- CEO
- Lavanya Mundayur
- Full Time Employees
- 10,405
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Multi-line insurance
- Address
- New India Assurance Building Mumbai MA India 400001
- IPO Date
- Nov 13, 2017
- Business
- The New India Assurance Company Limited (NIACL.NS) operates as India's largest public sector general insurer, offering a comprehensive range of non-life insurance products including motor, health, travel, marine cargo and hull, fire and property, aviation, liability, engineering, rural and micro-insurance, personal accident, home and shop, crop and livestock, and specialized covers such as drone insurance, surety bonds, and parametric insurance for climate risks; it serves retail, corporate, MSME, rural, and underserved markets through an extensive domestic network of over 1,600 offices across India and international operations in more than 25 countries via branches, subsidiaries like Prestige Assurance in Nigeria and New India Assurance in Trinidad & Tobago, and associates including Agricultural Insurance Company of India and Ken India Assurance. Founded in 1919 by Sir Dorabji Tata and nationalized in 1973, the company is headquartered in Mumbai and owned by the Government of India. In fiscal year 2024-25, it achieved a record gross written premium of over ₹43,618 crore with a 12.57% market share, followed by 11.52% year-on-year growth to ₹23,875 crore in H1 FY26, boosting market share to 13.25%; recent developments include bancassurance partnerships with Bank of India and Axis Bank for expanded property, marine, and liability products, the launch of 27 new products in FY24 with innovations like Yuva Bharat Health Policy, comprehensive drone insurance, and India's first PSU surety bonds, a planned parametric insurance product by late May 2025 for climate uncertainties, up to 10% premium hikes in select health lines, and sustained high ratings of CRISIL AAA/Stable and AM Best B++ alongside a solvency ratio of 1.91x.