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Govt is planning to sell 2-3% LIC stake in FY26, may seek extension

The LIC stake sale may be split into two rounds for better value, with the government likely to seek an extension if market conditions turn unfavourable

Life insurers' new business premium growth drops 11.6% in February

LIC's weak performance drags overall premium growth of the segment

LIC, ICICI Pru, SBI MF: Top mutual funds who own IndusInd Bank stock

According to ACE Equity data, LIC and ICICI Prudential fund held more than 5% stake in IndusInd Bank; another 13 fund houses owned more than 1 per cent equity of the bank as of December quarter.

State bond yields harden on heavy supply and weak investor demand

14 states raised Rs 50,500 crore through bonds at the auction

LIC share slips 2%, hits 52-week low on GST demand order worth Rs 480 crore

The downfall in the LIC share price came after the company announced that it has received a communication/demand order for GST, interest and penalty for Maharashtra state worth about Rs 480 crore

LIC gets demand notice of Rs 479.88 crore for short payment of GST for FY21

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Thursday said it has received a demand notice of Rs 479.88 crore for short payment of Goods and Services Tax (GST) for 2020-21. The company has received a communication/demand order for interest and penalty for Maharashtra on February 27 from Deputy Commissioner of State Tax, Mumbai, LIC said in a regulatory filing. The demand notice pertains to wrong availment and short reversal of Input Tax Credit (ITC), Interest on late payments, short payment of tax liability, it said. The order is appealable before the Joint Commissioner of State tax (Appeals), Mumbai, it said. The financial impact of the demand is to the extent of the GST (Rs 242.23 crore), Interest (Rs 213.43 crore) and Penalty (Rs 24.22 crore), it said, adding, there is no material impact on financials, operations or other activities of the corporation.

LIC share price down 3% on GST demand order worth Rs 57 crore; details here

The fall in the LIC share price came after the company announced that it has received a communication/demand order for Goods & Service Tax, Interest and penalty for Delhi State worth about Rs 57.28 cr

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LIC gets GST demand notice of Rs 57.2 crore for excess ITC availed

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Monday said tax authorities have slapped a demand notice of about Rs 57.2 crore on it for excess Input Tax Credit (ITC) availed for the financial year 2020-21. The company has received a communication/demand order on Monday from Assistant Commissioner, Delhi regarding excess ITC availed, LIC said in a regulatory filing. The financial impact of the demand is to the extent of the GST (Rs 31,04,35,201), Interest (Rs 23,13,21,002) and Penalty (Rs 3,10,43,519), it said. There is no material impact on financials, operations or other activities of the corporation, it added.

LIC suffers Rs 84,000 crore dent in portfolio amid stock market crash

A large portion of the dip is attributed to the over 10 per cent correction in ITC (Rs 11,863 crore), Larsen & Toubro (Rs 6,713 crore) and State Bank of India (Rs 5,647 crore) shares, thus far in CY25

LIC launches smart pension plan offering range of annuity options

State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Tuesday launched a single-premium smart pension plan that offers a range of annuity options for Single Life as well as Joint Life type of annuities. The plan was launched by Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju along with Siddhartha Mohanty, CEO & MD of LIC, in presence of senior officials of the finance ministry and LIC. The Non-Par and Non Linked plan has several liquidity options available for partial/ full withdrawal as per terms of policy, LIC said in a statement. The Minimum Purchase Price is Rs 1,00,000 with incentives for higher purchase price and modes of annuity payments allowable are yearly, half yearly, quarterly or monthly, it said. An option to take immediate annuity by NPS subscriber is a special feature, it said. The options available on survival of the annuitant varies as per the annuity option chosen at the time of inception. The amount payable after death of annuitant will be as per the option chosen b

LIC Q3 FY25 results: Net profit increases 17% to Rs 11,056 crore

Employee compensation and welfare expenses dropped 30% on year to Rs 6,691 crore

Life Insurance Corporation gets GST demand notice of Rs 105.42 cr

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Wednesday said it has received a demand notice of about Rs 105.42 crore for short payment of Goods and Services Tax (GST) for seven financial years. The company has received a communication/demand order for interest and penalty for several states on February 5, LIC said in a regulatory filing. The order is appealable before the Commissioner (Appeals), Lucknow, it said. The demand notice pertains to seven financial years between 2017-18 and 2023-24, it said. The financial impact of the demand is to the extent of the GST, interest and penalty. There is no material impact on financials, operations or other activities of the corporation, it said.

Life Insurance Corporation gets GST demand notice of Rs 101.95 crore

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Tuesday said tax authorities have slapped a demand notice of about Rs 101.95 crore on it for short payment of Goods and Services Tax (GST) for five financial years. The company has received a communication/demand order for interest and penalty for several states, LIC said in a regulatory filing. The order is appealable before the Commissioner (Appeals), Thane, it said. The demand notice pertains to five financial years between 2017-18 and 2021-22, it said. The financial impact of the demand is to the extent of the GST, interest and penalty. There is no material impact on financials, operations or other activities of the corporation, it said.

LIC Mutual Fund introduces open-ended multi asset allocation fund

LIC Mutual Fund on Friday launched its Multi Asset Allocation Fund, an open-ended scheme that invests in equity, debt, and gold to achieve long-term capital appreciation. The New Fund Offer (NFO) opened on January 24 and will conclude on February 7. The scheme will reopen for continuous sale and repurchase on February 18, the company said in a statement. The scheme's benchmark is a combination of 65 per cent Nifty 500 TRI, 25 per cent Nifty Composite Debt Index, and 10 per cent domestic gold prices, it added. "Hybrid mutual funds saw a 27 per cent surge in assets under management in 2024, increasing from Rs 6.90 lakh crore in January to Rs 8.77 lakh crore in December according to data published by Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). "The multi-asset allocation funds saw significant growth in the AUM under hybrid category. Currently, this reflects a clear investor inclination towards hybrid funds and our new fund is ideally suited to cater to their interests," R K Jha, ...

LIC stock hits 52-week low; down 34% from August high

Poor retail new biz trends, the Insurance Amendment Act proposal of opening up the individual agents, and the risk of sunset of the Old Tax Regime to keep LIC shares range-bound, believe analysts.

LIC's Bima Sakhi scheme crosses 50,000 mark within a month of launch

The initiative launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 9

Over Rs 20k cr of unclaimed amounts lie with life insurers at end of FY24

Irdai also adopted several measures to reduce existing unclaimed amounts, asking insurers to prompt policyholders to update their contact details at the time of renewal

LIC reduces stake in NMDC by 2%, now stands at 5.6% through market sales

State-owned insurer Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) has pared its stake in iron-ore producer NMDC Ltd by 2 per cent, according to an exchange filing. After the stake sale, LIC's holding in the state-run iron ore mining company NMDC has dropped to 5.6 per cent from 7.6 per cent earlier. The insurer sold more than 5.91 crore shares or 2 per cent stake in NMDC through a series of market sales over a period spanning from September 2023 to December 2024, LIC said in a regulatory filing on Friday. LIC's holding in NMDC's equity shares carrying voting rights decreased from 22,31,79,025 shares, representing 7.6 per cent of the total voting capital, to 16,40,59,791 shares, accounting for 5.6 per cent, it added. Last month, LIC said it has sold more than 2.02 per cent stake in Tata Power for about Rs 2,888 crore and reduced its holding in the company to 3.88 per cent. Shares of NMDC on Friday fell 2.91 per cent to close at Rs 233.70 apiece on the BSE.

Life insurers adjust term premiums ahead of business end of financial year

While some companies are increasing rates, others are slashing them, and still others have made no change; GST changes on premium taxation may change outlook