lic: LIC told to tweak product strategy to boost investor returns, profitability

The federal government is nudging LIC to tweak its product technique to maximise profitability in a bid to assist the nation’s largest insurer realise its full progress potential and yield higher returns for traders, an official stated.

Life Insurance coverage Company (LIC) has been buying and selling beneath the difficulty value of ₹949 a share ever because it bought listed on inventory exchanges on Might 17. It listed at ₹872 apiece on NSE. On Tuesday, the scrip settled at ₹595.50, down 0.72percentover the earlier shut.

International brokerages, nevertheless, stay bullish on LIC setting the next goal value over the subsequent 12 months as they really feel that the insurer has good medium-term market potential, negligible excessive threat belongings and strong core working Return on Embedded Worth (ROEV).

Citi in a analysis report dated October 14 set a goal value of ₹1,000 for LIC scrip, saying LIC is ‘positioned higher than mature world gamers’.