Birla Sun Life raising team of women insurance advisors

Targets 10,000 direct sales personnel pan India, says 50% women advisors among top-100 performers

Private life insurer Birla Sun Life Insurance (BSLI) today announced it is developing a team of women insurance advisors across the country.

In the first phase, the company is targetting a network of almost 10,000 women direct sales personnel in all major cities during the current fiscal 2017-18, and will be focusing strongly on tier-II and III towns as well.

"A recent study conducted by our company showed women advisors are more productive than their male counterparts," Birla Sun Life chief actuarial officer Anil Kumar Singh told Business Standard.

He said nearly 50 per cent of the women advisors were among the top