The much-awaited bancassurance guidelines might take some more time to come out. The regulator is considering the reaction to certain issues, such as protests from bank-backed insurance companies and the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). The bancassurance report, which came out in June, recommended that banks be allowed to tie-up with two types of insurance companies (life and non-life) for distributing insurance products
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