::. Performance of Life Insurance Companies

The total premium collected by the five life insurance companies during the year ended December 31, 2001 stood at Rs. 8,060 million, indicating a 7.6 percent increase over the previous year. Of this, Rs. 1,392 million represented first year premium collection by life insurance companies, which represented an increase of 9.35 percent from last year. Group premium also registered a significant growth of 19.27 percent to Rs. 1,598.90 million during the year. On the whole, the state-owned SLIC remained the dominant player in the life insurance market with a share of 86.2 percent in terms of premium. The market share of the five life insurance companies, in terms of premium collected during the calendar year 2001, is presented in the table below.

Premium of Life Insurance Companies
(January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2001)

Company

First Year Premium

Renewal Premium

Single Premium

Group Premium

Annuity

Total Premium

SLIC

1,121.14

4,564.56

0.04

1,256.48

2.51

6,944.73

Commercial Union(CU)

71.74

113.48

-

178.09

-

363.31

EFU Life Assurance Limited

151.73

270.85

34.95

105.15

-

562.68

American Life Insurance Company (ALICO)

39.83

61.71

0.72

47.21

-

149.47

Metropolitan Life Assurance Company

7.80

20.19

-

11.97

-

39.96

Total

1,392.24

5,030.79

35.71

1,598.90

2.51

8,060.15