INSURANCE LIC

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is the largest insurance group and investment company in India. Its a state-owned where Government of India has 100% stake. LIC also funds close to 24.6% of the Indian Government's expenses. It has assets estimated of 13.25 trillion (US$264.34 billion).It was founded in 1956 with the merger of 243 insurance companies and provident societies... Headquartered in Mumbai, financial and commercial capital of India,the Life Insurance Corporation of India currently has 8 zonal Offices and 113 divisional offices located in different parts of India, around 3500 servicing offices including 2048 branches, 54 Customer Zones, 25 Metro Area Service Hubs and a number of Satellite Offices located in different cities and towns of India and has a network of 13,37,064 individual agents, 242 Corporate Agents, 79 Referral Agents, 98 Brokers and 42 Banks (as on 31.3.2011) for soliciting life insurance business from the public.