With more than three decades of experience in the re-insurance business, GIC of India, the Indian Reinsurer caters to the reinsurance needs of the country and also underwrites risks globally. GIC's support to the Indian market comes in the form of obligatory cessions, company surplus treaties, market surplus treaties, Excess of Loss (XOL) protection to direct writing companies and facultative acceptances. GIC Re is spreading its wings to emerge as an effective reinsurance solutions partner in the world market and is an active partner in many agriculture reinsurance programmes of several insurance companies in SAARC countries, South East Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.