ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Limited (the Company) entered the private life insurance industry in India in September 2001, and in a span of 5 years has established itself as a distinctive life insurance brand with an innovative, attractive and customer friendly product portfolio and a professional advisor sales force.

It has a dedicated and committed advisor sales force of over 21,000 people, working from 140 branches located in 74 major cities across the country and over 3,000 employees. It also distributes products in close cooperation with the ING Vysya Bank network. The Company has a customer base of over 4,50,000 & is headquartered at Bangalore. In 2005, ING Vysya Life earned a total income in excess of Rs. 400 crore and also has a share capital of Rs. 440 crore.

ING Vysya (a group terminology) has 3 businesses in India, ING Vysya Life Insurance, ING Vysya Bank and ING Vysya Mutual Fund. ING Vysya Bank is a premier private sector bank with a 70-year heritage and 1.5 million satisfied customers. ING Vysya Mutual Fund is a mid sized asset management company with a retail investor focus.

ING is a global financial institution of Dutch origin. It has 150 years of experience, and provides a wide array of banking, insurance and asset management services in over 50 countries and is trusted by over 60 million customers. Its 1,13,000 employees work daily to satisfy a broad customer base – individuals, families, small businesses , large corporations, institutions and governments. The ING Group has gone from strength to strength year after year and is the world's 13th largest company*. The ING Group is the world's largest financial institution* with over US $ 1 trillion# in assets and profits of US $ 8.5 billion in 2005#.

Other partners in the joint venture are Exide Industries,Gujarat Ambuja Cements Limited and Enam Group.