IE&IFS: Concepts and Practice · Part C: Indian Financial Architecture

Chapter 16: NBFCs and insurance companies

Lenders that are not banks, and companies that carry risk for a premium: how each works and who regulates it.

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In this chapter

16.1What an NBFC is, and how it differs from a bankp. 213
16.2Registration, types and the four layersp. 214
16.3Deposits, prudential rules and banks’ exposurep. 215
16.4Insurance companies and their regulatorp. 216
16.5The market, the 2025 reform and bancassurancep. 217
Exam traps and quick checksp. 218
Practice: 16 questions in three roundsp. 219
Answers, with every wrong option explainedp. 221
Make it stickp. 223
Chapter 16 on one pagep. 224

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