General Insurance Corporation
GIC Re files for IPO; to raise over Rs6,380 cr
08 Aug 2017
GIC Re has become the first government-owned non-life insurance company to file for a public issue
Alice Vaidyan becomes 1st woman to head GIC Re
25 Jan 2016
Alice Vaidyan is the first woman to be appointed chairman in the history of the country's insurance industry
Life insurers to ignore SEBI ban, continue selling ULIPs
12 Apr 2010
Despite SEBI's ban on ULIPs, life insurers in the country plan to abide by the IRDA's direction to continue selling ULIPs, highlighting the turf war between the two regulatory bodies
SEBI bars 14 companies from selling Ulips
10 Apr 2010
Reliance Life to divest 26 per cent stake to Swiss Re: report
29 Mar 2010
Anil Ambani group insurance venture Reliance Life Insurance is expected to announce a 26-per cent stake sale to the world’s second biggest reinsurer Swiss Reinsurance
Royal Sundaram Alliance starts scheme for home contents
By Our Banking Bureau | 23 Apr 2003
GIC to buy stakes of former subsidiaries
By Our Banking Bureau | 05 Aug 2002
Ramanujam appointed new MD of GIC
By Our Banking Bureau | 08 Jun 2002
GIC, PSUs to underwrite terrorism risk
By Venkatachari Jagannathan | 04 Mar 2002
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