BNP Paribas Cardif gets CCI approval for India comeback
By Freny Patel ( August 19, 2026, 03:24 GMT | Insight) -- BNP Paribas Cardif has secured Indian antitrust approval to acquire about 26 percent of IndiaFirst Life, marking its return as a strategic investor in the country's insurance market, four years after exiting SBI Life Insurance.BNP Paribas Cardif is returning as a strategic investor in an Indian life insurer after receiving antitrust approval to acquire about 26 percent of IndiaFirst Life Insurance from private-equity investor Warburg Pincus....
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