General Insurance Article - Indian insurance market needs capital boost


 Indian finance minister P. Chidambaram has said that the insurance market needed $5/6bn capital investment to achieve a faster penetration-current life penetration is 4.4% and non-life 0.8%.

 Low penetration underlined the governments's bill last week to increase the foreign investment ceiling in insurers from 26 to 49%, reports Hindustan Times.
  

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