News: Policy Bazaar plans to add 2500 jobs in FY 19

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Policy Bazaar plans to add 2500 jobs in FY 19

The company has added more than 1.15 lakh square feet of space across five new offices this financial year, taking its entire office space area to 2.5 lakh square feet across nine buildings in Gurgaon.
Policy Bazaar plans to add 2500 jobs in FY 19

Insurance marketplace company PolicyBazaar.com celebrated its 10-year anniversary by holding an event, "UnBeat10" for its existing and previous employees. 

To mark the milestone, the company announced that it will create 2,500 more jobs in FY19, taking its employee strength to 6,000 people. Growing 100%, Y-o-Y PolicyBazaar.com is aiming to underwrite premium worth Rs. 10,000 crore, expand its unique customer base to 1 crore and increase its revenue to Rs. 1,500 crore by 2020. 

The company has added more than 1.15 lakh square feet of space across five new offices this financial year, taking its entire office space area to 2.5 lakh square feet across nine buildings in Gurgaon.  

“It’s been a long and challenging journey to make it to the 10th year. We effectively started with 14 hardworking individuals,” said Yashish Dahiya, Co-founder & CEO, PolicyBazaar.com, talking about how it all began for the company. “We always believed in doing things at the right time to stay ahead in the highly competitive market.  During these last ten years, our passions for technology, the commitment of each employee; and their distinctive competencies have been the driving force to build a successful venture.  We are hopeful for the similar success and dedication by employees in the new ventures of the Group.” 

Speaking on the occasion,  Alok Bansal, Co-Founder and CFO, Policybazaar.com, said, “Over the years we have acquired a huge customer base having unique needs. This presents a challenge and an opportunity for us because sustaining the momentum will be a critical factor for fuelling further growth for us and we clearly appreciate that customer acquisition and retention will be based on solving their problems quickly and efficiently”.

For PolicyBazaar.com, the new jobs will be mainly in the customer support function, where it expects to add 2,200 roles, while the rest of the jobs would be distributed across corporate and tech functions. New employees in the customer support function will be expected to advise and help consumers in understanding various insurance products such as life, health and motor, and managing their buying experience.

The company plans to advertise the potential openings across its website and LinkedIn page in the future.  

 

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