Life Insurance Corporation Of India LIC

LIC hit a life-time low of Rs 562.35, falling below its previous low of Rs 566 touched on February 27, and was down 9% in three weeks.

The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB), the headhunter for directors of state-owned banks and financial institutions, may select a new chairman of insurance behemoth LIC this month. The chairman will be selected from the four managing directors of the company, sources said. According to sources, the bureau may conduct an interview for the position towards the end of next week if all members of the committee are available. FSIB is likely to make a selection this month, subject to the availability of members due to Parliament's Budget session, sources said. The final decision on the FSIB recommendation will be taken by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It can be noted that one of the managing directors BC Patnaik retires on March 31. The government has already appointed Tablesh Pandey as his replacement. Currently, Siddhartha Mohanty, managing director of LIC, is acting chairman of the country's biggest life insurance firm

About 60 per cent of Indian private insurers believe there has been a significant rise in insurance-related frauds, and as risks lurk there is an immediate need to consider a proactive fraud risk management framework, a Deloitte survey said on Thursday. Insurance companies in India have experienced a rise in fraud instances in life and health insurance, and increased digitisation, remote working post pandemic and weakened controls are key factors contributing to frauds, according to Deloitte's Insurance Fraud Survey 2023. "About 60 per cent of survey respondents believe that there has been a significant rise in fraud, while further 10 per cent experienced a marginal increase," the survey said. The survey, conducted in the second quarter of FY2023, was based on interviews with key C-suite stakeholders/senior management responsible for compliance across leading private insurers in India. Technology-led innovation in the insurance sector has brought agility, speed, superior customer .

The sale of 3.5 per cent of its stake in the LIC through an IPO brought the govt Rs 20,516.12 crore as receipts

LIC witnessed a moderation in premia because of a decline in group single premia. LIC is the largest player in the group single premium market

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Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the country's largest insurer, has increased its stake in HDFC Ltd to over 5 per cent following the acquisition of shares from the open market. LIC purchased 1.2 lakh shares from the open market hiking its stake in the company to 5.003 per cent, mortgage lender HDFC Ltd said in a regulatory filing on Monday. LIC in a separate filing said the holding increased from 4.991 per cent to 5.003 per cent, an increase of 0.012 per cent at an average cost of Rs 2,673.84 per unit. The insurer made the purchase on December 2, 2022, it added. LIC purchased additional shares at a total cost of about Rs 57.2 crore. Shares of the HDFC closed at Rs 2,674.95, up by 0.35 per cent on the BSE. Before the acquisition, LIC held over 9.09 crore shares representing 4.991 per cent stake in the company. Earlier in April, HDFC Ltd decided to merge with its banking subsidiary HDFC Bank. Touted as the biggest transaction in India's corporate history, HDFC Bank on April

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The corporation has launched only non-par products this year, which cater to specific segments in its drive to increase the non-par business

LIC posted a record rise in the Q2 profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 15,950 crore, up 10x year-on-year (YoY) compared to Rs 1,433.71 crore a year ago

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The surge in LIC's NBP was primarily driven by a 30% increase in its group single premium

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has increased its shareholding in Voltas by buying an additional 2 per cent stake. LIC said it acquired Voltas' shares worth Rs 634.50 crore through open market transactions during the period from August 10 to November 4, 2022. The state-owned life insurer increased its shareholding from 2,27,04,306 shares (equivalent to 6.862 per cent) to 2,93,95,224 (8.884 per cent) in Voltas, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. Voltas is engaged in the business of air conditioning, refrigeration, electro-mechanical projects as an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor both in domestic and international market. Stock of LIC closed at Rs 633.30 apiece on BSE, up by 0.84 per cent, while Voltas scrip ended 1.24 per cent lower at Rs 834.40 apiece.

On the CCI website, the notice filed by AGI Greenpac on September 27 regarding the acquisition, has been marked as 'Notice Not Valid'

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We intend to sharpen the focus on bancassurance to steadily and considerably increase its volume, thereby its share in our business, said Kumar

India's largest insurer is also looking to revamp its human resources systems in its drive to make the oldest insurance company more technologically advanced, said people aware of the development

Says hike is in line with market scenario; rates are still very competitive and demand for home loans is to likely to sustain

LIC's inability to move up in the customer segment by significantly changing its product and distribution mix means that the insurer will continue to lose market share.