The new enterprise premium earnings of India’s life insurance coverage corporations declined by 4.1 per cent to Rs 23,477.8 crore in May 2023, information from the Life Insurance Council confirmed. All 24 life insurers had a collective new enterprise premium earnings of Rs 24,480.36 crore in the identical month a yr in the past (May 2022).
LIC — the one state-owned and the biggest life insurer in the nation — recorded an 11.26 per cent decline in its new enterprise premium at Rs 14,056.29 crore throughout the month towards Rs 15,840.63 crore a yr in the past, as per information launched by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India.
The relaxation 23 gamers in the non-public sector, nevertheless, witnessed their mixed new enterprise premium rise by 9.05 per cent to Rs 9,421.51 crore from Rs 8,639.72 crore in May 2022.
24 gamers registered 15% fall
On a cumulative foundation, all 24 gamers registered a 15 per cent fall in new enterprise premium earnings throughout April-May interval of 2023-24 at Rs 36,043.11 crore in comparison with Rs 42,419.97 crore in the identical interval of 2022-23, as per the information. LIC’s new enterprise declined by 28 per cent in the primary two months of the fiscal to Rs 19,866 crore towards Rs 27,557 crore in the year-ago interval.
(With PTI inputs)
