DFS Secretary M Nagaraju urged LIC to strengthen digital capabilities and design products for younger customers to drive insurance adoption and engagement
Stocks to watch today: OMCs, LIC, Ujjivan SFB, Just Dial, GAIL, RailTel, ICICI Prudential, Poonawalla Fincorp, and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company are among the key stocks in focus today.
Shares of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) surged nearly 7 per cent on Wednesday, a day after the state-owned insurance major said it will consider a bonus issue
Insurance stocks fall up to 4% as weak March quarter outlook, geopolitical tensions and regulatory changes weigh on growth, margins and investor sentiment
Irdai retains LIC, New India Assurance and GIC Re as systemically important insurers for FY26, mandating enhanced supervision, governance norms and risk management oversight
Iran-related geopolitical tensions have triggered significant notional losses in LIC's investment portfolio, weighing on its stock price, says Geojit Investments.
Tata Chemicals, Tata Communications, Tata Investment Corporation, Tata Technologies, Trent and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles from the Tata Group have hit 52-week lows.
Doraiswamy says policy sales have gathered momentum after the goods and services tax (GST) rationalisation on individual life insurance premiums, increasing affordability for customers
Both life and non-life insurers reported strong January premium growth, supported by a favourable base effect and the GST exemption on individual life and health insurance premiums
The recent GST exemption on individual life insurance policies has emerged as a strong structural tailwind for the sector after a prolonged period of regulatory headwinds
Q3FY26 company results: Nykaa, Godrej Properties, Suzlon Energy, PVR Inox, and Berger Paints India are also to release their October-December earnings today
From a macroeconomic perspective, LIC's integrated balance sheet enables counter-cyclical investment, stabilisation of long-term bond markets and long-term infrastructure financing
An IIM Kozhikode panel has proposed splitting LIC and divesting weak PSU insurers to boost competition, capital and insurance penetration under the 'Insurance for All by 2047' vision