Winning ways

The new Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) Chairman, T S Vijayan, appears to have worked hard to establish a rapport with employees at Irda headquarters in Hyderabad from the first day. Vijayan, who was earlier chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), made sure that he met as many people in Irda as possible on the day he took charge. Insiders say Vijayan met almost everyone, including support staff, and everyone seemed happy to have such an approachable chairman. Of course, given his background in marketing at LIC, he could not have found it difficult to win over people.