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LIC front running trade case: Sebi bans 5 entities from securities market

Sebi on Thursday barred five entities, including an employee of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), from the securities market and impounded illegal gains of Rs 2.44 crore made by them, in a case pertaining to front-running the trades of the state-owned insurer. Also, they have been asked to "cease and desist" from engaging in any fraudulent, manipulative or unfair trade practice, including front-running. These five entities prohibited by Sebi are -- Yogesh Garg, who was working in the investment department of LIC through which trades on behalf of the insurer were placed; his mother Sarita Garg; his mother-in-law Kamlesh Agarwal; Ved Prakash HUF and Sarita Garg HUF, the capital markets regulator said in its interim order. Going by Sebi's order, Yogesh Garg is still professionally associated with LIC. Sebi has been informed by LIC that Yogesh Garg has been transferred from the investment department of the company to another department of the insurance firm. The five entities

LIC total premium rises 17% to Rs 2.32 trn from Rs 1.99 trn in FY23

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Monday said its total premium rose 17 per cent to Rs 2.32 lakh crore during FY2022-23. The same stood at Rs 1.99 lakh crore in the year-ago period. In terms of premium collected, it continues to hold a market share of 62.58 per cent as on March 2023, LIC said in a statement. According to the Life Insurance Council data, private insurers have also collected a considerable amount of premium in March due to last-minute customer rush to benefit ahead of the April 1 withdrawal of tax exemptions for non-linked policies. LIC's premium growth for the fiscal 2023 is the second highest among its listed peers, with HDFC Life leading with 18.83 per cent, SBI Life at 16.22 per cent and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company at 12.55 per cent, it said. With regard to individual single premium, LIC witnessed a growth of 3.30 per cent and individual non-single premium grew 10 per cent, its group single premium grew 21.76 per cent to Rs 1,67,235 crore from Rs .

Lenders of Reliance Capital to meet on Monday to consider bidders' concerns

Ahead of the second round of auction scheduled on April 26, lenders of debt-ridden Reliance Capital (RCap) will meet on Monday to resolve concerns raised by bidders, sources said. Both the potential bidders, Torrent Investment and IndusInd International Holdings Ltd (IIHL) of Hinduja Group, have expressed multiple reservations on the proposed auction and its terms and conditions. According to sources, both the bidders have made it clear to the Committee of Creditors (CoC) that unless the issues raised by them are duly resolved to their complete satisfaction, they are unlikely to participate in the second round of auction. The COC is likely to meet again on Monday to address the concerns of bidders. Both the bidders want finality, certainty, transparency, no negotiation in value or on terms and conditions, after the second round of auction is over, they said. The two largest lenders of Reliance Capital -- Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and LIC are against giving any

LIC's knock-on effect: New business premium of insurers drops 12%

New biz premiums of private insurers jumps 35% in March, aided by pick-up in sales of high-value policies

Reliance Capital lenders meeting today to address bidders concerns

The two bidders, Torrent Investment and IIHL, have raised multiple issues with the lenders and they want these issues to be settled

Congress questions LIC's 'increased' holding in Adani Enterprises

The Congress on Tuesday alleged that public-sector LIC is being "forced" to use its policyholders' funds to "bail out" the Adani group and stressed the demand for a JPC probe is "essential and urgent". Congress general secretary communications Jairam Ramesh claimed in a statement that Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) holding in Adani Enterprises, one of the listed companies of the Adani Group, at the end of June 2021 was 1.32 per cent and by the end of December 2022, it reached 4.23 percent. "The revelation that LIC's holding in Adani Enterprises has increased while its stock value has fallen sharply once again strengthens the case for a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) to investigate the PM-linked Adani 'Mega Scam'," Ramesh said on Twitter. He said "serious questions" began to be raised about the Adani Group on January 24, 2023 "Now it turns out that LIC's holding in Adani Enterprises had further increased to 4.26 percent by the end of March 2023," he said. The LIC ha

Irdai names LIC, GIC as 'domestic systemically important' insurers

These were the same institutions that were identified as DSII in 2021-22

Adani share rout: LIC likely to put caps on investment exposure

"LIC is looking to have 'boundary conditions' on its investments that would limit its exposure to scrips," said the source

LIC plans investment exposure caps post Adani share rout: Reports

After the Adani group lost over $100 billion in valuation post scathing allegations by U.S.-based Hindenburg Research, state-run LIC was criticized for having over $4 billion exposure

Stocks to Watch: RVNL, BEL, HAL, Campus Activewear, Vedanta, PNB, IT cos

Stocks to Watch: IT stocks may remain in focus as Accenture reported a revenue of $15.81 bn in Q2, beating its guidance of $15.2-15.75 bn. The giant also announced it will lay off 19,000 employees

FSIB recommends Siddhartha Mohanty for LIC chairperson's position

Mohanty is already serving as the interim chairperson of LIC

CCI approves LIC AMC's acquisition of management rights over IDBI MF scheme

The proposed combination entails LIC AMC's acquisition of the rights to manage and administer the schemes of IDBI MF from IDBI AMC

High-value life insurance policy sales fail to pick up in Feb-March

This is despite a new tax being introduced from April 1

Stocks to watch: Cipla, Axis Bank, PNC Infratech, RailTel, Glenmark Pharma

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Change of guard at LIC: M Jagannath, Tablesh Pandey appointed MDs

M Jagannath and Tablesh Pandey named as managing directors of state-owned firm

LIC's debt exposure in Adani group companies dips marginally to Rs 6,183 cr

LIC's debt exposure in Adani group companies fell marginally to Rs 6,183 crore as of March 5 from Rs 6,347 crore as of December 31, 2022, Parliament was informed on Monday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has informed that its debt exposure to Adani Group of Companies, was Rs 6,347.32 crore and Rs 6,182.64 crore, as on December 31, 2022, and March 5, 2023, respectively". LIC has a debt exposure of Rs 5,388.60 in Adani Ports and SEZ as of March 5. The exposure in Adani Power (Mundra) was Rs 266 crore, Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd - Phase I (Rs 81.60 crore), Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd - Phase III (Rs 254.87 crore), Raigarh Energy Generation Ltd (Rs 45 crore) and Raipur Energen Ltd (Rs 145.67 crore), as per the reply. Sitharaman said five public sector general insurance companies have informed that they do not have loan/credit exposure to the Adani Group of Companies. "Public Sector Banks ha

Managing director Mohanty named LIC interim chairperson as Kumar era ends

Takes charge on March 14 for three months, faces challenges of LIC's falling market share and share price, apart from depleted value of its holdings in Adani group

Life insurers' new biz premium down 17% in Feb, LIC collections shrink 32%

February is generally one of the busiest periods for life insurance companies

YES Bank share price flat as SBI's three-year lock-in period ends this week

YES Bank's stock is surrounded by a lot of speculations that the SBI may book at least partial profit and it may lead to more pressure on the stock

Had meeting with Adanis, happy about it: LIC chairman M R Kumar

LIC's exposure to the Adani group has been under scrutiny since the report by the US-based shortseller became public