Insurance industry optimistic because more people care about

The community care, insurance industry is optimistic. Optimistic life insurance industry is able to grow on the positive first quarter 2009, marked the start of increased public awareness to buy financial services products in the middle terpaan global financial crisis.

“For the first quarter of this year for life insurance, we can be optimistic again grow after the end of 2008 growth so low,” said General Chairman of the Life Insurance Association of Indonesia, Evelina F Pietruschka, in Jakarta, Friday (12 / 6).

According to him, the main factor growth financial services industry is not detached from the high level of awareness in the midst of economic conditions is not certain that the world of late.

The same condition also occurs when the monetary crisis befalling countries in Asia including Indonesia and thus bring a positive impact for the insurance industry in the country. “We have predicted that the low growth that occurred during 2008 are only temporary and in fact correct even though the data growth that we are gathered to be announced in the near future,” he said.

Growing optimism positive financial services industry is also supported by the factors increasing significantly its economic capital markets in the country as shown with the increase in local stock prices. “But clearly the conditions at the time of crisis such as this awareness increases in buying insurance products to protect themselves,” said Evelina who also served President Director of PT Adisarana Wanaartha.

Insurance Media Research Institute said, the entire insurance premium in 2008 still grew thin in the middle terpuruknya financial services industry in the world because the global financial crisis that started from the crisis in the United States.

Performance ansuransi life premiums in 2008 grew 4.5 percent compared to 2007, the reinsurance premiums grew 26.5 percent, and general insurance premiums recorded 21.9 percent growth. Today the insurance industry has total assets of Rp 135 trillion, with the premiums collected from the public about Rp 110 trillion.

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