Regulatory changes slow India's life premium growth

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<abstract displayLabel="Summary">India's life insurance industry has experienced a slowdown in new business as insurers are reassessing their products and distribution strategies in response to new rules on policies and agents. New premium growth has slowed in the past quarter after the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority imposed new rules on unit-linked and unversal life insurance policies in a bid to reduce product costs and to enhance transparency, market discipline and protection for policyholders</abstract>
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