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GIC RE stock has witnessed a falling trendline breakout after a phase of strong consolidation on the daily chart, says Om Mehra, technical research analyst at SAMCO Securities.

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The company has no minimum capital requirement and can be set up with a capital of £1. The corporation will initially subscribe to the minimum capital as may be necessary, at face value

Breakout stocks: The strong surge in GIC RE share came as the stock witnessed a multi-year trendline breakout roughly above Rs 400 level

The decline in GIC Re's share price follows the central government's announcement of its plan to reduce its stake in the company by 6.78 percent to raise about Rs 4,700 crore.

This initiative, spearheaded by the General Insurance Council, aims to simplify claims processing, mitigate fraud, and bolster overall industry trust

Low-float stocks are the companies with a relatively small number of shares available for public trading

The trend in these stocks remains highly robust, with price action exhibiting strong interest from market participants.

On Monday, shares of General Insurance Corporation hit a fresh 52-week high at Rs 182.65, up 10 per cent; New India Assurance rallied 8 per cent.

Unless the underwriting business starts looking up, brokerages are reluctant to give a buy call on the stock despite the recent rally

The obligatory cession was reduced from 5% to 4% for 2022-23. The impact of the reduction on GIC Re will be Rs 2,000 crore

While it will be called the fertiliser pool with a corpus of Rs 500 crore, it can be used to cover the risks of oil and gas imports too

These panels have been formed to look into areas of regulation, products, distribution, finance, health, finance, taxation, ease of doing business, among others

The three insurers have also been asked to raise the level of corporate governance, identify all relevant risks and promote a sound risk management culture, IRDAI said in a statement

Government-owned GIC Re has reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 497 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year as against a net profit of Rs 192 crore in Q1 FY20

Plan to merge, list three insurers scrapped for now

The offer for sale comprises 10.75 crore shares by the Union government

Will issue 124.7 mn shares comprising 14.22% of capital