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 Indian Journal of Finance and Banking; Vol. 3, No. 2; 2019 
  ISSN 2574-6081   E-ISSN 2574-609X 

Research Article                                          Published by Centre for Research on Islamic Banking & Finance and Business, USA 

 

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An Analysis of Effectiveness of Bancassurance among Customers as an 
Alternative Distribution Channel in Bangalore 

 
 

Bhavana Gowda SP 
Final Year Student 

Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences 
Bangalore-560054, India 

E-mail: mailmebhavanasp@gmail.com 
 

Rashmi.R 

Professor 
Faculty of Management and Commerce 
Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences 

Bangalore-560 054, India 
E-mail: rashmi.co.mc@msruas.ac.in 

 
 
Abstract  
In this study we had conducted a survey among Customers of Bank in order to know whether they are aware of the concept of 
Bancassurance and exploring the reasons why customer would like to buy insurance products from banks. Customer attitude to 
two different distribution channels was calculated by getting the mean of 24 statements on Likert scale. 74% of the sample was 
aware of the fact that their banks sell insurance products. It was reported that the reference (56%) and bank employees (54%) 
are the two main information sources for these customers. The respondents emphasized Trust, convenience in terms of location 
as the main reasons for buying the insurance products from banks instead of Insurance agents and after analyzing 24 statements 
administered among target sample population we can conclude: Customers feel that insurance agents have more expertise in 
insurance products than bank employees and can give better advice. It was also found that banks employees give them all the 
information needed than insurance agents and customers trust bank more than insurance company for all their financial 
requirements. Therefore, banks in India should try to exploit the existing opportunities to cross-sell insurance products through 
their branch network. 
 
Keywords: Bancassurance, Awareness, Insurance, Bank Employees, Future acceptance.  
 
1. Introduction 
This chapter is an introduction for the scope and topic of the study, which outlines the significance of Bancassurance. Banking 
has become a part and parcel of our day-to-day life.  Today, banks offer an easy access to a common man. They carry out variety 
of functions apart from their main functions of accepting deposits and lending. Banking is a service industry. Banks provide 
financial services to the people, business and industries. Merchant banking, money transfer, credit cards, ATM's are some of the 
important financial services provided by the modern banks. Indian banking system, over the years has gone through various 
phrases after establishment of RBI in 1935 according to RBI Act, 1934, during British rule, to function as Central Bank of the 
country. Earlier Central Bank's functions were being looked after by the Imperial Bank of India. The development of 'Banking’ is 
evolutionary in nature. There is no single answer to the question of what is banking. Because a bank performs a multitude of 
functions and services which cannot be comprehended into a single definition. For a common man, a bank is a storehouse of 
money, for a businessman it is an institution of finance and for a worker it may be a depository for his saving. It may be 
explained in brief as "Banking is what a bank does". But it is not clear enough to understand the subject in full The Oxford 
dictionary defines a bank as "an establishment for the custody of money which it pays out on a customer's order'. But this 
definition is also not enough, because it considers the deposit lending and repayment functions only. The meaning of a bank can 
be understood only by its functions just as a tree is known by its fruits, as any other subjects, it has its own origin, growth and 
development. 
 
2. Objectives of the Study 

 To understand the concepts and models of Bancassurance.  
 To analyse the present scenario of Bancassurance in India. 



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 To examine whether Indian customers are aware of the concept of Bancassurance i.e. selling of insurance products by 
banks. 

 To examine the preference of Indian customer for buying insurance products from insurance company or the bank and 
the reason for such preference. 
 

3. Literature Review 
In most of the emerging economies where spread of insurance sector is not that much strong or level of awareness about various 
types of financial products are low. The success of bancassurance business model basically depends on the strength of the 
financial market and economic performance of the country. (Bergheetal. 1999). The paper focuses on the liberalization of 
European financial market by creating a single insurance market. (Sterzynski, 2003). The new and innovative model of 
bancassurance each and every target consumer can get the true benefits of the same. The product knowledge about various 
insurance products is limited among bank staff. (Agarwal. 2004). The paper highlights that there is no unique model of 
bancassurance operations and its nature and implementation may vary country or region wise. Looking at the increasing 
phenomenon of developing a financial supermarket it will surely add values to the both players in the form of differentiated 
product, offering of a wider product mix not only helps the service providers to satisfy the increasing demand of specialized 
services but also helps to gain. (Brahmametal. 2004). The study is on the emerging trends of bancassurance in Indian market, 
factors like huge branch network, fee-based earnings for bank staffs and common acceptability of banks among mass consumers 
vis – a –vis insurance companies play a dominant role- responsible for this growing trend. The problems of bad loans faced by 
the Indian banks as well as overstaffing situation also forces the banks to take this route. Kind of trust enjoyed by the bank staffs 
can also be utilized properly. (Sinha (2005). The concept of bancassurance is not new but with changing time and geographical 
location wise the same model need to be re – oriented. (Kumar. 2008). It was concluded in the study that going by the present 
pace, bancassurance would turn out to be a common phenomenon rather than an exception in future in India. It would be a ‘win-
win situation’ for all the parties involved i.e. the customer, the insurance companies and the banks. (Karunagaran. 2006). 
 
4. Database and Methodology 
Data Collection: The methodology includes the information of the features of the Bancassurance in the form of primary data 
that had been received from the basic users of Bancassurance i.e., the customers who are the actual users. It also includes the 
information’s from the related books & the related websites. For this research a total of 348 people who had availed 
Bancassurance from different Banks in Bangalore city have been collected through questionnaire survey.  
Primary data: Questionnaire survey was done to collect the opinions of customers of Bangalore City. 
Secondary data: This data is collected through Literature reviews, Websites and books. 
  
5. Results and Discussion 

Cronbach's Alpha N of Items 

.942 20 

 

Cronbach’s α was used to measure the questionnaire’s consistency. The overall coefficient was found to be 0.942 which exceeds 
the minimal recommendations i.e., 0.90. Therefore, the viability and validity of the instrument is deemed to be sufficient.  

Hypothesis 

 H0- Low mis selling of products, ease of access, satisfaction under one roof, bank showing sincere interest in solving 
problems has no significance in effects of Bancassurance among customers in building good future in Bangalore.  

 H1- Low mis selling of products has significance effect in of Bancassurance among customers in building good future. 

 H2- ease of access has significance effect in of Bancassurance among customers in building good future.  

 H3 - satisfaction under one roof has significance effect in of Bancassurance among customers in building good future. 

 H4- bank showing sincere interest in solving problems has significance effect in of Bancassurance among customers in 
building good future. 

 

 

 



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Correlations 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Correlations 

 Good future Easy to access 

Good future Pearson Correlation 1 .658** 

Sig. (2-tailed)  .000 

N 348 348 

Easy to access Pearson Correlation .658** 1 

Sig. (2-tailed) .000  

N 348 348 

**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). 
 
 
 

 Good future Low misspelling of 
products 

Good future Pearson 
Correlation 

1 .715** 

Sig. (2-
tailed) 

 .002 

N 348 348 

Low misspelling of products Pearson 
Correlation 

.715** 1 

Sig. (2-
tailed) 

.002  

N 348 348 

**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). 

Model Summary 

Model R R Square Adjusted R Square Std. Error of the 
Estimate 

1 .834a .695 .692 .360 

a. Predictors: (Constant), bank shows sincere interest in solving, easy to access, enables satisfaction under 
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This analysis mainly shows that the model can explain 69.2% of the impact of Integrating Good future by 

Independent variables such as bank shows sincere interest in solving, easy to access, enables satisfaction under one roof, low mis-
selling of products. This is from the evidence that the Adjusted R Square is 0.692, which also means that remaining 30.8% on 
developing Good future for Bancassurance will happen by the factors that are not included in the model. 

The analysis findings shows that there is a good strong relationship between developing good future by independent 
variables such as bank showing sincere interest in solving, easy to access, enables satisfaction under one roof, low mis-selling of 
products as evidenced by the regression model showing  Coefficient of R as 83.4%.  
This result is complimented by the R Square of about 69.2%, which in essence is the proportion of total variance that is 
explained by the model. 

Further the results it also show that there is strong relation between satisfaction under one roof and there is no strong 
relation between showing interest in solving problems on Bancassurance. This makes us accept the alternate hypothesis H3and 
reject H4. That means that the statement “showing interest in solving problems of customers has a significant impact on good 
future in Bancassurance” is accepted and the statement “providing customer satisfaction under one roof has a significant impact 
on effectivesness of Bancassurance in building good future” is rejected. 

 
6. Conclusion 
The life Insurance Industry in India has been progressing at a rapid growth since opening up of the sector. The size of country, 
adverse set of people combined with problems of connectivity in rural areas, makes insurance selling in India a very difficult task. 
Life Insurance Companies require good distribution strength and tremendous man power to reach out such a huge customer 
base. The concept of Bancassurance in India is still in its nascent stage, but the tremendous growth and the potential reflects a 
very bright future for bancassurance in India. 

The success of bancassurance greatly depends upon banks ensuring excellent customers relationship; therefore banks 
need to strive towards that direction. The fact that the banking operations in India, unlike in other developed countries, are still 
branch oriented and manually operated vis-à-vis highly mechanized and automated banking channels, viz., internet banking, 
ATMs,  etc. are all the more conducive for flourishing of bancassurance. It’s a win-win strategy for the banks as well for the 
insurance companies, as the banks get their commission for selling the insurance products and in the same way the insurance 
companies get the wide spread networking of their branches. The prospect of bancassurance is also bright as it is one of the most 
preferred distribution channels among the customers who wish to buy insurance products. With more incentives and focus in the 
in specified areas the bank can even have the potential of making more customers to buy insurance products from banks. With 
bancassurance, company can also take the advantage of more customer base and can become more competitive. Thus, in the 
coming years Insurance Companies will definitely play a predominant role in the bancassurance industry and thereby can 
contribute more to the upliftment of the company. 

 
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ANOVA
a 

Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig. 

1 Regression 101.329 4 25.332 195.768 .000b 

Residual 44.384 343 .129   

Total 145.713 347    

a. Dependent Variable: good future 

b. Predictors: (Constant), bank shows sincere interest in solving, easy to access, enables satisfaction under one roof, low 
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