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Prudential Financial, DLF will start insurance venture

Prudential Financial, DLF will start insurance venture

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Mumbai: Prudential Financial Inc., the second-largest US life insurer, will form a life insurance company in India with realtor DLF Ltd, entering a market that raises $24 billion (Rs1,06,907 crore) a year in premiums.

Prudential Financial will own 26% of the venture, the maximum allowed under federal insurance ownership laws, according to a joint statement distributed late yesterday by both companies on the Business Wire. DLF, based in New Delhi, will own the rest.

Newark, New Jersey-based Prudential joins HSBC Holdings Plc. and Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. in expanding an insurance market where less than 3% of 1.1 billion Indians are insured, according to the Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority. Rising incomes and an increasing reliance on modern financial instruments to mitigate risks have boosted premium collections, which have risen 21% annually for the past seven years.

“India’s rapid development has created new opportunities for people seeking to protect their families, using life- insurance products," Rodger Lawson, Prudential Vice Chairman, said in the statement.

HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, will form a life insurance venture in India with state-run Canara Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce, according to a statement issued by the banks yesterday.

Indian rules cap the ownership of overseas partners in insurance ventures at 26%. While the government is committed to raising the limit to 49%, communist allies of the Congress party-led ruling alliance are opposed to higher overseas ownership.

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Published: 06 Mar 2007, 03:13 PM IST
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