ING Vysya Life Insurance Company entered the private life insurance industry in India in September 2001. It has established itself as a distinctive life insurance brand with an innovative, attractive and customer-friendly product portfolio and a professional advisor force in a short span of six years of operations. ING Vysya Life Insurance is a joint venture among five partners—ING Insurance, ING Vysya Bank, Exide Industries Limited, Gujarat Ambuja Cements Limited and Enam Group. Headquartered at Bangalore, the company has established its presence in 74 major cities across the country. The company, with a customer base of over 450,000, aims to make customers look at life insurance afresh—not just as a tax saving device but as a means to add protection to life.

ING Group, a global financial institution of Dutch origin, is active in the field of banking, insurance and asset management in more than 70 countries, with nearly 1,13,000 employees. It has an asset base of over Rs. 28,42,000 cr. Over the last 150 years, ING Group has grown to become one of the largest life insurance organizations in the world. Today, it touches the lives of more than 60 million people around the globe. ING Group has wide experience in setting up companies in new markets which require substantial investments.

ING Vysya Bank Limited is one of India's premier private sector banks. It is one of the largest private sector banks in India with around 2 million customers and 480 retail outlets. Exide is India's largest producer of automotive and industrial batteries. Its range of products covers everything from the smallest batteries required in motorcycles to the giant batteries powering submarines. The company has a global presence through its subsidiaries in Singapore, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.

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