Reliance Life Insurance

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Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company Limited
Type Joint venture
Industry Financial services
Founded14 May 2001
Headquarters Santacruz, Mumbai, India
Key people
Anil Ambani
(Chairman)
Ashish Vohra
(CEO)
Products Life insurance
Investment management
Total assets 150 billion (US$1.9 billion) [1]
Parent Reliance Capital
Nippon Life
Website www.reliancenipponlife.com

Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company (RNLI) is a life insurance company in India. The firm offers life insurance products targeted at individuals and groups, catering to four distinct segments: protection, children, retirement and investment plans.

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History

The company offers life insurance products aimed at individuals and groups broadly classified into four distinct segments: protection, children, retirement and investment plans. Till year 2014 it was ranked amongst the top five private sector life insurance companies in terms of individual weighted received premium (WRP) and new business WRP and had over 1 crore policy holders with a strong distribution network of over 900 branches and around 100,000 agents. [2] [3] [4] [5]

2001AMP Sanmar Life Insurance Company was formed
2002AMP gets IRDA approval to commence business
2005Reliance Life Insurance takes over AMP Sanmar
2006Name changed to Reliance Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
2007ISO 9001:2000 Certification
2008Becomes 4th largest private insurer
2010Becomes the largest private insurer in number of policies
2011 Nippon Life signs definitive agreement to acquire 26% of the company.
2016Nippon acquires 49% stake in Reliance Life Insurance Company

Description

As of 31 March 2013, the Total Premium (net of re-insurance) was Rs. 40.15 billion, whereas new business premium stood at Rs. 13.77 billion. The company achieved a profit of Rs. 3.80 billion. The company sold 760,000 policies during 2012–13 with total managed funds valuing to Rs. 181.89 billion, through a wide network of distribution with 1,230 offices and over 124,000 advisors.

Reliance Nippon Life Insurance is a part of Reliance Capital of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. [6] [7] [8]

Important landmarks

Some of the important landmarks achieved by the company are: [2]

2010 - Achieves status as largest private insurer in number of policies.

2008 - Establishes as 4th largest private insurer.

2006 - Renamed to Reliance Life Insurance Co Ltd.

2005 - Acquires AMP Sanmar.

2001 - Incorporation of AMP Sanmar Life Insurance Company.

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