Dr. Shrikrishna Laxman Karve, Retired Deputy Secretary (Marketing), Central Office, Life Insurance Corporation of India is a prolific Writer on Life Insurance. He has about dozen Insurance Books (English-Marathi) to his Credit. He has written a few non-Insurance Books as well, more especially in the area of language e.g. Introduction to Marathi, Learn Tamil (Marathi) etc. He has written on Insurance for Marathi Vishwakosha (16th Volume). He is the writer of Karve Family History as well. Vima Sankalpana Ani Swaroop–has been published in 2002.
He is in Insurance teaching and language teaching for last 35 years. After putting over 39 years service in pre and post-Nationalised Life Insurance industry, Dr. Karve taught "Liability Insurance" for T.Y. B. Com. In SNDTU`s Commerce College at Churchgate for couple of years. He is now teaching "Insurance Law" in Thane Law college. IRDA`s Text Book on Life Insurance was written by him.
Presently he is Associate Faculty with NIS–Sparta, Mumbai for conducting IRDA`s Training for prospective Agents. Keenly interested in propagation of Sanskrit, Dr. Karve is a linguist himself.