NEW DELHI, Oct 1 (Reuters) - India's insurance regulator will consider relaxing norms for insurance companies investing in debt instruments, to encourage investments in securities other than those that are AAA-rated, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Monday.
Under the existing rules, insurance companies are required to put 75 percent of their debt market investment into AAA-rated securities.
(Reporting by Manoj Kumar and Arup Roychoudhury)
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