As the IRDA & SEBI tussle over ULIPs gets into a prolonged battle- it seems to have started claiming its first victims.
In a bid to make Life Insurance sales come closer to the transparency levels in Mutual Funds, IRDA has mandated all Life Insurers to clearly spell out the commission structure on their policies.
This means that any customer would henceforth know how much of his/her first year premium is being pocketed by the sales guy. This could give a lot of bargaining power in the hands of the consumers. As it is, the market is known to have numerous instances of agents passing back a part of their commission to customers to close sales. With this - one can only expect such dubious sales processes to increase.
Not surprisingly, most insurers are unhappy with the move & they feel that such disclosures on margin structures are not really required.
