Page 22 - Life Insurance Corporation

LIC shareholding in listed companies drops to lowest in over a decade

Total number of firms in which it owns over 1% has also fallen

Anchor investor talks for mega LIC IPO to start next week: Report

LIC IPO: Banks plan to file the draft IPO prospectus with the markets regulator by the first week of December, once the embedded value of the firm is finalised, say sources

LIC provisions up, NPAs down ahead of listing: FY21 annual report

LIC's revenue or total income growth in FY21 was the best in five years

LIC IPO on course, to be out in Q4FY22: DIPAM Secy refutes media reports

The LIC IPO is expected to become the biggest one in India

LIC IPO: LIC to take glide path for surplus transfer from next year

LIC IPO: The government plans to list LIC, which is held to be the country's largest listing, in the last quarter this financial year

LIC IPO: Finance Minister reviews progress of IPO amid third wave concerns

LIC IPO: The insurer is looking to file DRHP with Sebi this month, in sync with govt's plan to list the company this financial year

LIC IPO: Govt expects to open IPO issue by mid-March: Report

LIC IPO: The listing of LIC is set to be India's biggest ever IPO, with the government aiming to raise up to Rs 90,000 cr

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LIC: Govt weighing 5% stake sale via mega IPO, says report

The government plans to offer 316 million shares of the 6.32 billion shares it owns in Life Insurance Corp of India, and no fresh stock will be issued, say sources

LIC has consistently lost market share in retail segment, says brokerage

After the rebound in November '21, LIC's growth in retail in December '21 slowed, and was materially lower than the private sector

IPO-bound LIC's AUM rose Rs 1 trillion from March-September 2021

As of September 2021, 61.67 per cent of LIC's AUM was held in participating policies, 37 per cent in non-participating policyholder investments, 1.15 per cent in unit-linked policies

LIC didn't pay dividend to govt in FY21, says Union Minister Karad

LIC did not pay any dividend to the government in last financial year and used free reserves to increase its paid-up capital, which has now risen to Rs 6,325 crore, government told Rajya Sabha.

New business premium of life insurance firms sees tepid growth

NBP of the overall industry in January reported a marginal 2.65 per cent growth to Rs 21,957.04 crore over the same period a year ago.

IPO-bound LIC ropes in 6 independent directors on its board

With the appointment, the total number of independent directors goes up to 9 and all vacancies are filled.

LIC 3rd largest globally, but offers highest RoE of 82%, says Crisil report

At 64.1 per cent or with a gross written premium of $56.405 bn, LIC's market share is unparalleled globally, with no other life insurer anywhere else enjoying such a high market share

LIC ties up with Policybazaar.com for distribution of its products

This is LIC's first association with an insurance aggregator, and otherwise relies heavily on its large agency force of 1.33 million agents for distributing its products

LIC's embedded value set at over Rs 5 trn: DIPAM Secretary

Investors are eagerly waiting for the government to indicate LIC's embedded value when it releases the IPO draft prospectus, expected in a matter of days

Draft LIC IPO prospectus to be filed by next week, issue in Mar: DIPAM Secy

LIC's listing is crucial for the government to meet the lowered disinvestment revenue estimates of Rs 78,000 cr for the current fiscal

Govt extends term of IPO-bound LIC's chairman & MD by one year

Earlier, his term was extended by nine months in June last year

Getting IPO-ready: LIC boosts shareholders' corpus to Rs 6,600 crore

The move is to ensure a much larger shareholder base ahead of IPO