Bank of India (BOI) has sold 18% stake in the insurance joint venture (JV) Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company (SUD) to its Japanese partner ‘Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company (DILIC)’.
The shareholding of DILIC will be 44% up from 26% upon completion of the transaction after receiving necessary statutory/regulatory approvals. With this, the shareholding of BOI has come down to 30% from 48% in SUD, while Union Bank of India will continue to hold 26%. SUD was incorporated in 2007 as a JV among Bank of India, Union Bank of India and DILIC to undertake life insurance business in India.
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