Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has granted approval to Nippon Life Insurance (NLI), a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest life insurers in the world, for increasing its stake in Reliance Life Insurance (RLI), a part of Reliance Capital, to 49 per cent. Nippon Life Insurance has already secured approval from Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the transaction is now expected to be completed in the next few days.
Nippon Life Insurance will be investing an aggregate value of Rs 2,265 crore ($ 348 million) to acquire an additional 23 per cent stake in Reliance Life Insurance to reach a 49 per cent stake. In line with the new shareholding structure, the name of the company will also be changed to Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company, post increase in stake. The transaction pegs Reliance Life Insurance’s valuation at approx Rs 10,000 crore ($ 1.5 billion), amongst the highest valuation for any Life Insurance company in the country.
Nippon Life Insurance investment in Reliance Life Insurance represents implied Embedded Value multiple of over 3 times, the highest in the industry till date. Nippon Life Insurance would have invested a total of Rs 8,630 crore (US$ 1.3 billion) for acquiring 49 per cent each in Reliance Life Insurance and Reliance Capital Asset Management with this transaction.
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