Asia Pacific/Oceania Financial Advisor Conference

LIMRA International hosted its ‘Asia Pacific/Oceania Financial Advisor Conference’ in India for the first time. The conference was attended by more than 300 financial advisors mostly MDRT members from all over the region.

Speaker from different parts of the globe shared their success stories. Prominent among them were, Tony Gordon, former president, MDRT-UK. Bharat Parekh, agent, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Thangiah Vijayanath, Manager-business development, Ceylinco Insurance (Sri Lanka) & Deepak Shah, advisor ING Vysya Life Insurance. Gary Aluise, corporate vice president & MD, LIMRA international & Gary Bennett, MD & CEO, Max NY life insurance delivered the opening ceremony address.

For nearly a century, LIMRA International has offered its clients insight in the form of research and value-added marketing and distribution expertise. Insight that helps the client identify trends, evaluate options, and implement solutions. As a member-owned organization, LIMRA is dedicated to meeting the marketing information needs of companies involved in marketing annuity, disability, health, life, mutual fund, and retirement savings products.

“We have more than a dozen members in India & around 800 members worldwide” said Mark Lamb – Managing Director, South Asia/Oceania, LIMRA International. LIMRA has developed a tool called ‘Sales Screener’ to help the Indian insurers to choose right candidates for their sales force added Lamb.

Shakti Sharan, Special Representative of LIMRA in India said “by having a permanent base in India, there has been further scope of strengthening relationship with the member companies as well as adding new members to benefit from LIMRA offerings. It is a unique opportunity for the member companies to be availing tremendous benefits out of LIMRA’s expertise in Research, Assessment & Development, Consulting, and Compliance”. LIMRA primarily helps the member companies in further enhancing productivity of agents, profitability of the company, persistency and retention, added Sharan.