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RBI keeps repo rate steady, AU Small Finance Bank big upgrade, LIC eyes general insurance & more

The Reserve Bank of India’s rate-setting committee unanimously decided to keep the key repo rate steady at 5.5%. The central bank also maintained a neutral policy stance.

Stocks to Watch today, Aug 8: Titan, BSE, Biocon, LIC, Godrej Consumer

Stocks to Watch today, August 8, 2025: Titan, BSE, LIC, Godrej Consumer Products, and Biocon are some of the key stocks to watch today

LIC Q1 results: Profit up 5% to ₹10,987 cr on strong policy renewals

Profit after tax for the country's biggest insurer rose to 109.87 billion rupees ($1.26 billion) for the quarter ended June 30 from 104.61 billion rupees a year earlier

Q1 results today: LIC, HPCL, Godrej Consumer Products among 233 on Aug 7

Q1 FY26 company results, August 7: Bajaj Electricals, NBCC (India), Biocon, Edelweiss, Titan Company, and are also set to release their April-June quarter earnings reports today

LIC portfolio sees Rs 46,000 crore dent in July; RIL biggest value drag

Meanwhile, four IT companies combined - TCS, Infosys, HCL Technologies and Tech Mahindra - have made a dent of ₹15,321 crore in LIC's portfolio thus far in July

LIC inks $1 billion in bond derivatives as hedging gains traction

LIC's FRA deals with Wall Street banks mark 38% of recent trades, as India's largest insurer adapts to market risk and rising bond demand amid equity losses

R Doraiswamy takes charge as LIC's MD & CEO for a three-year term

R Doraiswamy, a LIC veteran with over 39 years' experience, has been appointed MD & CEO for three years as the insurer sees a major reshuffle in its top management

Govt plans additional LIC stake sale through OFS; talks in early stage

At present, the government owns 96.5% of LIC. In May 2022, it sold a 3.5% stake through an IPO, priced between ₹902 and ₹949 per share

Three nationalisations: Lessons from govt's approach to SBI, LIC, Air India

A common factor uniting the three entities is that they all belonged to the services sector

FSIB recommends R Doraiswamy as LIC MD & CEO; Cabinet to give final nod

FSIB has proposed LIC MD R Doraiswamy for the top role of MD & CEO, with the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet set to take the final call amid a wider leadership reshuffle

Overexposure to group business a challenge for LIC, say analysts

LIC's solvency ratio rose to 211 per cent in FY25 from 187 per cent in FY23

Consumer protection: Insurer must prove, not infer, pre-existing ailments

The State Commission noted it could not be inferred from the medical certificate that these ailments were present when the policyholder purchased the policies

Sat Pal Bhanoo takes interim charge as LIC MD & CEO for three months

Following Siddhartha Mohanty's term completion, Sat Pal Bhanoo has been given interim charge as LIC MD & CEO for three months or until a new incumbent is appointed

LIC appoints Ramakrishnan Chandar as new Chief Investment Officer

As CIO of the Life Insurance Corporation of India, Ramakrishnan Chandar will oversee one of the country's largest investment portfolios spanning multiple asset classes

LIC tops PSUs chart with record Rs 19,013 crore profit in Q4FY25

State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has emerged as the highest profit making company among PSUs in March quarter FY25, netting a little over Rs 19,000 crore. Last week, LIC reported 38 per cent jump in net profit for January-March FY25 at record Rs 19,013 crore as compared to Rs 13,763 crore in the corresponding quarter in the previous year. The insurance behemoth was followed by the country's biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) with Rs 18,643 crore profit during the fourth quarter. However, SBI was ahead of LIC in terms of annual profit as it earned Rs 70,901 crore in FY25 as against Rs 48,151 crore of LIC. Among other PSUs, Coal India earned a net profit of Rs 9,604 crore in the quarter followed by Power Finance Corporation (PFC) earning Rs 8,358 crore and NTPC Rs 7,897 crore, as per the data available on stock exchanges. In the oil sector, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) closed the fourth quarter with a net profit of Rs 7,265 crore followed by exploration gi

4 top valued firms see ₹1 trn jump in market valuation, LIC biggest winner

The combined market valuation of four of the top-10 most valued firms jumped Rs 1,01,369.5 crore last week, with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) emerging as the biggest gainer, in an otherwise sluggish trend in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark declined 270.07 points or 0.33 per cent. While HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India and LIC were the gainers in terms of addition to their market valuation, Reliance Industries Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), ICICI Bank, Infosys, Bajaj Finance and Hindustan Unilever Ltd faced a combined erosion of Rs 34,852.35 crore on the other hand. The market valuation of LIC surged Rs 59,233.61 crore to Rs 6,03,120.16 crore, the most among the top-10 firms. State Bank of India added Rs 19,589.54 crore to Rs 7,25,036.13 crore in its valuation. The market capitalisation (mcap) of Bharti Airtel jumped Rs 14,084.2 crore to Rs 10,58,766.92 crore and that of HDFC Bank climbed Rs 8,462.15 crore to Rs 14,89,185.62 crore. However,

LIC picks up Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone's entire Rs 5K cr issue

LIC fully subscribes to Adani Ports' Rs 5,000 crore 15-year bond issue at 7.75% in a privately negotiated deal, as other firms struggle to raise targeted amounts

LIC eyes higher non-par product mix to boost margins post Q4 surge

Life Insurance Corporation sees strong profit growth in Q4FY25 and plans to increase focus on high-margin non-par products while expanding its agent base and channel mix

LIC Q4 results: Net profit jumps 38% to Rs 19,013 cr, income falls 3.71%

However, LIC's total income for the quarter fell to ₹241,625 crore, compared to ₹250,923 crore during the corresponding period last year, the insurer revealed in a regulatory filing

LIC portfolio recovers ₹1.8 trillion amid market rebound from April lows

LIC's top equity holding in terms of value, Reliance Industries (RIL), has been one of the biggest contributors in its portfolio, with the stock's 25 per cent surge adding ₹26,515 crore in value