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Intel Capital and Info Edge invested ₹ 60 crore (US$12.86 million) into Policybazaar in May 2011 as part of the venture round. [19] Policybazaar raised US$9 million from Intel Capital and Inventus Capital Partners in its Series A investment round. [11] Policybazaar raised US$5 million in its third round of funding in April 2013.
Life insurance is one of the growing sectors in India since 2000 as Government allowed Private players and FDI up to 26% and recently Cabinet approved a proposal to increase it to 49%. In 1955, mean risk per policy of Indian and foreign life insurers amounted respectively to ₹2,950 & ₹7,859 [ 1 ] (worth ₹15 lakh & ₹41 lakh in 2017 prices).
The insurance sector has gone through a number of phases by allowing private companies to solicit insurance and also allowing foreign direct investment. India allowed private companies in insurance sector in 2000, setting a limit on FDI to 26%, which was increased to 49% in 2014, [ 2 ] and further increased to 74% in May 2021.
Unit linked funds insurance plans existed pre 2000. An early adopter for unit-linked insurance plan was launched by Unit Trust of India. [1] With the Government of India opening up the insurance sector to foreign investors in 2001 [2] and the subsequent issue of major guidelines for unit-linked insurance plans by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, now the Insurance Regulatory ...
Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited is an Indian joint venture life insurance company, formed by Tata Sons and AIA Group (AIA). It combines Tata's pre-eminent leadership position in India and AIA's presence as the largest, independent listed pan-Asian life insurance group in the world spanning 18 markets in the Asia–Pacific region.
The Oriental Life Insurance Company, the first company in India to offer life insurance coverage, was established in Kolkata in 1818 by Bipin Das Gupta. Its primary target market was India. [9] Surendranath Tagore had founded Hindustan Insurance Society around the same time, which later became the Life Insurance Corporation. [10]
The company is a joint venture between Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (HDFC), one of India's leading housing finance institutions and Abrdn, a global investment company. [5] As of 31 March 2020, the promoters; HDFC Ltd. and Standard Life (Mauritius Holdings) 2006 Ltd. hold a 51.69% and 34.75% stake in HDFC Life respectively. [ 5 ]
The Insurance Repository in India is a database of insurance policies.It allows policy holders to make revisions to a policy. It launched on 16 September 2013. It is the world's first of its kind.