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India
भारतஇந்தியா
74 licensed entities supervised by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India.
- Listed insurers
- 74
- Insurance classes
- 5
- Groups present
- 11
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By class of business
Each company is counted once, under the class its register row records. The supervisor’s own tally counts licences, so a company licensed for more than one class appears more than once there.
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Verification log
Verified - full register · IRDAI lists printed 4 Sep 2026 (user-supplied): 26 life, 28 general, 8 standalone health; plus GIC Re, Valueattics Re and 10 FRBs
Added Prudential HCL Health and Kiwi General (new licensees); Reliance Nippon Life now IndusInd Nippon Life; Narayana Health confirmed; renames Bajaj, IndusInd General, Generali Central, Magma General, Zuno, Bandhan Life carried
Licensed insurers in India
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| Company | Class | Parent / group | Ownership | Regulator | Verification | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acko General | GGeneral (Non-life) | Acko | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 53 Confidence: Low |
| Agriculture Insurance Co of IndiaState-owned | GGeneral (Non-life) | Government of India | State-owned / parastatal | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Bajaj Allianz General (Bajaj General)NSE: BAJAJFINSV Allianz exit 2025 | GGeneral (Non-life) | Bajaj Finserv | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 94 Confidence: Low |
| Cholamandalam MS General | GGeneral (Non-life) | Murugappa / MS&AD | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Generali Central Insurance (ex-Future Generali India)Borsa Italiana: G | GGeneral (Non-life) | GeneraliIAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | 95 Confidence: Low |
| Go Digit GeneralTSX: FFH Listed 2024 | GGeneral (Non-life) | FairfaxIAIG | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 98 Confidence: Low |
| HDFC ERGO General | GGeneral (Non-life) | HDFC Bank / Munich Re | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 96 Confidence: Low |
| ICICI Lombard | GGeneral (Non-life) | ICICI Bank | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| IFFCO-Tokio General | GGeneral (Non-life) | IFFCO / Tokio Marine | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| IndusInd General (ex-Reliance General) | GGeneral (Non-life) | IIHL | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Kiwi General Insurance New general insurer, on IRDAI list Sep 2026 | GGeneral (Non-life) | Kiwi | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 92 Confidence: Medium |
| Kshema General Agri; licensed 2023 | GGeneral (Non-life) | Kshema | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 51 Confidence: Low |
| Liberty General | GGeneral (Non-life) | Liberty Mutual / Enam | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Magma General (ex-Magma HDI) | GGeneral (Non-life) | Adar Poonawalla / Magma | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 51 Confidence: Low |
| National Insurance CoState-owned | GGeneral (Non-life) | Government of India | State-owned / parastatal | IRDAI | Verified | 97 Confidence: Low |
| Navi General | GGeneral (Non-life) | Navi | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 51 Confidence: Low |
| New India AssuranceState-ownedNSE: NIACL | GGeneral (Non-life) | Government of India | State-owned / parastatal | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Oriental InsuranceState-owned | GGeneral (Non-life) | Government of India | State-owned / parastatal | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Raheja QBE General | GGeneral (Non-life) | Rajan Raheja / QBE | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Royal Sundaram General | GGeneral (Non-life) | Sundaram Finance | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| SBI General | GGeneral (Non-life) | SBI | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Shriram General | GGeneral (Non-life) | Shriram / Sanlam | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Tata AIG General | GGeneral (Non-life) | Tata / AIG | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| United India InsuranceState-owned | GGeneral (Non-life) | Government of India | State-owned / parastatal | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Universal Sompo General | GGeneral (Non-life) | Indian Bank / Sompo | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Zuno General (ex-Edelweiss General)NSE: EDELWEISS | GGeneral (Non-life) | Edelweiss | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 76 Confidence: Low |
| Zurich Kotak General | GGeneral (Non-life) | Zurich (70%)IAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | 90 Confidence: Low |
| Aditya Birla Health | HHealth / Medical | Aditya Birla | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 94 Confidence: Low |
| Care HealthNSE: RELIGARE | HHealth / Medical | Religare | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 77 Confidence: Low |
| Galaxy Health Licensed 2023 | HHealth / Medical | Galaxy | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| ManipalCigna Health | HHealth / Medical | Manipal / Cigna | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 74 Confidence: Low |
| Narayana Health Insurance Confirmed on IRDAI list Sep 2026 | HHealth / Medical | Narayana Health | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 75 Confidence: Low |
| Niva Bupa Health Listed 2024 | HHealth / Medical | Bupa / True North | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 94 Confidence: Low |
| Prudential HCL Health Insurance New standalone health insurer, on IRDAI list Sep 2026 | HHealth / Medical | Prudential plc / HCL | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 96 Confidence: Low |
| Star Health & Allied | HHealth / Medical | Westbridge | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Acko Life Licensed 2023 | LLife | Acko | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Aditya Birla Sun Life | LLife | Aditya Birla / Sun Life | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Ageas Federal Life | LLife | Ageas / Federal Bank | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 85 Confidence: Low |
| Aviva Life Insurance India | LLife | Aviva / Dabur | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Axis Max Life | LLife | Axis Bank / Max Financial | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Bajaj Allianz Life (Bajaj Life)NSE: BAJAJFINSV Allianz exit 2025; rebranding | LLife | Bajaj Finserv | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Bandhan Life (ex-Aegon Life) | LLife | Bandhan Financial | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 98 Confidence: Low |
| Bharti AXA Life (Bharti Life) | LLife | Bharti | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 98 Confidence: Low |
| Canara HSBC Life Listed 2025 | LLife | Canara Bank / HSBC | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Credit Access Life Licensed 2023 | LLife | CreditAccess Grameen | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Edelweiss Life (Zuno Life)NSE: EDELWEISS | LLife | Edelweiss | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Generali Central Life (ex-Future Generali Life)Borsa Italiana: G | LLife | GeneraliIAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Go Digit Life Licensed 2023 | LLife | Go Digit / Fairfax | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| HDFC Life | LLife | HDFC Bank | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| ICICI Prudential Life | LLife | ICICI / Prudential plc | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| IndiaFirst Life | LLife | Bank of Baroda / Carmel Point | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| IndusInd Nippon Life (ex-Reliance Nippon Life) Renamed 2026 | LLife | IIHL / Nippon Life | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | 96 Confidence: Low |
| Kotak Mahindra LifeBSE: 500247 | LLife | Kotak | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC)State-owned Largest life insurer; listed 2022 | LLife | Government of India | State-owned / parastatal | IRDAI | Verified | 91 Confidence: Low |
| PNB MetLife | LLife | PNB / MetLife | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Pramerica Life | LLife | Piramal / Prudential Financial | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Sahara India Life Portfolio transferred to SBI Life | LLife | Sahara | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| SBI Life | LLife | SBI / BNP Paribas Cardif | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Shriram Life | LLife | Shriram / Sanlam | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Star Union Dai-ichi Life | LLife | BoI / Union Bank / Dai-ichi | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Tata AIA Life | LLife | Tata / AIA | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Allianz Global Corporate India branchFWB: ALV FRB | RReinsurer | AllianzIAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | 98 Confidence: Low |
| AXA France Vie India branchEuronext Paris: CS FRB | RReinsurer | AXAIAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Gen Re India branchNYSE: BRK.B FRB | RReinsurer | Berkshire HathawayIAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| General Insurance Corp of India (GIC Re)State-owned | RReinsurer | Government of India | State-owned / parastatal | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Hannover Re India branchFWB: TLX FRB | RReinsurer | TalanxIAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | 79 Confidence: Low |
| Lloyd's India FRB | RReinsurer | Lloyd's | Regional / multilateral | IRDAI | Verified | 82 Confidence: Low |
| Munich Re India branchFWB: MUV2 FRB | RReinsurer | Munich ReIAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| RGA India branchNYSE: RGA FRB | RReinsurer | RGAIAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| SCOR India branchEuronext Paris: SCR FRB | RReinsurer | SCORIAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Swiss Re India branchSIX: SREN FRB | RReinsurer | Swiss ReIAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| Valueattics Re First private reinsurer, 2025 | RReinsurer | Independent | Domestic private | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| XL Insurance India branchEuronext Paris: CS FRB | RReinsurer | AXAIAIG | Foreign multinational | IRDAI | Verified | — |
| ECGC LtdState-owned Export credit | XSpecialty / Credit / Captive | Government of India | State-owned / parastatal | IRDAI | Verified | — |
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Popularity is an estimate of how often people search Google for each insurer, from 0 to 100; the bars show how confident the estimate is. Not a rating of the insurer. How the index works
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