Max Bupa Health Insurance, the general insurance joint venture between Max India and Bupa has been given its Certificate of Registration or R3 form, by India's Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA). This brings the total number of general insurers registered in India…

Two new insurance companies are working their way through regulatory boards in developing economies as of today, February 8, 2010. The India-based Max Bupa Joint venture is part way through the Indian regulatory framework, while further east, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission gave the go-ahead for the establishment of Anbang Life Insurance Co. Ltd. The independent joint venture between