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Company type | Central Public sector undertaking |
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BSE: 540769 NSE: NIACL | |
Industry | Insurance |
Founded | 23 July 1919[1] |
Founders | Dorabji Tata |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | India |
Key people | Girija Subramanian (Chairman and Managing Director) [2] |
Products | |
Revenue | ₹41,073 crore (US$4.9 billion) (2023) [3] |
₹1,310 crore (US$160 million) (2023) [3] | |
₹1,048 crore (US$130 million) (2023) [3] | |
Total assets | ₹98,223 crore (US$12 billion) (2023) [3] |
Total equity | ₹25,864 crore (US$3.1 billion) (2023) [3] |
Owner | Government of India (85.44%) [4] |
Number of employees | 12,816 (2023) |
Website | newindia.co.in |
The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. (NIACL) is an Indian public sector insurance company owned by the Government of India and administered by the Ministry of Finance. Headquartered in Mumbai, [5] it is the largest nationalised general insurance company of India based on gross premium collection inclusive of foreign operations. [6] It was founded by Sir Dorabji Tata in 1919, and was nationalised in 1973. [7]
Previously, it was a subsidiary of the General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC). But when GIC became a re-insurance company following the passage of the IRDA Act 1999, its four primary insurance subsidiaries New India Assurance, United India Insurance, Oriental Insurance and National Insurance became autonomous.
Category Of Employees | Male | Female | Total |
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Class I | 5,426 | 2,220 | 7,646 |
Class II | 802 | 34 | 836 |
Class III | 5,576 | 1,869 | 7,445 |
Class IV (Excluding PTS) | 1,012 | 384 | 1,396 |
Part Time Sweepers | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 12,823 | 4,507 | 17,330 |
The company's achievements include:
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