• N.NAGALAKSHMI
• Dr.SP.MATHIRAJ

Life Insurance industry is capital intensive, and insurers are required to infuse capital at regular intervals to fund both the new business strain and to expand their infrastructure base including expenses on initial operations. Life insurance industry has expanded tremendously from 2000 onward in terms of number of offices, number of agents, new business policies, premium income and the like. The performance of the company plays a leading role towards the growth of the industry which ultimately leads to the overall success of the economy. The insurance industry plans to hike penetration levels to five per cent by 2020. The present paper is an attempt to analyze the growth of insurance sector in India and initiatives taken by IRDA for promoting consumer education. This paper deals with the growth and performance of select life insurance players during the study period 2013-14 to 2017-18.

Life Insurance, Public and Private Insurance Company, Insurance Regulatory and Assessment Authority (IRDA).

"GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE INSURANCE SECTOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.245-254, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904E42.pdf

"GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE INSURANCE SECTOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp245-254, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904E42.pdf