new delhi general insurers grew around 19 per cent by collecting rs 7392 crore premium in the first two months of the current fiscal as compared to the corresponding period last yearduring aprilmay this year nonlife insurers mopped up rs 739219 crore against rs 621842 crore in the previous year according to data from the insurance regulatory and development authoritythe four staterun insurers fared better than their private counterparts with new india insurance collecting the maximum premium it addednew india insurance mopped up rs 136583 crore premium during the aprilmay period compared to rs 1174 crore in the previous year growing by 1634 per centunited india insurance registered a growth of 2247 per cent by collecting a premium of rs 109472 crore in the first two months of the current fiscal as compared to rs 89387 crore during the corresponding period in the previous yearnational insurance collected rs 97991 crore premium during the aprilmay period this year compared to rs 77346 crore in the previous year registering a growth of 2669 per centoriental insurance on the other hand grew by 1416 per cent during the first two months of the current fiscal by mopping up rs 95489 croreamong private nonlife insurers icici lombard retained the top position it mopped up rs 72891 crore premium during aprilmay this year as compared to rs 63137 crore in the corresponding period of the last fiscal growing by 1545 per centbajaj allianz mopped up rs 49046 crore in the first two months this year against rs 42460 crore last year registering a growth of 1551 per centhowever reliance general registered a negative growth of 2822 per cent the insurer managed to collect rs 27680 crore during aprilmay this year compared to rs 38562 crore in the corresponding period last yearthere are over 20 nonlife insurance companies operating in the country