Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Life Insurance is understood to be in talks with global insurance players, including Swiss Re, to raise an estimated Rs 1,500 crore by selling 10-15 per cent stake. As per the current rules, a foreign entity can hold up to 26 per cent stake in an Indian insurance firm. Reliance Capital wholly owns Reliance Life, a business it acquired from AMP Sanmar in 2005.
For nearly a year, Reliance Capital has been planning either an IPO or strategic sale of its life insurance business to unlock value for shareholders. Going by the estimated deal size, Reliance Life would have an enterprise value of over Rs 15,000 crore.
The life insurance business of the company has grown rapidly over the last four years and it has emerged among the top four private life insurance players in the country, although state-run LIC is the dominant player with over 60 per cent market share.
Post the strategic stake sale to foreign firms, Reliance Life could also come out with an IPO. Depending on the interest from foreign firms (for buying a maximum of 26 per cent stake), the company (Reliance Life) could come out with an IPO.
Last year, the Chief Executive of Reliance Capital Sam Ghosh had said that Reliance Life expects total premium to quadruple to about Rs 20,000 crore in 2011-12 from Rs 4,930 crore at the end of 2008-09.
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