at the middlelevel as it had stopped recruitment for many years however the company has been recruiting officers and clerical staff in the recent times to augment our resources in the northeastern states the company has initiated a special recruitment drive and recruited 20 young persons of the area he explained on whether four public sector general insurers should be merged he said although all the four companies are governmentowned each has evolved over a period of time as a distinct entity with its own unique business composition profile culture strengths and market position there should be a free flow of market forces and the industry needs more and not less players merger at this juncture of these large entities will take away the focus from business and is not advisable he said