E-Commerce in the Indian Insurance Industry: Prospects and Future

  • Authors:
  • Prithviraj Dasgupta;Kasturi Sengupta

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA;Member, Indian Insurance Society, National Insurance Corporation, Calcutta 700 071, India

  • Venue:
  • Electronic Commerce Research
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

With the advent of the Internet, online processes are replacing conventional models in our society. The greatest impact in online technology has been achieved by e-commerce. E-commerce is attractive both to buyers and sellers as it reduces search costs for buyers and inventory costs for sellers. In this paper we investigate the impact of e-commerce on the insurance industry in India. The recent growth of Internet infrastructure and introduction of economic reforms in the insurance sector have opened up the monopolistic Indian insurance market to competition from foreign alliances. We study the evolving scenario in the insurance industry in India and identify the features of online insurance that improve the conventional insurance model and thus, makes it more attractive for the Indian insurance industry to go online.