First Year Premium Underwritten by Life Insurers for the period ended August, 2004 (Rs. In lakhs)
Sl No. Company Premium  u/w  % of Premium No. of Policies / Schemes % of No. of Policies  No. of lives covered under Group Schemes % of lives covered under Group Schemes
    August Upto August Upto August August Upto August Upto August August Upto August Upto August
1 Bajaj Allianz 3957.41 14395.73 2.03 17251 70237 0.92 3142 52208 2.02
  Individual Single Premium 1471.94 5035.22   1624 5657        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 2480.37 9259.88   15621 64549        
  Group Single Premium 0.00 0.00   0 0   0 0  
  Group Non-Single Premium 5.09 100.63   6 31   3142 52208  
2 ING Vysya 762.05 2606.27 0.37 8125 34928 0.46 0 5898 0.23
  Individual Single Premium 0.19 32.51   10 4781        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 708.33 2432.79   8115 30141        
  Group Single Premium 53.01 121.14   0 1   0 255  
  Group Non-Single Premium 0.51 19.83   0 5   0 5643  
3 AMP Sanmar 521.22 1823.25 0.26 2705 12321 0.16 3349 21305 0.82
  Individual Single Premium 318.20 848.12   632 1785        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 178.32 851.89   2069 10507        
  Group Single Premium 9.69 30.54   0 1   0 190  
  Group Non-Single Premium 15.01 92.70   4 28   3349 21115  
4 SBI Life 4374.27 12768.21 1.80 7613 34128 0.45 94848 264883 10.24
  Individual Single Premium 655.47 2641.90   339 1483        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 421.54 1994.24   6882 31641        
  Group Single Premium 2585.73 5843.29   1 3   24548 64713  
  Group Non-Single Premium 711.53 2288.78   391 1001   70300 200170  
5 Tata AIG 1598.33 9150.07 1.29 15253 79673 1.04 16197 129927 5.02
  Individual Single Premium 0.00 0.00   0 0        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 1464.27 7168.45   15221 79565        
  Group Single Premium 52.84 251.46   0 0   8931 38025  
  Group Non-Single Premium 81.22 1730.15   32 108   7266 91902  
6 HDFC Standard 2011.45 9671.52 1.36 15459 59213 0.77 5318 57363 2.22
  Individual Single Premium 743.86 2848.85   1591 6222        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 1238.24 6385.36   13858 52924        
  Group Single Premium 25.07 272.09   8 61   5111 49327  
  Group Non-Single Premium 4.28 165.22   2 6   207 8036  
7 ICICI Prudential 8803.58 39977.55 5.63 38821 181635 2.37 25818 31965 1.24
  Individual Single Premium 673.01 6536.80   550 4115        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 7640.23 29626.01   38267 177471        
  Group Single Premium 3.37 14.96   1 6   794 1101  
  Group Non-Single Premium 486.97 3799.78   3 43   25024 30864  
8 Birla Sunlife 4561.86 18150.60 2.56 11759 48022 0.63 5162 19335 0.75
  Individual Single Premium 111.27 541.85   3163 9612        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 3251.07 13864.37   8589 38378        
  Group Single Premium 39.01 177.19   0 0   325 1446  
  Group Non-Single Premium 1160.52 3567.18   7 32   4837 17889  
9 Aviva 1082.91 5623.20 0.79 5705 29521 0.39 11034 49047 1.90
  Individual Single Premium 0.89 148.79   38 180        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 1064.38 5372.65   5664 29326        
  Group Single Premium 1.99 6.38   0 1   23 66  
  Group Non-Single Premium 15.65 95.38   3 14   11011 48981  
10 Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual 1089.93 3626.48 0.51 4567 16225 0.21 7812 35009 1.35
  Individual Single Premium 149.17 707.27   115 470        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 800.24 2313.86   4444 15740        
  Group Single Premium 0.00 0.00   0 0   0 0  
  Group Non-Single Premium 140.52 605.35   8 15   7812 35009  
11 Max New York 1459.34 6356.25 0.90 15379 65505 0.85 3810 34869 1.35
  Individual Single Premium 16.51 108.08   21 105        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 1433.30 6185.48   15349 65364        
  Group Single Premium 0.00 0.00   0 0   0 0  
  Group Non-Single Premium 9.54 62.69   9 36   3810 34869  
12 Met Life 348.36 1522.84 0.21 3164 10489 0.14 5618 84501 3.27
  Individual Single Premium 12.91 51.62   32 123        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 325.54 1147.84   3123 10327        
  Group Single Premium 0.00 0.00   0 0   0 0  
  Group Non-Single Premium 9.91 323.38   9 39   5618 84501  
  Private Total 30570.71 125671.97 17.70 145801 641897 8.37 182108 786310 30.41
13 LIC 127451.85 584471.09 82.30 1534241 7023186 91.63 609598 1799441 69.59
  Individual Single Premium 33101.61 98999.59   79683 238853        
  Individual Non-Single Premium 78547.11 352287.64   1453365 6779425        
  Group Single Premium 15803.13 133183.86   1193 4908   609598 1799441  
  Group Non-Single Premium 0.00 0.00   0 0   0 0  
  Grand Total 158022.55 710143.06 100.00 1680042 7665083 100.00 791706 2585751 100.00
Note: LIC's business numbers exclude Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana.