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The insurance industry of India consists of 53 insurance companies of which 24 are in life insurance business and 29 are non-life insurers.

Among the life insurers, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is the sole public sector company. Apart from that, among the non-life insurers, there are six public sector insurers. In addition to these, there is sole national re-insurer, namely, General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re).

Other stakeholders in Indian Insurance market include agents (individual and corporate), brokers, surveyors and third-party administrators servicing health insurance claims.

Out of 29 non-life insurance companies, five private sector insurers are registered to underwrite policies exclusively in health, personal accident, and travel insurance segments.

They are Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Ltd, Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company Ltd, Max Bupa Health Insurance Company Ltd, Religare Health Insurance Company Ltd and Cigna TTK Health Insurance Company Ltd.

There are two more specialized insurers belonging to the Public-sector, namely, Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India for Credit Insurance and Agriculture Insurance Company Ltd for crop insurance.

India’s life insurance sector is the biggest in the world with about 360 million policies which are expected to increase at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12-15 percent over the next five years. The insurance industry plans to hike penetration levels to five percent by 2020.

The Indian insurance market is a huge business opportunity waiting to be harnessed. India currently accounts for less than 1.5 percent of the world’s total insurance premiums and about 2 percent of the world’s life insurance premiums despite being the second most populous nation.

The country is the fifteenth largest insurance market in the world in terms of premium volume and has the potential to grow exponentially in the coming years.