The government aims to come out with the IPO and subsequent listing of Life Insurance Corporation on the bourses in the January-March quarter of 2022
Mortgage financier LIC Housing Finance (LIC HFL) on Thursday extended its lowest home loan rate of 6.66 per cent for home loans up to Rs 2 crore.
On July 15, the government had floated request for proposal inviting bids from reputed legal advisors and the last date for bidding was August 6. However, the RFP did not receive sufficient response.
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Any strategic investment would be subject to a cap, though it's unclear at what level that would be set, according to a person familiar with the matter
The entities will have to make a presentation to DIPAM on August 24-25
LIC and EPFO have expressed their willingness to set up funds for startups to help budding entrepreneurs, a senior official said on Monday
Employees of public sector general insurance (PSGI) companies are observing nationwide one-day strike on Wednesday to protest against intended privatisation of state-owned insurers.
Finmin exploring a glide path; considering the interests of both policyholders and future shareholders
In FY21, gross NPAs of LIC reduced by 39 basis points (bps) to 7.78 per cent from 8.17 per cent a year ago.
The government is moving fast with the IPO, which is said to be India's largest.
Govt amends another rule to appoint a full-time actuary for state-owned insurance behemoth
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Preliminary presentation made on insurer's prospects
This came amid buoyancy in the secondary market
The government has given a go-ahead to a five-day working week for LIC employees
While several big players had raised rates last year, following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, LIC did not do so and it has no plans to do it now, sources in the company said
Private insurers saw their NBP grow by 16% during the month to Rs 9,504.64 crore, compared with Rs 8,128.51 crore in February 2020
Up to 10 per cent of the LIC IPO issue size would be reserved for policyholders, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said
The initial public offering (IPO) of India's largest insurance company LIC is likely after October this year, a top official said on Tuesday