ICICI Prudential
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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company is a joint venture between ICICI Bank, one of the foremost financial services companies of India and Prudential plc, one of the leading international financial services group headquartered in the United Kingdom. ICICI Prudential was amongst the first private sector life insurance companies to begin operations in December 2000 after receiving approval from Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA).

ICICI Prudential Life's capital stands at Rs. 4,780 crores (as of September 30, 2010) with ICICI Bank and Prudential plc holding 74% and 26% stake respectively. For the period April 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010, the company garnered Rs 7,267 crores of total premiums and has underwritten over 10 million policies since inception. The company has a network of over 1,500 offices and over 1,60,000 advisors, as on September 30, 2010. The company has assets held over Rs. 65,000 crores as on September 30, 2010.

For the past nine years, ICICI Prudential Life has maintained a wide range of Life Insurance products that meet the needs of the Indian customer at every step in life.

ICICI Prudential Life recently completed 10 years on the Indian Insurance scape on 12th December 2010.

ICICI Prudential website http://www.iciciprulife.com

Since the liberalization of Indian Insurance sector, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has been one of the earliest private players. Since the time, ICICI Pru Life has been the leader in terms of market share as indicated by the IRDA (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, the regulator for Indian Insurance Industry) at its website.

During 2007-08, the organization's focus on rural business has proved its complex project execution capability and strong partnerships for customer servicing.

In June, 2009 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has decided to snap its tie up with TTK Healthcare to settle insurance claims of its users.

ICICI Prudential's life insurance products may be loosely categorized under four forms- Life Plans (further categorised into Term Plans and Wealth Plans), Child Plans, Retirement Plans and Health Plans.

Under Life Insurance Plan category it offers term plans like i-Protect online term plan, ICICI Pru Pure-Protect and ICICI Pru LifeGuard, and ULIP wealth plans like ICICI Pru LifeStage Wealth II, ICICI Pru LifeLink Wealth SP, ICICI Pru Pinnacle Super etc.

Under the Child / Education Plan category it offers products like ICICI Pru SmartKid regular premium and ICICI Pru SmartKid Premier

Under the Retirement Insurance Plan category it offers products like ICICI Pru Forever Life & ICICI Pru LifeLink Pension SP.

Under the Health Insurance Plan category it offers products like ICICI Pru Health Saver & ICICI Pru Hospital Care II.

Life Insurance Plan

  • ICICI Pru i-Protect Term Plan is a term insurance plan available online only.
  • ICICI Pru Pure-Protect is a term plan without Return of Premium.

Retirement Insurance Plan

  • ICICI Pru LifeLink Pension SP is a single premium pension policy that provides you the opportunity to enjoy regular income as pension post retirement by paying just a single premium.
  • ICICI Pru ForeverLife is a regular premium deferred pension plan that provides the security of life cover during the Accumulation Phase and offers five ways to get your pension, after retirement.

Child / Education Plan

  • ICICI Pru SmartKid Regular Premium is a regular premium, traditional plan with two options to receive guaranteed educational benefits, no matter what the uncertainties in your life.
  • ICICI Pru SmartKid Premier is a ULIP plan which ensures your child’s education continues even if you are not around.

Health Insurance

  • ICICI Pru Health Saver is a comprehensive whole of life health insurance plan that takes care of hospitalization costs as well as all your health care needs.
  • ICICI Pru Hospital Care II is a fixed benefit hospitalisation and surgical plan that offers you and your family, fixed payouts at various stages of hospitalisation in addition to benefit received from other medical insurance plans.

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