The changing social, financial and regulatory frameworks, such as an increasingly aging society, the current low interest rate environment, as well as the implementation of Solvency II, lead to the search for new product forms for private pension provision. In order to address the various...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Evolution and Regulatory Framework of Life Insurance Companies in India: A Conceptual Review -- Chapter 3: Premium Mobilization and Investment Portfolio by the LICI and Select Private Life Insurance Companies: An Analytical Study -- Chapter 4: An Empirical...

Prior research on the demand for life insurance in household portfolio holdings has not made a clear distinction between portfolio shifts resulting from active allocation decisions and those resulting from passive acceptance. Our study examines the relationship between household portfolio...