YEAR EVENTS 1919 - The Company was incorporated at Mumbai. - The Company transacts all classes of insurance business. 1920 - The Company operates abroad through the network of 16 branches, 12 agencies, 3 associates companies and 1 fully owned subsidiary. - The New India Assurance Co. (Sierra Leone), Ltd., is a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. 1958 - 2,37,369 Bonus `A' equity shares issued in the proportion 1:3. 1963 - 1,89,895 Bonus `A' equity shares issued in the proportion 1:5 (equity and or `A' equity) 1966 - Authorised capital reclassified. 3,79,790 bonus `A' equity shares issued inthe proportion 1:3. (equity and or `A' equity). 1969 - 455,748 bonus equity shares issued in the proportion 3:10. 1973 - The Company became a Government company and a subsidiary of the General Insurance Corporation of India. 1974 - Capital increased under the New India Assurance Co. Ltd. (Merger) Scheme, 1973. 1976 - 77,01,268 Bonus equity shares issued in prop. 1:1. 1977 - The GIC and its four subsidiaries and the LIC joined hands with local interest in Malaysia to form a new insurance company in Malaysia viz., "The United Oriental Assurance Sendirian Behand". 1979 - 65,97,564 bonus equity shares issued in prop. 1:2. 1982 - 1,50,00,000 Bonus equity shares issued in proportion 2:5. 1991 - 2,82,00,000 Bonus equity shares issued in prop. 2.722:5. 2001 - K N Bhandari has taken charge as chairman-cum-managing director of New India Asurance Company from 5th March. - New India Assurance (NIA), the largest domestic non-life company independently has effected five promotions to the post of general managers and 11 promotions to the post of assistant general managers in the company for 2000-2001. 2004 -New India Assurance offers healthcare sops to Andhra Bank card holders -New India Assurance ties up with global major Atradius -State Bank of India, Bangalore Circle, has announced its tie-up with New India Assurance Company Ltd (NIAC), for distribution of NIAC's general insurance products in Karnataka - New India Assurance ties up with Central Bank of India for distribution of non-life insurance covers -Toyota Kirloskar Motor Company and New India Assurance has announced a near cashless insurance service and point of sale insurance for all Toyota vehicles -New India, AMP Sanmar joins hands for cross-selling products -Corporation Bank jointly with New India Assurance launches a mediclaim scheme with a cashless facility for the bank's ATM and debit cardholders, called "Corp Mediclaim" 2005 - New India Assurance, as part of a bancassurance tie-up with United Western Bank (UWB), launches a bank specific floater group mediclaim policy known as New Uniwest Mediclaim policy. The product will be available to the family unit - a maximum of four members constituting self, spouse and two dependent children. 2018 -The Company has issued Bonus Shares in the Ratio of 1:1.