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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has entered into a corporate agency agreement with NSDL Payments Bank, a subsidiary of National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL).Under the agreement, ICICI Prudential Life will provide its customer-centric protection and savings products to customers of NSDL Payments Bank.N S Kannan, the Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, said the key objective of both partners is to leverage technology to provide a hassle-free and immersive experience to customers."We believe our customer-centric protection and long-term savings products will enable NSDL Payments Bank customers to provide financial security to their loved ones and help them achieve their financial goals," he said in a statement on Thursday."This partnership is also a step towards fulfilling our commitment to address the huge protection gap in the country," added Kannan.Ashutosh Singh, CEO of NSDL Payments Bank, said the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the importance of ...
The market has been quick to spot the improvement at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company (IPru) in recent months, given the stock's over 30 per cent gains in 2017. The good set of numbers for the March 2017 quarter (Q4) on all fronts - growth as well as profitability, lend further comfort. And if analysts are to be believed, there is more steam left in the stock for long-term investors.Annualised premium equivalent or APE, which reflects an insurance company's premium collections, grew at a strong 31 per cent in Q4 on the back of rising market share. Already the leading private life insurance company, IPru grew its market share of retail weighted received premium at 12 per cent in FY17 from 11.3 per cent in FY16. Retail weighted received premium is the sum of first year premiums on regular premium (individual) policies. These gains are driven by strong growth in financial savings as well as continued traction in the protection business (3.9 per cent of APE). Protection business' ..