Life Insurance Corporation of India was incorporated on the year 1st September 1956, after nationalising 154 Indian Insurance companies, 16 non-indian insurance companies, and 75 provinces. The idea behind the nationalisation was to spread life insurance widely to the rural areas with a view to reach all insurable persons in the country.
Today, LIC has grown and leaps since its inception and has more than 2048 branches, 113 divisional offices, 8 zonal offices, 1381 satellite offices and numerous distributors through various channels. LIC has also tied up with various banks and service providers to pay a premium for their policies. Aside from setting up many online kiosks and IVRS, many info centres have been commissioned at Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and New Delhi.
The AUM of LIC doubled to 36.7 trillion INR in FY21 and the claim settlement ratio was 98.62% as of 2021. LIC controls 62.42 per cent market share in the life insurance sector.