Often times you see job openings in insurance companies or banks for bancassurance personnel. Ever wondered what it means?
Meaning of Bancassurance
Bancassurance is the partnership or relationship between a bank and an insurance company whereby the insurance company uses the bank sales channel in order to sell insurance products, an arrangement in which a bank and an insurance company form a partnership so that the insurance company can sell its products to the bank's client base.
Bancassurance allows the insurance company to maintain smaller direct sales teams as their products are sold through the bank to bank customers by bank staff and employees as well.
Bank staff and tellers, rather than an insurance salesperson, become the point of sale and point of contact for the customer. Bank staff are advised and supported by the insurance company through product information, marketing campaigns and sales training.
The bank and the insurance company share the commission. Insurance policies are processed and administered by the insurance company.
This partnership arrangement can be profitable for both companies. Banks can earn additional revenue by selling the insurance products, while insurance companies are able to expand their customer base without having to expand their sales forces or pay commissions to insurance agents or brokers.
Bancassurance, the sale of insurance and pensions products through a bank, has proved to be an effective distribution channel for Insurance companies in Nigeria.
So next time when you are applying for such vacancies, you are basically going to be involved in such activities in the insurance company or bank.
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