Do you have financial planning or income tax queries? Ask rediffGURU Anil Rego.
Given the high cost of treating cancer and the reasonable premium rates at which these plans are available, one should opt for a cover at the earliest.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is India's most-valuable brand in 2022 replacing HDFC Bank, which held the number one spot since 2014, according to Kantar BrandZ report on India's most-valuable brands. TCS was able to grab the top slot due to rising global demand for automation and digital transformation, following the pandemic. Indian brands have bounced back from the pandemic to increase their brand value by 35 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) since 2020.
Visa and 20 insurance companies in India have joined forces to make paying life and general insurance premiums "faster and easier" through a range of new payment options for Visa cardholders
'Like all long-term bull markets, the Indian stock market will continue to climb the proverbial wall of worry.'
The sum assured is just the premiums that you have paid plus some basic level of return. People often mix investments with insurance. This causes them to often look at the sum assured without understanding the death benefits of the policies in detail.
Most plans offer a sum assured that reduces as your outstanding home loan comes down every year.
WhatsApp on Wednesday said it expects to facilitate the purchase of "affordable sachet-sized" health insurance through its platform by the end of the year as part of its efforts to provide users in India with greater access to financial solutions. The Facebook-owned company noted that its 'Payments' feature is now available to users across the country (currently up to 20 million users) with support from banking partners - State Bank of India, HDFC, ICICI and Axis Bank.
Sixteen merchant banks are in the fray to act as book running lead managers (BRLM) for the initial public offering of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). These merchant banks will have to make a presentation before the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) on August 24-25. The shortlisted banks are BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets India, BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs (India) Securities, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets(India), J.P. Morgan India, Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India), Axis Capital, DAM Capital Advisors, HDFC Bank, ICICI Securities, IIFL Securities, JM Financial, Kotak Mahindra Capital, SBI Capital Market, and Yes Securities India.
Paresh Parasnis, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company's principal officer and executive director spoke to Shilpy Sinha & Sidhartha about the company's strategy.
The choice for the home buyer is clear - either get adequate life cover or a mortgage insurance product.
S V Ramanan, CEO, CAMS Repository Services, answered readers' queries on electronic insurance in an online chat with readers August 6
rediffGURU Sunil Lala answers your personal finance-related queries.
At its heart, the issue is more than compliance. It is the risk of possible breakdown of a strong nexus between insurance firms and motor car dealers that makes the business the top earner for the former.
If you plan it out, instead of rushing it in the last moment, you will realise how much you have saved and the difference it makes to your personal wealth.
Revision in the context of an ongoing global review affecting financial institutions: Moody's
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The Jan Dhan scheme restricts the scope of life insurance cover to bring down burden on the exchequer.
Sebi to fix promoters' side deals with PE investors
rediffGURU and financial planning expert Colonel Sanjeev Govila (retd) answers your personal finance-related questions.
The failed deals could be the much-needed wake-up call for the M&A space.
While Paytm (One97 Communications) is not completely past regulatory hurdles, its share price has gained in the last month or two. The Paytm handle migration is complete along with FDI clearance necessary for the Payment Aggregator (PA) license. UPI consumer data indicates stable market share, and expansion in partner networks in financial distribution. All this implies Paytm could be set to meet guidance of turning Adjusted Ebitda breakeven by Q4FY25 (ex of UPI-incentives).
By contrast, the fraud enabled Raju's kin and aides to make hundreds of crores, charges CBI.
If you are a frequent traveller, then you should opt for a multi-trip travel plan because it works out to be cheaper.
HDFC Standard Life Insurance is hiring Sales Professionals to implement strategies, manage customer relationships and achieve business targets for their Direct Sales Channel.
It is one piece of document that you should have alongside your travel tickets.
Add a term plan with a child mutual fund for best results.
The total income during the period rose to Rs 8,482.85 crore (Rs 84.82 billion), from Rs 7,388.51 crore (Rs 73.88 billion) in the same period a year ago.
rediffGURU Kirtan A Shah answers your personal finance queries.
Offloads stake in financial, auto and pharma sector companies.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your stock market queries.
Our focus around technology, cost efficiency, persistency and effective distribution channel will continue, says the ICICI Bank MD and CEO.
Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended on a mixed note on Wednesday as the euphoria about the Budget fizzled out, with investors going for profit-taking ahead of the Fed interest rate decision. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 158.18 points or 0.27 per cent to settle at 59,708.08 after it trimmed most of the intra-day gains. During the day, it had zoomed 1,223.54 points or 2 per cent to 60,773.44.
These stocks offer the best combination of maximum 'buy' recommendations from brokerages and share price upside over the next 12 months.
Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
The government today expanded the three-member Satyam board to six to include S Balakrishnan of Life Insurance Corporation, Tarun Das, chief mentor of the Confederation of Indian Industry and T N Manoharan, former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
'The impact of CEO transition is fairly even for stocks, with about half (53 per cent) of the events not producing any change in the relative performance of the stock.'
The liquidity-fuelled rally will continue for some time, however, fundamentals are getting stretched.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
