Accenture identifies bancassurer distribution strategies

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IFAs come last in a list of possible partners or alliances required to boost sales growth in a question put to senior executives of Top-10 UK banks as part of consultant Accenture's latest global banking research.

Instead, deals with insurers and, especially, non-banking businesses such as retailers are considered more important, suggest findings in Organic Growth in Retail Banking, A Global Survey of Strategies and Programs. When asked which “distribution concept” was most highly valued in terms of driving growth, some 8 of the roughly 10 executives representing UK banks surveyed said they would look “not at all” or “partially” to IFAs to “improve mutual sales”. Some 7 out of the 10 said alliances with insurers would “not at all” or “partially” improve sales of such products. Contrast that ...

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