LIC, India's biggest insurer and largest domestic financial investor, said net premium income rose to 983.52 billion rupees ($12.34 billion) from 817.21 billion rupees a year ago.

Profit for the three months ended June 30 stood at 6.83 billion rupees, compared with 29.4 million rupees in the COVID-hit quarter a year ago, LIC said in a regulatory filing.

($1 = 79.6830 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)