Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956

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The Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 is an Indian law that nationalized the life insurance industry and established the Life Insurance Corporation of India as a state-owned monopoly insurer.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of India ⓘ
Indian statute ⓘ
administeredBy Ministry of Finance, Government of India ⓘ
appliesTo life insurance business in India ⓘ
policyholders of life insurance in India prior to liberalisation ⓘ
classification economic legislation ⓘ
nationalisation law ⓘ
country India ⓘ
created Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
dateOfCommencement 1956 ⓘ
effect creation of a public sector monopoly in life insurance ⓘ
transfer of management of life insurance business from private insurers to the state ⓘ
empowers Central Government to issue directions to Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of India ⓘ
establishedMonopoly Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
fieldOfLaw insurance law ⓘ
public economic law ⓘ
governs accounts and audit of Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
investment of funds by Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
organisation of Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
historicalSignificance created a single public sector life insurer in India ⓘ
nationalised private life insurance companies in India ⓘ
industryAffected life insurance industry in India ⓘ
jurisdiction Union of India ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalForm central legislation ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
longTitle An Act to provide for the nationalisation of life insurance business in India by transferring all such business to a Corporation established for the purpose and to provide for the regulation and control of the business of the Corporation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto ⓘ
providesFor management of Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
powers and functions of Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
regulation and control of life insurance business by the central government ⓘ
transfer of existing life insurance business to Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
purpose establishment of the Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
nationalisation of life insurance business in India ⓘ
region Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: India
relatedInstitution Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
relatedTo Insurance Act, 1938 ⓘ
Life Insurance Corporation of India Act amendments ⓘ
sectorAffected insurance sector in India ⓘ
shortTitle Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subjectMatter life insurance ⓘ
nationalisation ⓘ
public sector insurance ⓘ
typeOfMonopoly state-owned monopoly in life insurance ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1956 ⓘ

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Mundhra scandal → relatedTo → Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Life Insurance Corporation of India → createdByAct → Life Insurance of India Act, 1956 ⓘ
linked to: Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956
Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 → shortTitle → Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 → relatedTo → Life Insurance Corporation of India Act amendments ⓘ
linked to: Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956
Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 → empowers → Central Government to issue directions to Life Insurance Corporation of India ⓘ
linked to: Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956