Everything we do today and how we are working towards our ambition of meeting our customers’ needs better


5 reasons why extra curricular activities are a key to your child’s holistic development
Today, the mounting pressure of proving academic excellence coupled with technology dominated recreation has made our children lose interest in hobbies and other enrichment activities. Parents and educators are rarely seen encouraging the younger generation to pursue their dreams and passions. Instead the focus is primarily on scoring high grades to facilitate admission into top colleges; a sure fire means to secure a child’s future, at least professionally. It’s always about which career
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The new rules of engagement
Date: 12-Nov-2014
Amit Malik, CHRO, Aviva India
The Times of India
Till date organizations have been dependent on lucrative compensation packages, flexible work arrangements, management support and developmental programmes to engage the workforce. In the ever changing organisational fabric, there is a shift in outlook and expectations regarding values, ethos, culture and career aspirations. The youth today , in addition to the above mentioned


Mentoring: In Reverse motion
Date: 16-Sep-2014
Amit Malik, CHRO, Aviva India
The Economic Times
Reverse mentoring is a topic, which excites many and at the same time, eludes many. My personal reverse mentoring experience has clearly shown me that the days of traditional mentorship wherein information flow was unidirectional with a older or senior person telling a younger or junior person how to succeed and helping the mentee to network with a few other seniors folks, are over.
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Use of technology, data vital for life insurance to grow
Date: 01-Oct-2014
Misra, CDO, Aviva India
Mint
Retail financial services businesses tend to have thin margins. Profitability is, therefore, dependent on driving efficiencies. With a large component of the expense structure residing in distribution costs, improving distribution efficiency is centre-of-plate for most organizations. Thanks to rapid digitization and increased online consumption, most financial services firms are competing fiercely for


Invest in endowment plans to meet your financial goals
Date: 19-Mar-2014
TR Ramachandran CEO & MD, Aviva India
Financial Chronicle
An endowment plan is an insurance-cum-investment option where you need to pay a regular premium for a specified tenure, at the end of which you get a guaranteed accumulated corpus as maturity value.
Moreover, even if the policyholder doesn’t survive the policy tenure, the sum assured is paid to the policyholder’s nominee.
There are two types of endowment plans
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