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Type | Joint venture |
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Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 2001 |
Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Area served | India |
Key people | Ashish Kumar Srivastava (MD & CEO) |
Products | Life insurance Employee benefits Investment management |
Number of employees | 10,444+ |
Parent | Punjab National Bank MetLife |
Website | www |
PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited (PNB MetLife) established in 2001 is one of the leading life insurance companies in India. PNB MetLife shareholders include MetLife International Holdings LLC (MIHL), Punjab National Bank (PNB), Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited (JKB), and M. Pallonji and Company Private Limited, as well as other private investors. MIHL and PNB are the majority shareholders in the company. The company serves customers in over 7000 locations providing a range of health, life and retirement insurance products. [1]
PNB MetLife was initially launched as MetLife India Insurance Company Limited in 2001. In 2011, PNB acquired a 30% stake in MetLife India Insurance. On 7 December 2012, PNB and MetLife India approached the Competition Commission of India (CCI). In January 2013, PNB received full approval to purchase a 30% stake in MetLife India Insurance. This new private sector life insurer was re-branded as PNB MetLife India Ltd. [2]
PNB MetLife now has over 150 branches across the country and serves customers at more than 7,000 locations through its bank partnerships with PNB, Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited (JKB), and Karnataka Bank Limited.
The key people of PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited as defined by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) are as follows:
Name of key person | Designation |
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Ashish Kumar Srivastava | Managing director & CEO |
Asha Murali | Appointed actuary |
Khalid Ahmad | Chief financial officer |
Sameer Bansal | Chief distribution officer |
Samrat Das | Chief operating officer |
Sanjay Kumar | Chief investment officer |
Sarang Cheema | Chief compliance officer |
Shishir Agarwal | Chief human resource officer |
Vineet Maheshwari | Chief strategy officer |
Motty John | Chief legal officer & head of board affairs |
Viraj Taneja | Chief of internal audit |
Some key plans include:
2016: PNB MetLife won the ‘Website of the Year’ award at the E-Commerce Summit & Awards in Mumbai. [3]
2016: PNB MetLife won the ‘Celent Model Insurer Asia’ award for the most responsive eCommerce platform on a mobile. [4] [5]
2016: PNB MetLife won honors at the prestigious Asia Training & Development Excellence Awards 2016 held in Singapore in two categories – Best Education Training Campaigns and Programs and Best Sales Development Program. [6]
In August 2014, the company launched its corporate social responsibility program to support the education of children in Karnataka. The project, which is part of the existing Rajiv Gandhi Crèche Scheme, supports the government's priority of strengthening and supporting the 30 crèche centers. [7]
On the occasion of World Health Day, PNB MetLife announced the fifth edition of Guinness Record-holding PNB MetLife Satara Hill Half Marathon 2016. [8]
A new digital campaign, including a 75-second film conceptualized by McCann Erickson, was launched by PNB MetLife in June 2016 [9]
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