Devika IyerChief Product Officer · Essays & perspective

Devika Iyer / Chief Product Officer

Three positions on what a life policy owes the customer who stops

Perspectives from a life in leadership.

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Protection and underwriting5 min read

India's protection gap is an underwriting problem

The industry explains low term cover in India as a failure of awareness. For most self-employed households the obstacle is that insurers cannot verify their income, so the remedy lies in underwriting design rather than advertising.

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Protection and underwriting

  1. Protection and underwriting5 min read

    India's protection gap is an underwriting problem

    The industry explains low term cover in India as a failure of awareness. For most self-employed households the obstacle is that insurers cannot verify their income, so the remedy lies in underwriting design rather than advertising.

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Savings product design

  1. Savings product design5 min read

    Show the surrender value before the maturity value

    Savings policy illustrations in India lead with the maturity benefit, which many customers will never receive because they stop early. Putting the early-exit value first would change how products are sold, how they are designed and who pays for fairness.

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Persistency

  1. Persistency5 min read

    A lapsed policy is a product defect

    Indian life insurers treat persistency as a sales and service measure, chased with renewal calls after customers have already decided to stop. Most lapses are designed in at the point of sale, so the product team should own them.

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