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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Reliance on non-core income makes Indian insurers structurally weaker than global peers: Report

Mumbai: Investment incomes are driving profits for India's general insurance sector, making it structurally weaker when compared with global peers, which drive the bottomline through core operations, a report said on Friday.

Other aspects like heavy reliance on distributors to sell 80 per cent of new business, leading to higher costs, are also impacting profitability, the report by a consulting firm has said.

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