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What drove India's life insurance sector to rise 6.6% in August 2025?
What drove India's life insurance sector to rise 6.6% in August 2025?
But new business premiums fell 5.2% year-on-year in August.
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Additionally, more than half of the countries had less than 5% of losses.
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