“We have been on a strong growth trajectory of new business with an equal focus on retention of existing business and generation of profits. We are proud at the all-round growth of the company, reflected in retail new business premium growth of 43 percent, increase in 13th month persistency to 76 percent and annual profit of Rs 51 crore,” said RM Vishakha, managing director and chief executive officer, IndiaFirst Life Insurance

The MOF in terms of seniority has short-listed 10 names- Hemant G. Rokade, GM & director, NIA, three senior most GMs of Delhi based Agriculture Insurance Company(AIC)-Malay K Poddar,Rajeev Chaudhry,Avinanda Ghosh- Dinesh Waghela, general manger, GIC Re, Siddharth Pradhan, GM, NIA, Girish Radhakrishnan, GM, NIA, Atul Sahai,GM, Oriental Insurance Company (OIC) , Tajinder Mukherjee, GM, NIA, S. N. Rajeswari, GM, NIA for the interview