Insurance companies are banking in on health insurance, as it promises to be Rs 25,000-cr industry by 2010.
Often, these gangs tie up with former sector employees to understand how the process works
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Raise the amount of life cover you own if your liabilities and responsibilities have increased during the year, says Arvind A Rao.
While conventionally life insurance products have been bought for the tax sops (under Section 80C) they offer, there is much more to life insurance. Read on...
'This means that there will be more than 1,000 tech talent in India over the next 12-18 months.'
Kamal has a crisp pen when it comes to writing short and yet powerful film dialogues. But while speaking ex tempore -- and that has been his style -- he looks every bit a confused man, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Action, romance, comedy, it's raining masala entertainment on OTT this week.
The planned deal will reduce Reliance Capital's stake in Reliance Life Insurance to 51 per cent from 74 per cent.
Ask rediffGURU and PF expert Milind Vadjikar your insurance, stocks, mutual fund and personal finance-related questions.
Is there any use of a policy for which you keep paying premiums for 20 to 30 years and in the end your claim gets rejected? Harjot Singh Narula offers advice on how not to get your claim rejected
With the Budget just round the corner, insurance companies have suggested a separate limit for deductions under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, for long-term saving instruments like life insurance and exempt exempt exempt (EEE) treatment on the maturity proceeds of products.
These plans are best suited for individuals with a lower risk appetite as they provide guaranteed benefits.
Following suggestion from Minister for Roads Nitin Gadkari, Centre seeks ideas from IRDAI and General Insurance Council on feasibility of providing insurance cover for retrenchment.
Allowing it to lapse leaves you unprotected and can, in some cases, cause loss of premiums paid, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh.
The code of market conduct is being prepared under the aegis of the General Insurance Council (a self-regulatory body of the 12 non-life insurance companies) in this regard.
It is the actual cost of insurance by the life insurance company. It is usually deducted with other charges in the policy, before investing your money.
'Currently, our individual first premium would be in the Rs 3,000-Rs 3,200 crore range. We want to take that to about Rs 6,000 crore in three years.'
Payments can be made till April 21; for motor the relaxation is only for third-party insurance.
Striking a balance between the cover needed and the premium outgo is critical.
The insurance regulator IRDA on Monday said it is mulling to follow the lead insurance model based on geography, which is presently followed by the banking industry known as 'lead banking model'.
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The Tatas will have to either buy out the 26 per cent stake in its life insurance joint venture or rope in another partner if Prudential UK buys out the Asian life insurance business of American International Group (AIG).
Mid-tier information-technology (IT) companies last financial year reported better growth numbers than their larger counterparts, highlighting their ability to navigate the uncertain macroeconomic environment. Most of these companies - such as Persistent Systems, Coforge, KPIT, and Mphasis - focus on niche businesses and industries that allow them to go deeper in terms of client mining and expanding wallet share from existing customers.
'I don't know when I will be able to access those funds.'
Here are some major benefits that come along with a child insurance plan
Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding net asset value-guaranteed products, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority is standardising the method of calculating NAV under the unit-linked plans of life insurance companies.
The BJP may win more seats in the February 5 assembly election, but not enough to trump AAP, notes Ramesh Menon.
Either you are buying insurance policy online or through an agent, getting a better understanding about it will always be beneficial for you, says Harjot Singh Narula
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has withdrawn a major irritant for life insurance companies wanting to hit the capital market with initial public offers.
As many as 121,739 claims settled by insurers so far, amounting to Rs 1,165.81 crore.
Ask rediffGURU and tax expert Mihir Tanna your income tax-related questions.
While buying a term plan, do check how much money will be paid in lumpsum and how much of the money will come to the surviving family as a regular payout, suggests Sarbajeet K Sen.
The proposal for listing public general insurers had come up in 2007.
'We deposited money just yesterday, but they did not say anything...'
Life insurers are aggressively targeting HNIs. A look at some of the products on offer.
Mutual funds' largecap investment universe is expected to see seven changes in the upcoming stock reclassification exercise by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi). According to a report by IIFL Securities, Hero MotoCorp, Zydus Lifesciences, JSW Energy, NHPC, Bharat Heavy Electricals, Bosch and Samvardhana Motherson are expected to earn upgrades in the revised list of largecap, midcap and smallcap stocks set to be released in the first week of July. Amfi revises the list at the start of January and July every year based on the previous six-month performance of the stock.
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