After almost three years, job opportunities for agents in the life insurance industry are increasing again.“There has been a noticeable increase in agent hiring in the industry,” T. S. Vijayan, Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), told Business Line here.The increase in recruitment is driven by the growth being witnessed in the life insurance business after a continuous slide since September 2010 when the new regulatory regime for unit-linked insurance plans hit the industry hard resulting in a massive downsizing, especially by the private insurers.

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