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Life Insurance Corporation of India sold 2% stake in TIL LTD bringing down its shareholding from 10.199 per cent to 8.076 per cent. The company sold the stakes in TIL for investment purposes. Now, the holding decreased from 10.199 per cent to 8.076 per cent from December 31, 2021 to March 13, 2023 at an average cost of Rs 157.48.

Insurance giant LIC has raised Rs 5,000 crores from anchor investors. This comes ahead of its IPO. The LIC has allotted around 59.3 million shares to as many as 123 investors at the price of Rs 949 each. Domestic investors like SBI Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and others have expressed interest in the LIC.

The Central Government has tweaked the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) rules to allow as much as 20% foreign direct investment (FDI) in the LIC. The government is mulling over plans to dilute its stake in the insurance company via the Initial Public Offering (IPO). Earlier in February this year, the LIC had filed the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) before the Sebi for the Initial Public Offering.

Life Insurance Corp. of India has appointed Sunil Agrawal, an outsider, as the chief financial officer (CFO). Notably, before LIC, Agrawal was the CFO of Reliance Nippon Life Insurance and was also associated with ICICI Life Insurance. Furthermore, Sunil has been appointed for a tenure of three-years, at renumeration of Rs 75 lakh per annum.  Notably, the appointment came ahead of the LIC's decision of going public in March.

The government may defer the announcement of Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) initial public offering (IPO) in the current financial year ending March 2022. Reportedly, there are lots of preparatory work pending and the valuation of the state-owned life insurer will also take more time. Following the valuation, regulatory processes will start so it is unlikely that the IPO will take before the year ends, reported Business Today… read-more