SBI Life Insurance Company


SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture life insurance company between State Bank of India, the largest state-owned banking and financial services company in India, and BNP Paribas Cardif. BNP Paribas is a French multinational bank and financial services company with global headquarters in Paris. SBI owns 62.1% of the total capital and BNP Paribas Cardif 22% of the capital. Other investors are Value Line Pte. Ltd. and MacRitchie Investments Pte. Ltd., holding 1.95% of the total capital each and remaining 12% with Public. SBI Life Insurance has an authorized capital of and a paid up capital of.
In 2007, CRISIL Ltd, a subsidiary of global rating agency Standard & Poor's, gave company a AAA/Stable/P1+ rating.

History

SBI life insurance is Public Limited Listed company. SBI Life Insurance Listed on BSE And NSE. SBI Life started as a joint venture with BNP Paribas in 2001. While in its initial stage its business was mainly from bancassurance channel, now it is developing its own agency team for selling its life insurance products.