No hurdle likely in Max Financial merger plan: Axis Max Life
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Axis Max Life Insurance does not expect any regulatory hurdles to its planned merger with Max Financial Services, saying the deal will proceed smoothly once Parliament passes the pending insurance bill that explicitly permits mergers between insurance and non-insurance businesses. The bill, cleared by the finance ministry and awaiting clearance in Parliament, amends Section 35 of the Insurance Act to allow a non-insurance company to merge into an insurance company with Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India's approval. "In our case, the company we plan to merge with is only a holding entity without an operating balance sheet, so we don't foresee any issues," said Prashant Tripathy, MD and CEO, Axis Max Life in an exclusive interaction with ET. Once enacted, the NCLT-led merger process is expected to take 8 to 12 months, including regulatory clearance, a source said. The insurance regulator formed the Din...