The eastern zone of the Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) is looking for a 27% growth in first premium income in the current fiscal despite the economic slowdown. The insurance behemoth achieved a growth of 20% in first premium income last fiscal. We achieved a first premium collection of Rs 3,334 crore during April 1, 2008 to February 12, 2009. We hope to achieve targets for the fiscal by laying stress on policies such as Jeevan Anand, Jeevan Tarang and Jeevan Varsha, said zonal manager RR Dash. The zone was looking for a 34% growth in first premium income ...

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