Mar 02, 2007 02:18 PM
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(Updated Oct 25, 2007 01:09 PM)
Online Shopping is becoming the way of life these days. Everything from airline tickets, to latest gizmos are bought online, and most importantly at your own convenience and at the speed of light.The latest to join the bandwagon is the insurance sector with ICICI Lombard making itself first to offer general insurance online. The online service offers great flexibility, convenience, transparency while buying the product. You can easily compare other available offerings and make your choice, also you can buy it on your time and eliminating pushy insurance salesmen.
Also, you always have customer service for questions, which is what most people use after signing up with an agent anyway. Other advantages may include: Zero documentation or paper hassles, Zero service charges and 24X7 Access to your policy. Ofcourse you loose out on discount from your agents, which these days anyways no one offers, and that "personal touch" of service, which remains only till the time you buy a policy.
ICICI Lombard has done a great job, while making optimum use of the technology. The system is really easy to use; you don’t need to be a technocrat to shop online. Most of the queries are answered and if not then you can easily use the online chat and get it cleared. everything is so easy, I just loved my shopping of insurance over the internet.
