Life Insurance Corporation

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Wednesday said it has sold 2 per cent of its equity stake in state-owned NMDC, taking its total shareholding in the public sector unit to 11.69 per cent as of March 14. In a regulatory filing, LIC said its holding in NMDC has decreased from 13.69 per cent to 11.69 per cent during the period between December 29, 2022 and March 14, 2023, at an average price of Rs 119.37 a share. The sale of 2 per cent stake or a little over 5.88 crore shares in open market has fetched over Rs 700 crore to LIC. "Corporation's shareholding in NMDC Ltd has diluted from 40,14,72,157 to 34,25,97,574 equity shares decreasing its shareholding from 13.699 per cent to 11.690 per cent of the paid-up capital of the said company," LIC said. NMDC is engaged in exploration and production of iron ore.

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

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Tuesday said it has elevated Tablesh Pandey, executive director of the company, as its managing director. His appointment is effective from April 1, 2023, according to a regulatory filing. Pandey will replace present managing director B C Patnaik, it said. LIC presently has four managing directors. Pursuant to a government notification, "Tablesh Pandey, Executive Director, LIC of India, has been appointed as Managing Director, LIC vice B C Patnaik with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the office on or after 1st April, 2023...," the company said.

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

Government appointed Siddhartha Mohanty, the managing director and chief executive officer of LIC Housing Finance, as the MD of Life Insurance Corporation for three months, according to media report

Has provided a link on its website through which policyholders can get this exercise done

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Public sector insurer LIC on Thursday reported manifold jump in net income at Rs 8,334.2 crore during the three months ended December 2022 as against Rs 235 crore a year ago. The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) earned Rs 1,11,787.6 crore in net premium income during the reporting quarter as against Rs 97,620.34 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a regulatory filing. The numbers are strictly not comparable as the insurer was not a publicly traded company earlier. LIC's income from investments rose to Rs 84,889 crore from Rs 76,574.24 crore a year ago, the filing said. Its investments into the crisis-ridden Adani Group has been under tremendous criticism even though the value of the investment of close to Rs 36,000 crore are still in the green despite those shares losing almost 60 per cent of their value since January 25.

The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has claimed it has almost doubled its wealth invested in Adani group asset investments over the period

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is ploughing more money into Adani group's flagship firm as it continues to be a net gainer despite the plunge in stock prices following a short seller's fraud allegations, filings and stock market data showed. LIC, India's largest life insurer, invested about Rs 300 crore in buying 9,15,748 more shares as an anchor investor in a Rs 20,000-crore new share sale by Adani Enterprises Ltd, according to a stock exchange filing of AEL. The shares that LIC picked totalled 5 per cent of the stocks reserved for anchor investors. In all 33 institutional investors put in Rs 5,985 crore as anchor investors in AEL. LIC already had 4.23 per cent stake in AEL, just like it has holding in other six listed companies of Adani Group. According to stock exchange information, LIC made a total investment of Rs 28,400 crore in Adani shares over the last few years. The value of these shares was Rs 72,200 crore before the report of the US short seller triggered a stock pric

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Says insurance giant is well-placed to make most of a composite license; in fact it was a composite insurer till early 1970s, when Oriental Insurance was carved out

The country's largest insurer LIC may take a call on composite licence clause after the passage of Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill in Parliament, sources said. As per the proposed Bill, an applicant may apply for registration of one or more classes/sub-classes of insurance business of any category or type of insurer. However, reinsurers are prohibited from seeking registration of any other class of insurance business. A composite licence will allow insurers to undertake general and health insurance via a single entity. Sources said LIC would take a call on composite licence and other issues emanating out of passage of the Bill in a comprehensive manner taking into consideration Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956. The Bill, with proposed amendments to the Insurance Act 1938 and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999, is expected to be tabled in Parliament in the upcoming Budget session starting next month, sources said. If the proposal for composite insurance .

There were similar reports in August 2022 and UTI AMC had then denied having any knowledge about it

In past one month, the stock price of LIC has surged 20 per cent, as against 1 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Investors fear supply overhang; Centre has now reduced stake in firm by 25% in 3 years

A combination of factors like proposed regulatory changes, business performance, head honcho from private sector to be the reason for the share of LIC shares going up in the market, said experts