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Thursday, December 4, 2025
TopicLife Insurance Corporation

Topic: Life Insurance Corporation

Modi govt extends LIC Chairman M R Kumar’s term till March 2022

According to sources, the rules under the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956, have been amended to provide an extension to Kumar in view of the ongoing preparation for the IPO.

Why Modi govt is expected to struggle to sell stakes in 2 listed insurance companies

New India Assurance and General Insurance Corporation were listed in 2017. SEBI norms mandate the govt to now raise public shareholding to 25% from the existing 15%.

Modi govt begins LIC IPO process, but valuation will pose a major challenge

The listing of India’s largest life insurer has to be preceded by many steps, including amendments to the LIC Act and determining its valuation.

India is set for mega IPOs worth tens of thousands of crores of rupees

IPO of LIC alone could fetch the govt between Rs 85,000 cr and Rs 90,000 cr – the biggest India has ever seen.

Indian regulators need to stop the IL&FS rot from spreading

RBI & SEBI need to urgently offer an emergency bailout to IL&FS before it does more harm to the rest of the market.

Selling IDBI stake to LIC is not medicine, it’s bureaucratic quackery

LIC’s customers signed up to protect their own lives – not that of a dying financial institution.

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India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

From nuclear cooperation to defence, trade to oil, what is expected from Putin’s two-day India visit

New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.