INSURANCE REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
LIFE INSURANCE NEW  BUSINESS FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER, 2004
							(Rs lakh)
Sl. No.	Insurer	Total Premiumu/w		Total No. of		Market Share based on
				Policies Issued
		December	Apr.- Dec.	December	Apr.- Dec.	Premium	Policy
1	TATA AIG	2551.91	20377.49	20724	162986	1.55	1.16
2	KOTAK MAHINDRA OLD MUTUAL	2210.23	10100.27	5974	36356	0.77	0.26
3	BIRLA SUNLIFE	5595.80	38732.76	21049	112504	2.94	0.80
4	MAX NEW YORK	3870.92	15379.82	29904	154064	1.17	1.10
5	ING VYSYA	2109.37	7335.60	14285	74022	0.56	0.53
6	HDFC STANDARD	5331.30	23906.98	29424	123118	1.82	0.88
7	MET LIFE	650.76	3458.10	6116	27835	0.26	0.20
8	BAJAJ ALLIANZ	6198.66	34065.20	28347	166461	2.59	1.19
9	ICICI PRUDENTIAL	14568.60	82761.77	60620	349823	6.29	2.50
10	SBI	4390.63	30261.75	8007	67481	2.30	0.48
11	AVIVA	1693.89	11259.93	6711	53869	0.86	0.39
12	AMP SANMAR	1620.28	6104.23	3037	23328	0.46	0.17
13	SAHARA LIFE	1.27	2.61	83	95	0.00	0.00
	PRIVATE TOTAL	50792.35	283743.89	234198	1351847	21.57	9.66
14	LIC	130840.90	1031565.53	1772934	12639317	78.43	90.34
	GRAND TOTAL	181633.25	1315309.42	2007132	13991164	100.00	100.00