Anuj Mathur is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited and has been closely associated with the Company since its early years. He joined the Company in 2007 as founding member and headed multiple functions like Strategy, Risk, Compliance and Corporate Governance. He was made the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in 2009 and was elevated as Chief Executive Officer and Whole-time Director in 2015 giving him deep institutional knowledge of the Company’s foundations and growth drivers. With more than 33 years of experience spread across insurance, automobile, information technology, and telecommunications, he has built a reputation for disciplined execution, strong governance, and long-term value creation. His earlier roles at Maruti Suzuki Ltd, Perot Systems Ltd, Bharti Airtel Ltd and Aviva Life Insurance helped shape a leadership style. His experience spreads across strategic planning, financial management, treasury, risk management, corporate governance and overall P&L responsibility.
He is a commerce graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, and holds professional qualifications as a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and an Associate of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. This combination of academic and professional training has supported his focus on capital discipline, financial stewardship, and prudent growth in a tightly regulated sector.
Under his leadership, Canara HSBC Life got listed in Oct 2025 and has grown while preserving profitability and balance sheet strength. The Company has reported 13 consecutive years of profitability and continued to expand key metrics such as premium income, embedded value, assets under management, and protection coverage. Over the years, the Company has steadily improved its market share and sustained business momentum, advancing within the private life insurance sector to reach rank 9. This progression reflects consistent strengthening of the franchise, sharper competitive positioning, and the Company’s ability to scale with balance in an increasingly competitive market.
A central feature of this growth has been the Company’s bancassurance-led model which has helped the Company scale efficiently, while maintaining customer reach across urban and semi-urban markets. At the same time, Anuj has emphasized governance, solvency, and investment quality. The Company has also been able to diversify its distribution mix through Agency and Digital channels alongside its core bancassurance franchise. His leadership has also encouraged digital modernization, with technology and analytics increasingly embedded in underwriting, service delivery, and operational responsiveness. This has included a stronger focus on automation across core processes to improve speed, consistency, and efficiency, as well as the adoption of AI-led tools in underwriting and customer servicing to support better risk assessment, faster decision-making, and more seamless customer experiences.
His leadership has also been recognized through industry honors, including Times Now’s ‘Most Promising Business Leaders of Asia’ 2025, and as ‘CEO – Life Insurance Company of the Year’ at the India Insurance Summit & Awards 2026. In parallel, Canara HSBC Life has continued to receive external recognition across the sector, including ‘Most amiable Insurer’ at the India Insurance Summit & Awards 2025, as well as ‘’Best Brands 2025 (ET Now). Together, these recognitions reflect both the strength of Anuj’s leadership and the company’s growing standing across business performance, innovation, governance, brand, and workplace culture.
Anuj’s broader significance lies in combining institution-building with execution. He has led the company through a phase of profitable expansion, stronger value creation, better persistency, and sharper market visibility. Overall, he stands out as a financially astute and governance-oriented insurance leader who has helped build a durable and publicly listed franchise in India’s competitive life insurance industry.