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
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
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In a Q&A, Tuhin Kanta Pandey that as crores of applications are expected, testing to that scale is needed to avoid hiccups in the application process and movement of funds
The industry department will soon seek the approval of the Union cabinet regarding the same
Life Insurance Corporation, which is bound for the nation's largest share sale by March, is the strongest and the largest brand in the country with a valuation of $8.656 billion
DPIIT will soon approach the Cabinet to seek its approval on changes in the FDI policy to facilitate disinvestment of the country's largest insurer LIC, a top government official said on Wednesday.
FY22 divestment mop up revised to Rs 78,000 crore from Rs 1.75 trillion pegged earlier
'We should not conjecture on size of LIC IPO as valuation still underway,' says DIPAM Secretary
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Earlier, his term was extended by nine months in June last year
The move is to ensure a much larger shareholder base ahead of IPO
The government has extended the tenure of chairman of IPO-bound LIC by one more year with a view to facilitate smooth listing of the insurance behemoth, sources said.
How successful any LIC stock sale will be, however, remains an open question
In a Q&A, Tuhin Pandey also said govt plans to list LIC in this financial year
'LIC disinvestment amount will be included in this year's (Budget) because we aim to list it before March 31,' says Tuhin Kanta Pandey
LIC and State Bank of India were top investors in AI's debt
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The government is expected to mop up around Rs 1 trillion from LIC's IPO
Its new business premium growth rate stood at 554.1 per cent in H1FY22