JLT Independent Insurance looks to make India insurance hub for SAARC nations

Posted On: Jan. 16, 2015 12:00 AM CST

India-based JLT Independent Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd. is looking to make the country its insurance hub for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation nations, Business Standard reports.

JLT Independent is a joint venture between U.K.-based insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group P.L.C. and India's Sunidhi Group. JLT Independent, which launched in India in December 2014, It focuses on crisis management, reinsurance and aviation, among others fields.