Panin Life will add 1500 agents next year

JAKARTA. The rapid business unitlink make life insurance companies vying to hoist the acquisition of the investment-based insurance products in the next year. Just look at the gait Panin Life, which next year will add about 1,500 new agents for the sake of hoisting the acquisition premium.

Now this number of agents in a subsidiary of the Panin Group of 3200. Year-end target of 3500 agents. "Going forward, the agency still must run parallel with bancassurance," said Vice President Director Simon Imanto Panin Life, Thursday (22/12).

Actually in Panin Life, currently the largest contribution to the distribution line is bancassurance, which is 70%. The remaining agencies 15%, and a combination of group insurance, direct marketing, and sharia by 10%. Panin Life Bancassurance because cooperation with major banks such as Bank Panin, Commonwealth, ANZ and DBS to market the product.

Simon said, next year unitlink still growing. But they do not want to rely solely bancassurance. Moreover, the insurance is in the process of licensing two new products for individual segments. Well, in order to more aggressively marketing this product will use an agency.

The agents certainly be certified. So secure in marketing products unitlink. Additional agents to hoist the acquisition premium of Rp 3.2 trillion aka grew 23% from this year. As an illustration, of the total target of Rp 2.2 trillion in premiums in 2012 through November already collected Rp 1.9 trillion.

This figure grew 70% compared to same period last year. Largest contribution was from unitlink, the remaining 90% of traditional products. Next year, Panin Life set a target of Rp 3.2 trillion atawa premiums grew 23% from this year's target.