SBI Life Insurance Company
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Joint Venture | |
Traded as |
BSE: 540719 NSE: SBILIFE |
Industry | Insurance |
Founded | March 2001[1] |
Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Area served | worldwide |
Key people | Mr. Sanjeev Nautiyal , MD & CEO |
Products |
Life insurance Pensions |
Owner | SBI, BNP Paribas |
Number of employees | 12,000+ on-roll employees and 94,000 agents |
Website | Sbi Life |
SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture life insurance company between State Bank of India (SBI), the largest state-owned banking and financial services company in India, and BNP Paribas Cardif. BNP Paribas is a French multinational bank and financial services company with global headquarters in Paris. SBI owns 70.1% of the total capital and BNP Paribas Cardif 26% of the capital. Other investors are Value Line Pte. Ltd. and MacRitchie Investments Pte. Ltd., holding 1.95% of the total capital each. SBI Life Insurance has an authorized capital of ₹20 billion (US$280 million)and a paid up capital of ₹10 billion (US$140 million). SBI Life Insurance also features in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s biggest corporations. [2]
In 2007, CRISIL Ltd, a subsidiary of global rating agency Standard & Poor's, gave company a AAA/Stable/P1+ rating.[3][4]
History
SBI life insurance is Public Limited Listed company. SBI Life Insurance Listed on BSE And NSE (Stock Exchange of India). SBI Life started as a joint venture with BNP Paribas in 2001. While in its initial stage its business was mainly from bancassurance channel, now it is developing its own agency team for selling its life insurance products.
References
- ↑ Products by SBI life Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, (IRDA) website.
- ↑ "About SBI Life Insurance | Overview". www.sbilife.co.in. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ↑ "SBI Life Insurance gets top rating". Mint. 1 October 2007.
- ↑ "India's SBI Life Insurance rated 'AAA' on parental support - Crisil". Forbes. 2017-09-17.