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< Summary : Risk-related services in India >
Demands for risk-related services are rapidly increasing mainly for the reasons as below;
Liberalization of India's national economy system
More multi-nationals entering India
Adoption of westernized legal systems
Improved corporate governance, and
Private non-life insurers and brokers entering in the markets

< Company profile : The non-life insurance subsidiary in India>
Company name : Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Limited
Paid-in capital : 1.42 billion Indian rupees, worth about 3.55 billion yen converted
at a rate of 2.5 yen per rupee
Management : CEO Arun Agarwal
3 directos representing MSI, inclusive of an executive vice president
and director
Head office   Chennai, India, formerly known as Madras
Dare House, No.2 (Old No. 234) N.S.C. Bose Road, Parrys, Chennai
600 001, India
Offices   15 branches, including New Dehli, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Calcutta
Stakes in equity   26% held by MSI, maximum share permitted by a national law of India,
and 74% by Murugappa
Officers & employees   216 persons
Direct premiums  
fiscal 2003 : 0.97 billion Indian rupees (approx. 2.43
billion yen)
fiscal 2004
(projected)
: 2.04 billion Indian rupees (approx. 5.10
billion yen)

< India's non-insurance market size by direct premiums written >
Fiscal 2002 : 142.6 billion Indian rupees (approx. 356.5 billion yen)
Fiscal 2003 : 161.2 billion Indian rupees (approx. 403.0 billion yen),
increased 13% annually
Fiscal 2004 : 176.0 billion Indian rupees (approx. 440.0 billion yen), increased
10% annually (projected)

< Signing ceremony >
time 10:30 on September 25th, 2004 (local time)
place Conrad Hotel, Singapore
left [Mr.] M. A. Alagappan,
Vice Chairman, Murugappa Group
Chairman, Cholamandalam MS [General] Risk Services Limited, and
Chairman, Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Limited
right Susumu Uchida
Managing Executive Officer and Managing Director,
Head, Asia Division First,
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.

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