General insurers witnessed a growth of 13.8 per cent in premium collection for the month of July at Rs 2,856.42-crore as compared to Rs 2,508.92-crore in the same period last year, IRDA said.
Private-sector general insurers earned a premium of Rs 1,176.02-crore, up 14.2 per cent, as against Rs 1,028.98-crore in the corresponding period last year, IRDA data said.
ICICI-Lombard collected a premium of Rs 260.02-crore for the month of July as against Rs 284.32-crore in July 2008.
Bajaj Allianz, Reliance General, IFFCO-Tokio and HDFC ERGO general insurance
earned a premium of Rs 215.01-crore, 170.48-crore, Rs 127.06-crore and Rs 109.87-crore, respectively, in the month of July, the data said.
Public sector general insurers collected Rs 1,680.40-crore as premium in July, a growth of 13.5 per cent, as compared to Rs 1,479.94-crore in the same period last year.
United
National Insurance and Oriental Insurance collected a premium of Rs 362.78-crore and 424.47-crore, respectively.
source: ET