Indias Leading BFSI Companies 2008

Life Insurance Corporation of India

Yogakeshema, Jeevan Bima Marg, P. B. No. 19953, Mumbai - 400021, Maharashtra Tel: 91 22 66598547; Fax: 91 22 22817253; Email: co_hrdod@licindia.com; Website: www.licindia.com

History
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was formed in Sep 1956 after the Parliament of India passed the Life Insurance Corporation Act in Jun 1956. The company was created with the objective of spreading life insurance more widely, especially to reach all the insurable people in the rural areas and provide them with adequate financial cover at a reasonable cost. Apart from its corporate office, LIC had five zonal offices, 33 divisional offices and 212 branch offices in 1956. The nature of life insurance contracts being long-term coupled with the need to provide a variety of services during the term of the policy, LIC re-organised itself by opening a number of new branch offices. After its re-organisation, servicing functions were transferred to branches which were converted to accounting units.

other cities. LIC has also launched Satellite Sampark offices in order to provide easy access to its policy holders. The company had 340 such offices as on Mar 2008. LIC also provides housing finance through LICHFL. It has also formed an asset management company known as LICMF AMC. The corporation has also extended its operations to the international arena; through various JVs and subsidiaries it operates in as many as nine countries.

T S Vijayan Chairman D&B D-U-N-S 65-005-6716 IRDA Registration No Business Segment Life Insurance Key Information (As on Mar 2007) Total Income (Rs mn) NPE (Rs mn) Policy Holders Branches Employees Agents No of Policies Issued No of Claims Received No of Claims Settled Solvency Ratio (%) Management Chairman T S Vijayan Managing Directors D K Mehrotra Thomas Mathew T A K Dasgupta 1,744,405.7 1,277,822.6 212.6 2,048 113,710 1,103,047 38,229,292 13,257,345 13,258,205 1.50 512

Products & Services

LIC offers a wide array of insurance products to its customers such as insurance plans, pension plans, unit-linked plans, special plans and group scheme. During FY08, the company introduced certain new products such as Profit Plus, Fortune Plus, Jeevan Akshay, Jeevan Amrit & Amulya Jeevan. As of Mar 2007, total number of agents of the company stood at 1.1 mn while the total number of policies issued was 38.2 mn. The premium earned by the company reported a growth of 41% in FY07 when compared to the previous year. During the year, the company insured 34.28 mn individuals for the first time, taking the ratio of first insurance to total business to 89.61% for number of policies.

Operations
As on Mar 2008, LIC had 2,048 fully computerised branch offices, 109 divisional offices, eight zonal offices apart from its corporate office. LICs network connects all the branches through wide area network. The company also has tie-ups with certain banks and service providers to offer on-line premium collection facility in select cities. Besides, ECS and ATM premium payment facility to its customers, the company has also commissioned IVRS and information centres at Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, Pune, amongst

Key Highlights
97.11% of maturity claims are settled on or before the due date. In FY08, LIC has settled over 13.9 mn claims, amounting to Rs 372.06 bn. The total life fund of LIC stood at Rs 6866.16 bn as on Mar 31, 2008. The total number of In-Force policies was over 233 mn as on Mar 31, 2008. As on Mar 31, 2008, LICs total assets valued at Rs 8038.2 bn. Total income increased to Rs 2063.6 bn by the end of FY08, showing a growth rate of 18.3%.

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