MetLife India Insurance Company Private Limited was incorporated in India on April 11, 2001 as a joint venture between MetLife International Holdings Inc., the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, M Pallonji and Co. Private Limited and other private investors. MetLife is a subsidiary of MetLife, Inc., a leading provider of insurance and financial services having operations throughout the United States, the Latin America, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. MetLife India is headquartered in Bangalore, 74% is owned by Indian companies and 26% by the US-based MetLife, Inc.

It reaches more than 70 million customers around the world through its domestic and international subsidiaries and affiliates. It is the largest life insurer in the United States, and is one of the fastest growing life insurance companies in the country. It has 140 years of business experience and has extensive relationship, with more than 90 of the top one hundred Fortune 500 companies. As of June 30, 2008, MetLife has an account portfolio of $350 bn and shareholders equity of $33 bn. MetLife Company is thus one of the world's most respected financial organizations and is ranked as 37th on the Fortune 500 list of companies. In India its affiliates for product distribution are Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Barclays Bank, Axis Bank, Dhanalakshmi Bank and Karnataka Bank, etc.

The Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited was incorporated on October 1, 1938. It commenced its business from July 4, 1939 at Kashmir. It was the first state-owned bank in the country. According to the extended central laws of the state, and the provisions of Indian companies' act 1956, the Jammu and Kashmir Bank was set up as a government company where 53% of equity shares are owned by the government.

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