As of Nov 30, 2017, the New India Assurance Co Ltd has the highest market share in the non-life insurance market at 15.6%
State-owned LIC registered a fall of over 1.5 per cent in new premium collection at Rs 12,336.53 crore during the month
During 2016-17 the group sales constituted 80 per cent premium income and retail the balance 20 per cent
The public sector bank said LIC shed stake in a market sale from September 1 to November 29
Oriental Insurance, which had seen its solvency ratio go below the mandatory level of 150%, has improved it to 152% for half year ending September 2017
Move to help government's recap plan
SBI Life is a joint venture between top Indian lender State Bank of India and BNP Paribas Cardif, and went public last month after a $1.3 billion initial public offering
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, ICICI Lombard and SBI Life together have consumed over Rs 6,000 cr of mutual fund equity assets
Pending cases at all-time high in district, state and national forum, touching 90% in some states
The company's gross premium increased to Rs 926 crore from Rs 690 crore a year ago
NIA had appointed five merchant bankers - Kotak, Axis Bank, Nomura, IDFC and Yes Bank for the IPO
The non-life insurance firms had underwritten premium of Rs 15,428.17 crore in September 2016
State-owned insurance firm manages assets worth more than Rs 25.72 trillion
The insurer had fixed the price band at Rs 651-661 per share for the Rs 5,700-crore IPO
PE firms have invested heavily in leading insurers such as SBI Life, ICICI Lombard, HDFC Life and Max Life
Insurers growing in excess of 30-40% yearly are all backed by bancassurance
Sovereign and pension funds, PE firms and insurance firms lap 60% of IPO shares; mutual funds take the rest
Total investments of non-life insurance firms until March-end 2016 stood at around Rs 1,88,126 cr
Bidding for the sale closes later on Tuesday
Institutional portion fully subscribed, retail 60% covered, wealthy investor portion subscribed just 8%