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IGI Prudential starts operation after merger

Kathmandu, May 11

IGI Prudential Insurance Company Limited, a company created with the merger of two non-life companies - IME General Insurance and Prudential Insurance – has started operation from Wednesday, May 10.

Chairman of the Nepal Insurance Authority (NIA), Surya Prasad Silwal, launched the service by handing over the certificate of the new company to the Chairman of the IGI Prudential, Hemraj Dhakal and CEO, Yugesh Bhakta Bade Shrestha, at a programme organised in the Capital on Wednesday evening.

Earlier, in the morning, Dhakal had taken the oath of office and secrecy administered by Chairman Silwal at the Authority.

IGI and Prudential had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for merger on February 10 this year. They obtained the merger approval from the NIA on April 9. The two companies have merged with the share swap ratio of 1:1.

The IGI has a paid-up capital of Rs. 1.8 billion and Prudential Rs. 1.22 billion.

According to the new rules of the insurance regulatory authority, non-life insurance companies are required to have the paid-up capital of Rs. 2.5 billion by the end of current fiscal year 2022/23. 

 Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 12 May 2023.

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