Saturday, 30 June 2018

Insurance regulator IRDA permits LIC to pick up to 51 percent stake in debt-ridden IDBI Bank


New Delhi: Insurance behemoth LIC will acquire up to 51 percent stake in state-owned IDBI Bank after regulator IRDA approved the plan that will help convert the debt-ridden lender into a private sector entity.
According to sources, the board of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) at its meeting held on Friday in Hyderabad permitted Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to increase the current stake from 10.82 per cent to 51 per cent in IDBI Bank.
This would be in deviation from the existing rules which restrict any insurers having stake beyond 15 per cent in the financial firms.
Sources added that if the deal goes through, the IDBI Bank would get a capital support of Rs 10,000-Rs 13,000 crore.


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