'Investment by insurers in the Bima Sugam India Federation is illegal as it is a private limited company.'
New India Assurance and Niva Bupa have invested in the Bima Sugam India Federation.
'It is imprudent on the part of Indian insurance companies to invest out of the shareholders' fund in a private limited company.'
Tamil writer D Jayakanthan, who charted a new course in Tamil literature, died on Wednesday night following a prolonged illness.