Title: Fundamental reengineering for endurance in competitive market: a case study of life insurance corporation of India

Authors: Upendra Nath Shukla

Addresses: Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Malhaur, Lucknow Campus-226028, U.P, India

Abstract: The Indian life insurance industry witnessed a monopoly period till the year 2001 when a state owned company, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), was the only player in the Indian market. Scenario got changed all of a sudden in the year 2000 after the privatisation of the insurance sector when foreign players were allowed to enter through joint ventures with Indian companies. This came as a major issue in competitive market in front of LIC to face the challenges given by the companies equipped with global expertise and modern technology as LIC had been a traditional Indian company enjoying a non-competitive, protected market since decades. Consequently, post liberalisation market share of LIC got significantly declined in the next couple of years. A complete overhauling of the system was required to meet the hard-hitting challenges. Rudimentary re-engineering of the entire system was the only remedy to crack the issue to increase insurance penetration and to remain as a market leader.

Keywords: value chain; business reengineering; customer centric value; competitive markets; privatisation; life insurance; marketing strategy; case study; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTCS.2015.074602

International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, 2015 Vol.6 No.4, pp.333 - 342

Received: 02 Sep 2015
Accepted: 27 Sep 2015

Published online: 07 Feb 2016 *

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