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Irdai to start colour coding individual health plans

Irdai to start colour coding individual health plans

Rediff.com   6 Oct 2020

The insurance companies will use "green, orange, and red" colours to indicate the complexity of the products that are on offer.

Home, auto loan inquiry back to 2019 level

Home, auto loan inquiry back to 2019 level

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2020

The public sector lenders saw the biggest rebound in inquiries in July and August 2020, most likely because they were early in recommencing operations than their private and finance counterparts.

SBI, 25 other major Indian banks figure in suspicious transactions list

SBI, 25 other major Indian banks figure in suspicious transactions list

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2020

Banks say they themselves red-flagged the transactions to RBI. It must be noted that these transactions are not outright evidence of fraud or proof of nefarious activities.

Lockdowns cost insurers Rs 45,000 crore in premiums

Lockdowns cost insurers Rs 45,000 crore in premiums

Rediff.com   17 Sep 2020

However, the number of renewals has grown by only 0.4 per cent, which means only high value and ticket size renewals are coming.

'2 years is fair time for companies to come out of pain'

'2 years is fair time for companies to come out of pain'

Rediff.com   17 Sep 2020

'The economy is expected to bounce back and things are expected to recover faster than what we previously thought.'

Covid: Insurance claims at 192,863 worth over Rs 3,000 cr

Covid: Insurance claims at 192,863 worth over Rs 3,000 cr

Rediff.com   16 Sep 2020

As many as 121,739 claims settled by insurers so far, amounting to Rs 1,165.81 crore.

Rising Covid, non-Covid claims a double whammy for insurers

Rising Covid, non-Covid claims a double whammy for insurers

Rediff.com   15 Sep 2020

Although insurers feel loss ratios in the health segment may get impacted, and profitability will take a hit, capital erosion will not take place, at least for the large entities.

RBI's priority lending norms may not mean quick relief for start-ups

RBI's priority lending norms may not mean quick relief for start-ups

Rediff.com   14 Sep 2020

Seed and early-stage start-ups are high-risk businesses, rarely have collateral and only 1 in 10 of them makes it to becoming a viable company.

Challenges that Dinesh Khara, the new SBI chief faces

Challenges that Dinesh Khara, the new SBI chief faces

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2020

Relations with the government, the bank's majority owner, are a tricky issue for all SBI chiefs, and, like all his predecessors, Khara will be closely watched for his equations with the finance ministry representative on the SBI board.

Bonanza for overseas Indian investors; ODI norms to be eased

Bonanza for overseas Indian investors; ODI norms to be eased

Rediff.com   27 Aug 2020

The net outward foreign direct investment went up from $9.1 billion in 2017-18 to $12.6 billion in 2018-19 and moved further north to $13 billion in 2019-20.

Affordable insurance policy Corona Kavach is a big hit

Affordable insurance policy Corona Kavach is a big hit

Rediff.com   27 Aug 2020

From July 10, when it was launched till August 7, 1,087,030 lives have been covered under Corona Kavach through 648,276 policies with premium of Rs 182 crore and sum assured for Rs 42,956 crore. In addition, 186,347 lives have been covered under Corona Rakshak through 156,695 policies with premium of Rs 25.5 crore and sum assured for Rs 3,293 crore, an Irdai official said.

Loan restructuring: 'Whoever needs relief should get it'

Loan restructuring: 'Whoever needs relief should get it'

Rediff.com   25 Aug 2020

'Mostly, the relief, if needed, would be for housing loans where a person has lost a job and is unable to pay his EMI or there has been a temporary salary cut.'

Retail, digital payments register big jump in June

Retail, digital payments register big jump in June

Rediff.com   14 Aug 2020

Total payments in the economy grew 24.08 per cent to Rs117.43 trillion in value terms in June, compared to Rs94.64 trillion in May.

Non-life insurers receive more than 100K Covid-19 claims

Non-life insurers receive more than 100K Covid-19 claims

Rediff.com   12 Aug 2020

While initially, the claim amount was high, it has now moderated with many states prescribing a standard treatment rate for Covid-19. Of the total claims received, nearly 66,000 claims amounting to Rs 628.95 crore have been settled so far.

AI Exp plane in Kozhikode crash was insured for $50m

AI Exp plane in Kozhikode crash was insured for $50m

Rediff.com   11 Aug 2020

While Air India Express is expected to get the full insured amount for the hull loss, it will have to pay compensation to the kin of the deceased and injured, according to applicable laws. The compensation will be paid from its liability cover.

Yes Bank to take more 'Anil Ambani like steps' to recover dues

Yes Bank to take more 'Anil Ambani like steps' to recover dues

Rediff.com   2 Aug 2020

Yes Bank CEO said the private lender is disposing some of the properties in many other cases as well. He, however, declined to elaborate on borrowers against whom such action was underway.

Aditya Puri sells 7.42 million shares in HDFC Bank for Rs 843 cr

Aditya Puri sells 7.42 million shares in HDFC Bank for Rs 843 cr

Rediff.com   27 Jul 2020

Puri will hang up his boots this October as he will reach the maximum age limit of 70 for a chief executive officer of a private bank. Puri has been at the helm of HDFC Bank for the past 26 years, since its inception in 1994.

Will Jet Airways find its wings once again?

Will Jet Airways find its wings once again?

Rediff.com   22 Jul 2020

A consortium - comprising Imperial Capital, Flight Simulation Technique Centre, and Big Charter - have placed a bid for Jet, while the other consortium is led by Kalorck Capital.

Number of wilful defaulters was on rise even before lockdown

Number of wilful defaulters was on rise even before lockdown

Rediff.com   15 Jul 2020

Lenders had filed 1,251 cases to recover Rs 24,765.5 crore. Wilful defaulters are the entities that do not pay back money despite the ability to do so. Defaulters above Rs 1 crore were considered for this exercise.

HDFC to set up fund to finance stressed realty projects

HDFC to set up fund to finance stressed realty projects

Rediff.com   7 Jul 2020

The real estate sector had been going through a rough phase even before the COVID-19 crisis, marked by falling sales and piling up of inventories.