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Max Life Insurance

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Indian life insurance company

Axis Max Life Insurance Limited (formerly known as Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited and Max Life Insurance Company Limited) is an Indian life insurance company headquartered at Gurugram. It is an 80:20 joint venture between Max Financial Services and Axis Bank. The company is a subsidiary of the publicly listed Max Financial Services.2 It was founded by Analjit Singh.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Axis Max Life Insurance Limited (formerly known as Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited and Max Life Insurance Company Limited) is an Indian life insurance company headquartered at Gurugram. It is an 80:20 joint venture between Max Financial Services and Axis Bank. The company is a subsidiary of the publicly listed Max Financial Services. It was founded in 2000 after the liberalization of the insurance sector in India and its operations began in 2001.2

The story

Founded by Analjit Singh in 2000.1

Max Life Insurance started as a joint venture between Max Financial Services and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group. The former owned 68% of the company while the latter owned 26%. After forming the joint venture partnership with Mitsui Sumitomo, Max Life changed its name from Max New York Life in 2012. In February 2016, Axis Bank held a 6% share in Max Life. On 13 December 2024, Max Life Insurance rebranded itself to Axis Max Life Insurance.

From Wikipedia’s article on Axis Max Life Insurance, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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Timeline

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