India's Life Insurance Corporation files draft papers for $8b IPO

India's Life Insurance Corporation files draft papers for $8b IPO

FILE PHOTO: A bird flies past the logo of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) at one of its offices in New Delhi, India September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

State-run Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has filed draft papers with the market regulator to sell 5% of its shares to potentially raise nearly $8 billion, dwarfing the biggest IPO in Asia’s third-largest economy by a considerable margin.