INSURANCE REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
LIFE INSURANCE NEW  BUSINESS FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD ENDED AUGUST, 2005
Sl. No.	Insurer	Total Premiumu/w		Total No. of		Market Share based on
				Policies Issued
		August	Apr.- August	August	Apr.- August	Premium	Policy
1	TATA AIG	3604.73	15051.07	27760	110337	1.66	1.25
2	KOTAK MAHINDRA	1867.08	6383.09	7250	25078	0.71	0.28
3	BIRLA SUNLIFE	4324.09	15545.47	19803	65870	1.72	0.74
4	MAX NEW YORK	2876.70	11540.48	37332	123775	1.28	1.40
5	ING VYSYA	1420.17	4910.19	9382	29167	0.54	0.33
6	HDFC STANDARD	7078.61	26985.06	28324	102626	2.98	1.16
7	MET LIFE	887.76	3325.61	7296	27867	0.37	0.32
8	BAJAJ ALLIANZ	15650.44	42916.44	46576	148290	4.75	1.68
9	ICICI PRUDENTIAL	16029.98	62465.48	59773	216581	6.91	2.45
10	SBI	3648.87	13215.63	16532	59310	1.46	0.67
11	AVIVA	2510.26	9740.00	9140	36079	1.08	0.41
12	AMP SANMAR	1250.02	4129.54	5865	20896	0.46	0.24
13	SAHARA LIFE	68.44	262.63	1952	10803	0.03	0.12
	PRIVATE TOTAL	61217.14	216470.68	276985	976679	23.93	11.04
14	LIC	190987.63	687959.71	2377463	7867756	76.07	88.96
	GRAND TOTAL	252204.77	904430.39	2654448	8844435	100.00	100.00