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Branches of Insurance Companies

2-12-2011
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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

02-December-2011 18:10 IST

The state-wise number of branches of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and Public Sector General Insurance Companies is at Annex.

 At present there are 138 regular branch offices and 93 satellite offices of LIC and  238 Branch Offices of   Public Sector General Insurance Companies located  in West Bengal. These are found to be adequate in giving services to the policyholders in the State.

ANNEX

STATE-WISE BRANCH OFFICES OF LIC AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANIES

Sl. No.

Name of State/ Union Territories

No. of LIC's Office

No. of  offices of Public Sector General Insurance Companies

1

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1

2

2

Andhra Pradesh

176

383

3

Arunachal Pradesh

2

5

4

Assam

49

134

5

Bihar

60

127

6

Chandigarh

6

38

7

Chastisgarh

26

56

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0

2

9

Daman & Diu

0

2

10

Delhi

61

215

11

Goa

11

25

12

Gujarat

142

280

13

Haryana

40

145

14

Himachal Pradesh

23

51

15

Jammu & Kashmir

17

56

16

Jharkhand

41

87

17

Karnataka

138

307

18

Kerala

85

263

19

Lakshwadweep

0

0

20

Madhya Pradesh

114

191

21

Maharashtra

250

502

22

Manipur

4

4

23

Meghalaya

3

13

24

Mizoram

1

4

25

Nagaland

3

5

26

Odisha

56

128

27

Puducherry

3

15

28

Punjab

63

275

29

Rajasthan

110

224

30

Sikkim

1

4

31

Tamil Nadu

173

489

32

Tripura

4

11

33

Uttar Pradesh

215

398

34

Uttarakhand

32

65

35

West Bengal

138

218

TOTAL

2048

4724

Note: General Insurance Corporation of India, the Indian re-insurer with its  Headquarters in Mumbai has no  branch in India but having three liaison offices in Chennai, Delhi  and Kolkata  which do not transact any re-insurance business.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri   Namo Narain Meena in written reply to an Unstarred Question in Lok  Sabha today.

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