Indian state-run insurer loses share ahead of IPO, country's biggest

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Ahead of the Life Insurance Corporation of India's initial public offering on the Bombay Stock Exchange and other leading exchanges, its market share stood at 61.4% in February, as against 64% in the financial year that ended in March 2021. (Source photos by Reuters) 

SAYAN CHAKRABORTY, Nikkei staff writer

BENGALURU -- State-run behemoth Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is losing ground to competitors in the run-up to its outsize public offer, the biggest ever in India.

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