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Decision on PEs investing in insurance firms in a month: Irdai chief

PE firms have invested heavily in leading insurers such as SBI Life, ICICI Lombard, HDFC Life and Max Life

T S Vijayan, chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
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T S Vijayan, chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India

Subrata Panda Mumbai
Expressing concern over private equity (PE) firms buying stake in insurance companies, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) Chairman T S Vijayan on Friday said the regulator will come out with a decision on this in a month’s time. They have also formed a team to look into the matter legally.

“In insurance companies, we look at it in two different ways — investors and promoters. Anybody can invest in the company; for promoter, we are studying what is the feasibility, and if at all somebody is coming, what are the conditions that need to be in place,”