New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- India's insurance sector has increasingly become a soft poaching ground for e-commerce, quick commerce, and logistics firms, which are hiring aggressively ahead of the festive season in anticipation of a sales surge following last week's goods and services (GST) rate cuts.

The insurance industry experiences very high attrition rates at junior levels, as its young workforce are attracted to these new-age sectors, lured by hefty bonuses, easier sales targets and relatively less-stressful job conditions, recruiters and industry experts said.

"Insurance companies' sales staff (mainly employees doing retail sales ) are leaving for e-commerce and digital platforms because these roles often offer higher and more structure...