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Though LIC has been the dominant player in managing life, pension, annuity, and group insurance products, it has minuscule exposure to Unit Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs). According to regulatory body IRDAI’s Annual Report of 2020-21, LIC’s overall investment value (Assets Under Management) is Rs 34 lakh crore, of which ULIPs accounted for less than 1 percent or Rs 24,775 crore (as of March 2021). LIC’s ULIP pie among life insurers was also minuscule, at just 5 percent of the overall AUM of Rs 5.2 lakh crore (as of March 2021). The latest monthly factsheet of LIC’s shows that there are 63 ULIP funds offered to policyholders. Their managed corpus as of December 31, 2021, was Rs. 23,034 crore. About Rs 14,400 crore was invested in equity assets. LIC has disclosed only the top 10 holdings for each ULIP portfolio. Here are the top stocks held by most LIC ULIP plans. Currently, there are 46 equity-related ULIP funds offered by LIC. Data as of December 2021. 

The total number of LIC’s ULIP Funds that held the stock in their top 10 holdings: 40. ICICI Bank was the most preferred stock among the ULIP funds offered by LIC. Pure equity ULIP funds such as LICI ULIP(Nivesh Plus) & SIIP Growth, Jeevan Plus Growth, Market Plus Growth, Market Plus I Growth, Endowment Plus Growth, Money Plus Growth, and Profit Plus Growth held significant exposure to the stock.

The total number of LIC’s ULIP Funds that held the stock: 36. The stock of the Infosys held by LIC ULIP funds includes Endowment Plus Growth, Health plus fund, Money Plus I Secured, Profit Plus Balanced, and Money Plus Growth.

The total number of LIC’s ULIP Funds that held the stock: 34. The stock of the IT major is held by the funds that include Profit Plus Balanced, Money Plus Balanced, Market Plus Growth, Jeevan Plus Growth, Future Plus Growth, and LICI ULIP(Nivesh Plus) & SIIP Growth.

The total number of LIC’s ULIP Funds that held the stock: 33. Future Plus Growth, New Endowment Plus Secured, New Endowment Plus Growth, and Money Plus Secured were a few ULIPs offered by LIC that held the stock of L&T in December 2021.

The total number of LIC’s ULIP Funds that held the stock: 33. ULIP funds like Money Plus Balanced, Profit Plus Balanced, ChildFortune Plus Secured, and Gratuity Plus Balanced held the stock of Reliance Industries.

The total number of LIC’s ULIP Funds that held the stock: 31. Future Plus Growth, Profit Plus Secured, Future Plus Secured, and Profit Plus Balanced were few LIC ULIPs held the stock in their portfolio.

The total number of LIC’s ULIP Funds that held the stock: 25. ULIP funds such as Market Plus I Secured, LICI ULIP(Nivesh Plus) & SIIP Secured, LICI ULIP(Nivesh Plus) & SIIP Growth and LICI ULIP(Nivesh Plus) & SIIP Balanced held the stock of HDFC Bank.

The total number of LIC’s ULIP Funds that held the stock: 20. Future Plus Income, Market Plus Growth, Money Plus Growth, and Future Plus Income were few LIC ULIP funds that held the stock of the ITC.

The total number of LIC’s ULIP Funds that held the stock: 17. Few LIC ULIP funds that had significant exposure in the portfolio in December include Market Plus Secured, Pension Plus Mixed, Gratuity Plus Income Fund, Market Plus I Secured, and Health protection plus fund.

The total number of LIC’s ULIP Funds that held the stock: 17. The stock of Tata steel was held by LICI ULIP(Nivesh Plus) & SIIP Balanced, LICI ULIP(Nivesh Plus) & SIIP Growth, New Endowment Plus Balanced, and Future Plus Growth.