Life insurance companies have to mandatorily obtain their customers' Aadhaar numbers and link the same with their respective policies. "All life insurance companies have made provisions, both offline and online, for their policyholders to link their policies and Aadhaar. Also no facility to link Aadhaar number to policies is available through SMS in LIC." To avoid any misuse of one's personal information make sure to go through your agent or visit the LIC office directly.To access online services on the LIC website, the insurer had already made it compulsory to furnish PAN or Aadhaar number. Policyholders looking to register for online services will have to either provide PAN or Aadhaar number in addition to other details such as policy number and date of birth.Click here to know more about it.

Source: Economic Times December 08, 2017 04:52 UTC