page_title: Life Insurance Corporation
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Life Insurance Corporation / History
caption_attribution_description: English: LIC Zonal Office Night View from Connaught Place Park
context_page_description: Life Insurance Corporation of India is an Indian state-owned insurance group and investment corporation owned by the Government of India.
  The Life insurance Corporation of India was founded on September 1, 1956, when the Parliament of India passed the Life Insurance of India Act that nationalized the insurance industry in India. Over 245 insurance companies and provident societies were merged to create the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India.
  As of 2019, Life Insurance Corporation of India had total life fund of ₹28.3 trillion. The total value of sold policies in the year 2018-19 is ₹21.4 million. Life Insurance Corporation of India settled 26 million claims in 2018–19. It has 290 million policy holders.
caption: LIC Zonal Office, 'Night View From Connaught Place Park'
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