Date:06/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/06/stories/2008050655401500.htm

Business - Briefly

Birla Sun to launch health policy

HYDERABAD: Birla Sun Life Insurance Ltd (BSLI) will be launching its health insurance product in the second quarter of the current financial year and is also targeting an annualised premium equivalent (APE) of about Rs. 5,000 crore this fiscal. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, President and CEO of BSLI Vikram Mehmi said that the company planned to expand its branch network to 1,000 by the end of 2008-09. — Special Correspondent