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Insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has stepped up the purchase of equities at a time when foreign institutional investors have been hitting the sell button. The state-owned insurer has bought equities worth R2,500-3,000 crore over the last seven days, sources close to the development told FE.
There is a difference of opinion between the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) and the finance ministry over the creation of a new post in the regulatory body. IRDA chief J Hari Narayan chose to stay away from a meeting to fill the new position even as the panel comprising bureaucrats shortlisted two candidates. Read more
State-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India will leverage to the hilt the government’s Aadhar programme, which aims to provide unique identities to the entire 120 crore-odd population, chairman DK Mehrotra said. Read more
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has invested up to Rs 8,000 crore in equities in the last six months. The public sector behemoth has an investment target of Rs 2.4 lakh crore for the present year, of which 10-15 per cent will be invested in equities.
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of a Ficci seminar on capital markets, DK Mehrotra, CMD, LIC said, “Our investment target is Rs 2,40,000 crore for FY13, of which 10-15 per cent will be in the equity market. We have so far made investments of around Rs 75,000 crore, of which Rs 7,000-8,000 crore is in equities.†Read more