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The insurance regulator has given its in-principle approval for UK-based Legal and General Group to sell its stake in IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company to private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC, two sources confirmed.
IndiaFirst is a joint-venture between Bank of Baroda (which has a 44 per cent shareholding), Andhra Bank (30 per cent) and Legal and General. Legal and General announced in June it would sell its 26 per cent stake in the life insurer to Warburg Pincus for Rs 7.1 billion.
A source confirmed Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India’s (IRDAI) in-principle approval for the share transfer. “The
