or market

characteristic. For example, a study to understand buyer behavior and

describe characteristics of the target market is a descriptive research.

Continuing the above example of Products quality, a research done on how

customers evaluate the quality of competing Products institutions can be

considered as an example of descriptive research. Likewise, research done on

media habits and TV viewing habits is an illustration of descriptive research.

Generally, descriptive research is carried out only when the researcher 

understands the phenomena or behavioral characteristics.

Causative Research:

Causative research is done to establish a cause and effective relationship, for 

example, the influence of income and life style on purchase decision. Here

the researcher may like to see the effect of rising income and changing life

style on consumption of select products. He/she may test the hypothesis that

as income increases or life-style changes, more elite and state-of-the-art

 products are likely to be bought. Or in other words, choice of technology is a

function of the customer's income and life style. Likewise, a firm may like

to test the effect of a 10 percent raise in its product's prices. In a causative

research, unlike exploratory or descriptive, hypotheses are tested.

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Sampling Issues

“Sampling may be defined as the selection of some part of an aggregate or 

totality on the basis of which a judgment or inference about the aggregate or 

totality is made” (C.R. Kothari, 2005, p-152). It is the method of obtaining

information about a complete population by examining only a part of it. In

this research work, the approach has been made to draw inferences based on

samples taken from the Indian population. Since India is the second largest

 populated country in the world so it is next to impossible to take the data

from even apart of its population. Hence it is best to adopt the Sampling

method. That is why the sample data will enable us to estimate the

 population parameters. Here care has been taken to select the sample so that

it should be truly representative of population characteristics without any

  bias as a result that it may outcome in valid and reliable conclusions

(Research Methodology, C.R. Kothari, 2005). 

Some of the decisions to be taken here by us is one the most difficult step

faced during the entire dissertation are the size of the sample (number of 

 people to be contacted), how their responses will be tabulated, analyzed or 

interpreted (sample stratification), and how the sample will be drawn

(sampling procedure).

Determining the Target Population

Sampling is intended to gain information about a population. In this study

the population is clearly defined as 30 samples from Bhopal.

Selecting a Sampling Procedure

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According to Fink & Arlene (2002), a researcher should first choose between

using a Bayesian procedure and a traditional sampling procedure. Non-

probability sampling- According to Aaker, Kumar & Day (2001), In

  probability sampling, the theory of probability allows the researcher to

calculate the nature and extent of any biases in the estimate and to determine

what variation in the estimate is due to the sampling procedure.

Convenience Sampling- To obtain information quickly and inexpensively, a

convenience sample may be employed. The procedure is simply to contact

sampling units that are convenient. Considering various limitations attached

with this study like time, cost etc the most appropriate method would be to

have a non-probability sample of 30 from Bhopal.

Types of Data collected for the Study

This research combines both secondary and primary data to achieve research

objectives.

Collection of Primary Data

In descriptive type of research the data is collected through surveys, whether 

sample surveys or census surveys. In this research the researcher has resorted

to sample survey. Then the researcher can obtain primary data either through

observation or through direct communication with respondents in one form

or another or through personal interviews.

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Sampling Issues

“Sampling may be defined as the selection of some part of an aggregate or 

totality on the basis of which a judgment or inference about the aggregate or 

totality is made” (C.R. Kothari, 2005, p-152). It is the method of obtaining

information about a complete population by examining only a part of it. In

this research work, the approach has been made to draw inferences based on

samples taken from the Indian population. Since India is the second largest

 populated country in the world so it is next to impossible to take the data

from even apart of its population. Hence it is best to adopt the Sampling

method. That is why the sample data will enable us to estimate the

 population parameters. Here care has been taken to select the sample so that

it should be truly representative of population characteristics without any

  bias as a result that it may outcome in valid and reliable conclusions

(Research Methodology, C.R. Kothari, 2005). 

Some of the decisions to be taken here by us is one the most difficult step

faced during the entire dissertation are the size of the sample (number of 

 people to be contacted), how their responses will be tabulated, analyzed or 

interpreted (sample stratification), and how the sample will be drawn

(sampling procedure).

Determining the Target Population

Sampling is intended to gain information about a population. In this study

the population is clearly defined as 30 samples from Bhopal.

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Selecting a Sampling Procedure

According to Fink & Arlene (2002), a researcher should first choose between

using a Bayesian procedure and a traditional sampling procedure.

Non-probability sampling-

  According to Aaker, Kumar & Day (2001), In probability sampling, the

theory of probability allows the researcher to calculate the nature and extent

of any biases in the estimate and to determine what variation in the estimate

is due to the sampling procedure.

Convenience Sampling-

To obtain information quickly and inexpensively, a convenience sample may

 be employed.

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DATA

COLLECTION

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Types of data collection

PRIMARY DATA: 

The primary data was collected by asking the consumers who come to the

authorized service stations for the servicing of their commercial vehicles

and also the new customers of the commercial vehicles to fill up the

questionnaires by me. It is a very important part of the project as it is only

through the properly filled up questionnaires that I can reach to any

conclusion from the data which I got from the questionnaires.

SECONDARY DATA:

Secondary data are the information which is attained indirectly. They are

the data collected by someone else and which has already passed through

statistical process. There exist two sources of secondary data.

 

Internal

sources

External

sources

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Data analysis

&

Interpretation

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2

4

6

8

10

12

? Protection

Plans

? Children’s

Plans

? Retirement

Plans

?Savings &

Investment

Plans

? Health

Plans

Data analysis and interpretation

1. What type of Products have you taken from KOTAK Life Insurance?

Table No. 1

Interpretation:-

It has been found that majority of respondent have use Savings & Investment Plans Products from KOTAK Life Insurance

 Protection Plans 6

 Children’s Plans6

 Retirement Plans 3

Savings & Investment Plans 10

 Health Plans5

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2. Are you satisfied with the Products provided by KOTAK Life Insurance?

Table No. 2

Option No. of Respondents Percentage

a) Yes 30 100

 b) No 0 0

Total 30 100

010203040506070

8090

100

No. of 

Responde

nts

a) yes b) No

options

percentage

Interpretation:-]

100% of respondents satisfied with the Products provided by KOTAK Life Insurance.

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3. How will you rate the Products of KOTAK Life Insurance?

Table No. 3

Option No. of Respondents Percentage

a)Excellent 3 10

 b) Very Good 10 33

c) Good 17 57

d) Bad 0 0

Total 30 100

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

a)Excellent b) Very

Good

c) Good d) Bad

Series1

Interpretation:

10% of respondents feel that the Products provided by KOTAK Life

Insurance are Excellent where as 33% thinks that they are very good,

57% respondents think that it is good.

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4. What are the responses of the agents?

Table No.4

Option No. of Respondents Percentage

a)Excellent 4 13%

 b) Very Good 8 27%

c) Good 18 60%

d) Bad 0 0%

Total 30 100%

0

2

4

68

10

12

14

16

18

20

a)Excellent b) Very

Good

c) Good d) Bad

options

No of 

respondentsNo of respondents

Interpretation:-

13% of respondents found that the responses are excellent & 27% of the

respondents found it very good, 60% of the respondents is good. No one is

with the opinion that the products are of bad quality.

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5. What do you think regarding the personal attention by the agents of 

KOTAK Life Insurance towards the customers?

Table No. 5

Option No. of Respondents Percentage

a)Excellent 9 30%

 b) Very Good 7 23%

c) Good 14 47%

d) Bad 0 0%

Total 30 100%

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

a)Excellent b) VeryGood

c) Good d) Bad

options

No of 

respondents

No of 

respon

dents

Interpretation: - 30% of respondents found the personal attention by the

agents of KOTAK Life Insurance towards customers are excellent & 23% of 

the respondents found it very good, 47% of the respondents found are

good.

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6) What do you think about the returns of different plans of KOTAK LifeInsurance?

 Table No.6

Option No. of Respondents Percentage

a)Excellent 11 37%

 b) Very Good 11 37%

c) Good 8 26%

d) Bad 0 0%

Total 30 100%

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

No. of 

Respondents

a)Excellent c) Good

Options

No. of Respondents

Interpretation:- 37% of respondents found the returns of different plans

of KOTAK Life Insurance are excellent & 37% of the respondents found

it very good, 26% of the respondents found that the returns of different

 plans of KOTAK Life Insurance is good.

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Q7.How will you rate the after sale facilities provided by the KOTAK 

Life Insurance?

Table No.7

Option No. of Respondents Percentage

a)Excellent 8 26%

 b) Very Good 12 40%

c) Good 10 34%

d) Bad 0 0%

Total 30 100%

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

No. of 

Respondents

a)Excellent b) Very

Good

c) Good d) Bad

Options

No. of Respondents

Interpretation:-

26% of respondents found the rate after sale facilities provided by the

KOTAK Life Insurance are excellent & 40% of the respondents found it very

good, 34% of the respondents found the is good.

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8. Are you satisfied with the KOTAK Life Insurance agency/dealer?

Table No.8

Option No. of Respondents Percentage

a)Yes 30 100%

 b) No 0 0%

Total 30 100%

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

No of 

Respondents

Yes NO

Options

Interpretation:-

100% respondents are you satisfied with KOTAK Life Insurance

agency/dealer.

.

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9. Are you satisfied with the different plans of KOTAK Life Insurance.

Table No.9

Option No. of Respondents Percentage

a)Yes 29 97%

 b) No 1 3%

Total 30 100%

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

No of 

Respondents

Yes NO

Options

Interpretation: -

97% respondents are satisfied with the charges of KOTAK Life

Insurance where as 3% are not satisfied.

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10. How will you rate the overall Products of KOTAK Life Insurance?

Table No.10

Option No. of Respondents Percentage

a)Excellent 9 30%

 b) Very Good 7 23%

c) Good 14 47%

d) Bad 0 0%

Total 30 100%

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

No of 

Respondents

Yes NO

Options

Interpretation:-

30% of respondents found the rate the overall Products of KOTAK Life

Insurance are excellent & 23% of the respondents found it very good, 47% of 

the respondents found that the returns of different plans of KOTAK Life

Insurance is good.

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12. Do you think that KOTAK Life Insurance is preferred because of its

returns?

Table No.12

Option No. of Respondents Percentage

a)Yes 29 97%

 b) No 1 3%

Total 30 100%

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

No of 

Responde

nts

Yes NO

Options

Interpretation: -

97% respondents think that KOTAK Life Insurance is preferred because of its returns.

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OBSERVATIONS

&

FINDINGS

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OBSERVATIONS & FINDINGS

I

Interpretation: 10% of respondents feel that the Products provided byKOTAK Life Insurance are Excellent where as 33% thinks that theyare very good, 57% respondents think that it is good.

Interpretation:- 13% of respondents found that the responses areexcellent & 27% of the respondents found it very good, 60% of therespondents is good. No one is with the opinion that the products areof bad quality.

Interpretation: - 30% of respondents found the personal attention bythe agents of KOTAK Life Insurance towards customers are excellent& 23% of the respondents found it very good, 47% of therespondents found are good.

Interpretation:- 26% of respondents found the rate after sale facilities provided by the KOTAK Life Insurance are excellent & 40% of therespondents found it very good, 34% of the respondents found the is

good. Interpretation :- 100% respondents are you satisfied with KOTAK 

Life Insurance agency/dealer.

Interpretation :- 97% respondents are satisfied with the charges of KOTAK Life Insurance where as 3% are not satisfied.

Interpretation :- 30% of respondents found the rate the overallProducts of KOTAK Life Insurance are excellent & 23% of the

respondents found it very good, 47% of the respondents found that thereturns of different plans of KOTAK Life Insurance is good.

Interpretation: - 97% respondents think that KOTAK Life Insurance is preferred because of its returns.

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Conclusion

&

Suggestions

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CONCLUSIONS

Customer satisfaction is a measure of how products and Products supplied by a company meet or surpass customer expectation. It is seen as a key performance indicator within business and is part of the four perspectivesof a Balanced 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. For this we have done project

on customer satisfaction of KOTAK Life Insurance. It is found that

majority of respondent have use Savings & Investment Plans Products from

KOTAK Life Insurance. 97% respondents think that KOTAK Life

Insurance is preferred because of its returns. So finally both below the

hypothesis are proved:

It has been found that majority of respondent have use Savings & 

Investment Plans Products from KOTAK Life Insurance. 100% of 

respondents satisfied with the Products provided by KOTAK Life

Insurance. 10% of respondents feel that the Products provided by KOTAK 

Life Insurance are Excellent where as 33% thinks that they are very good,

57% respondents think that it is good. 13% of respondents found that the

responses are excellent & 27% of the respondents found it very good, 60%

of the respondents is good. No one is with the opinion that the products are

of bad quality.

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30% of respondents found the personal attention by the agents of KOTAK 

Life Insurance towards customers are excellent & 23% of the respondents

found it very good, 47% of the respondents found are good. 37% of 

respondents found the returns of different plans of KOTAK Life Insurance

are excellent & 37% of the respondents found it very good, 26% of the

respondents found that the returns of different plans of KOTAK Life

Insurance is good. 26% of respondents found the rate after sale facilities

  provided by the KOTAK Life Insurance are excellent & 40% of the

respondents found it very good, 34% of the respondents found the is good.

100% respondents are you satisfied with KOTAK Life Insurance

agency/dealer. 97% respondents are satisfied with the charges of KOTAK 

Life Insurance where as 3% are not satisfied. 30% of respondents found the

rate the overall Products of KOTAK Life Insurance are excellent & 23% of 

the respondents found it very good, 47% of the respondents found that the

returns of different plans of KOTAK Life Insurance is good.

KOTAK Life Insurance is preferred because of its returns.

Most of the customer are satisfied with KOTAK Life Insurance.

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Suggestions

On the basis of extensive study and research, here are some recommendationand suggestion which may help the company to market the product andservice more profitability and increase its share in the insurance market.

PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES

The company expands the budget allocation for promotional campaign in

center Bhopal. It has affected the sale service brand image of kotak insuranceespecially in Bhopal. Low supports in promotion have lead to fluctuation insale.

There may be some useful tools which can be summed as follows:-

Advertising – 

Advertising should have a clear objective and message, which has not beenfound in recent ads. Insurance is a faster growing provider service in eachstate .every offers and schemes they should show with proper message for 

 benefit to the customer. In busy life customer do not remembered any offersand which service we can provided for the customer therefore they should byforce showing advertisement in growing market and among customer.Customers want continuously exposure in Cable and Local newspapers.

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Persuasive Advertising: -

 Now there is a need of persuasive advertising for Reliance service which can be moved into the category of “comparative advertising”. It will help thecompany to establish the superiority of its brand service through specificcomparison of one or more attributes and features.

Technical Expertise: - 

The advertisement should show the companies expertise, experience and pride in market the product service sale.

Limitation of the study

In this research, researcher may under take some sort of preliminary

survey. It could not do in this study. The time devoted in the reviewing of 

research already on related problem. Studies on related problem are useful

for indicating the type of difficulties that may be in countered in the presentstudy as also the possible analytical short coming. At time such study may

also suggest useful and even new line of approach to the present problem.

After the receiving the questionnaire, The researcher think that some point

must be incorporated in this study. what effect is on their business, and

what effect on the social status and how much growth is generated in their 

economy. Time factor save by the consumer. How they spent their time

which they have save and what way they utilized. Such type of finding may

 be asked in the questionnaire.

 

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY

 Published Sources

Aaker (1991) Building Strong Brands; New York: Free Press

C.R. Kothari (1985) Methods of Data Collection:  Research

Methodology – Methods & Techniques, pp 95-96.

C.R. Kothari (1985), Research Design:   Research Methodology – 

Methods & Techniques, pp 31-32.

Chatterjee, Jauchius, Kaas and Satpathy no. 1, (2002): 'Revving up

auto branding', McKinsey Quarterly.

David. A. Aaker, V.Kumar & George S. Day, (2001) Descriptive

Research: Marketing Research, Seventh Edition, pp 17 

David. A. Aaker, V. Kumar & George S. Day, (2001) Sampling

fundamentals : Marketing Research, pp 379

Donald S. Tull & Del I. Hawkins, (2004) Sampling & Data analysis :Marketing Research – Measurement & Method, pp 537 

Fink, Arlene (2002).  How to sample in surveys, Vol. 7 . Thousand

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ANNEXUREQUESTIONNAIRE

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Questionnaire

I am a final year student of M.B.A. management, I would like to

measure the satisfaction level of customers of “KOTAK LIFE

INSURANCE,”. This being a part of my academic requirement. Please

answer the following. Your name and details will be kept confidential.

Personal Details:

 NAME :

AGE :

SEX :

QUESTIONS

1) What type of KOTAK Life Insurance Products have you purchase?

 Protection Plans  Children’s Plans

 Retirement Plans  Savings & Investment Plans

 Health Plans

2) Are you satisfied with these Products?

Yes

 No

3) How will you rate the Products of KOTAK Life Insurance?

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Excellent Very Good

Good Bad

4) What is the responses of the agents?

Excellent Very Good

Good Bad

5) What do you think regarding the personal attention by the by the agents

of KOTAK Life Insurance towards the customers?

Excellent Very Good

Good Bad

6What do you think about the returns of different plans of KOTAK Life

Insurance?

Excellent Very Good

Good Bad

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6) How will you rate the after sale facilities provided by the KOTAK Life

Insurance?

Excellent Very Good

Good Bad

7) Are you satisfied with the KOTAK Life Insurance agency/dealer?

Yes No

8) Are you satisfied with the different plans of KOTAK Life Insurance?

Yes No

9) How will you rate the overall plans of KOTAK Life Insurance?

Excellent Very Good

Good Bad

10) Do you think that KOTAK Life Insurance is preferred because of its

returns?

Yes No