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Index of Paper Presentations for the Parallel Sessions - Academy of ...

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The needs <strong>of</strong> rural customers are different from urban customers. From secondary data, it is known that except LIC<strong>of</strong> India, no o<strong>the</strong>r insurance company has exclusive rural centric products. ‗One-size fits all‘ is <strong>the</strong> marketing mantra<strong>of</strong> private players. To ascertain whe<strong>the</strong>r this true, opinion is sought from agents and tabulated as follows.It is understood that majority <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> agents opine that insurance products are not rural centric. Marketers should takethis aspect and evaluate <strong>the</strong> products in <strong>the</strong>ir kitties vis-à-vis rural customer needs. The hypo<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>for</strong>mulated is:H 0: There is no significant difference between <strong>the</strong> view points <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> agents that rural insurance products are needbased or o<strong>the</strong>rwise.H 1 : There is significant difference between <strong>the</strong> view points <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> agents that rural insurance products are need basedor o<strong>the</strong>rwise.The difference in <strong>the</strong> opinion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> agents in Bangalore Rural and Kolar Rural was tested <strong>for</strong> its significance withIndependent t-test and <strong>the</strong> results are tabulated below:

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