Max New York Life Insurance, which posted a growth of 46% between April to December 2008 compared to 18% growth recorded by private life insurers, plans to hire about 7,000 agents this year in north. The company has over 4,800 insurance agents in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and plans to add another 7,000 by December 2009. Discussing the company s expansion plans with FE, Ashish Jaitly, regional manager, agency, Max New York Life, said, Despite the economic slowdown, we are on a hiring spree and will be adding more agents as well as open new offices across ...

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