An investigation into satisfaction level of females employees of insurance industry: a study in India

Measurement of Satisfaction level of females in Insurance Industry seeks to identify the present scenario of the Insurance market and to study the various causes which produced stresses among females in Insurance industry. The Objectives of research hence required an insight of mindset of females working in insurance sector, on what they think and what they want. The objectives of this study were to identify occupational stressors among females in an insurance company. According to the factors studied in the present study the dissatisfaction level of females was found to be the main cause of stresses and it assess the relationships between occupational stress, ill health and organizational commitment. For this purpose a structured questionnaire was designed to collect information and Chi Square test was applied on the data. The value of Chi Square was calculated at a level of 0.05 and the null hypothesis was found to be significant. It was concluded that there exist high level of stress in the Indian insurance industry which affect personal health significantly. It may be concluded that the satisfaction level of females is dependent upon education level, age, regular or overtime, and is independent of company name, public or private sector, marital status, nature of job. Further the satisfaction level of females is dependent upon A.C & Non A.C. Results show that there is a more stress in insurance industry and job dissatisfaction and stress were significantly positively correlated and also results show that long work hours creates stress and completely in- balance the life of insurance employees.