"On September 16, Moneycontrol was the first to report that Warburg Pincus had kickstarted the process to explore an exit from IndiaFirst Life Insurance"
Investment bank Barclays has been roped in as an advisor to find a buyer for the PE major’s 26 per cent stake
Bank of Baroda holds 64.98 percent stake in the IndiaFirst Life Insurance and has a shareholding of over 98 percent in Nainital Bank.
Bank of Baroda is not looking to sell any foreign operations after the sale of Oman business, Chand said.
Stake sale plans for BOB Cards seem have been put on hold
According to merchant banking sources, the IPO size could be between Rs 2,000 crore and Rs 2,500 crore.
The transaction involves the Bank's acquisition of 21 per cent shareholding of IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Ltd (IFLIC) from Union Bank of India.
Poonam Tandon, Chief Investment Officer - IndiaFirst Life Insurance Co. Ltd, has fought perceptions all her life. Like at a time in the early 2000s when she thought that gold prices had bottomed out. But being a woman, her views were seen as biased and discounted. She proved them wrong.
The life insurance industry is poised to clock double digit growth, says IndiaFirst Life Insurance MD & CEO RM Vishakha, expressing confidence in the industry’s prospects after the Covid setback.
As per guidelines of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), one promoter cannot hold more than 10 per cent stake in two insurance ventures.
The sale is expected to bring in Rs 700 crore for state-run lender Andhra Bank
IndiaFirst said it has crossed Rs 3,200 crore of total premium during the financial year ended March 2019.
The deal got fructified after getting requisite approvals from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, along with other regulatory agreements, an official statement said.
"The stated objective of IndiaFirst Life is to reach out to the masses and underserved customers with simple, easily accessed risk management solutions," IndiaFirst Life MD and CEO RM Vishakha said.
This is the fourth consecutive year of declaring profits for the company, since inception in 2009, it said in a release.
The company recorded total new business APE of Rs 664 crore for the year from Rs 528 crore a year ago, hence witnessing Y-o-Y growth of 26 percent.
The industry is growing at 26 percent and IndiaFirst is confident of delivering a better than industry growth over the next couple of years, an official said
It is the customer who is the best judge of options that optimally fit their investment objectives.
Life insurance companies are in early stages of discussions to see if access to one‘s social media profile could be an enabler to offer better rates of premium for a policy.
IndiaFirst Life Insurance is looking at achieving overall premium of Rs 2,000 crore by March-end from Rs 1,750 crore at present, a top company official said here.
The insurer, which is a joint venture between Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and UK`s Legal & General group, has a large chunk of business coming in from the bank channels of distribution.
After several rounds of discussion with the regulator where life insurers opposed this move, they have to come to an understanding that fraudulent claims will not be passed
IndiaFirst Life Insurance, the joint venture of Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Legal & General, aims to achieve assets under management (AUM) target of Rs 10,000 crore in the current fiscal.
The target is lower than 38 percent growth achieved by the 3-way joint venture between Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and UK's Legal and General.
IndiaFirst Guaranteed Retirement Plan is a non-linked, participating, endowment, deferred pension plan. This plan is for customers who are conscious to plan for their retirement and want to remain financially young, IndiaFirst Life Insurance Managing Director and CEO R M Vishakha said.