The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. was incorporated in Mumbai on 12th September 1947 as a Government-owned non-life insurance company. It was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Oriental Government Security Life Assurance Company Ltd. and was formed to carry out General Insurance business. From 1956 to 1973, it was a subsidiary of Life Insurance Corporation of India until the general insurance business was nationalized in 1973. Today, it is an independent entity, wholly owned by the Central Government, specializing in a wide range of non-life insurance products, including motor, health, travel, and home insurance for the Indian market.

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