Life Insurance Corporation plans to hire 50,000 new agents in the current year for the eastern region.
The recruitment will be from the urban and the rural parts of Bengal, the northeastern states and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The eastern zone, currently has around 1.43 lakh agents.
Every year fresh additions are taking place to strengthen the base and cover the attrition.
LIC has also approached village sarpanch and heads through local branches to shore up the agent base. Last year, the insurer had added 15,292 agents.
