New India Assurance and Niva Bupa have invested in the Bima Sugam India Federation.
Pension schemes across the world are coming under greater pressure due to low returns on investments and public reluctance to join them, chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority N Rangachary said.
'Some of the astounding proposals, if translated into statutory provisions, would be suicidal.' 'This would not be a wonder cure for increasing insurance penetration and only result in mushrooming growth of players like paan kiosks with deleterious consequences.'
'It is imprudent on the part of Indian insurance companies to invest out of the shareholders' fund in a private limited company.'
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The panel, headed by former Central Board of Direct Taxes chairman N Rangachary, will be in addition to the one set up to review the General Anti-Avoidance Rules provisions to address the concerns of foreign investors.
Insurance and Regulatory Development Authority has slapped Rs 200,000 penalty on Reliance General Insurance Company for failing to meet rural sector business target for 2001-02.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has permitted Sahara Group to enter life-insurance segment, and issued 12 letters of intent to insurance broking entities, including three having foreign equity stake, to conduct business in India.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority is consulting market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India before allowing insurers to invest in derivative products while planning to introduce a system of risk-based capital assessment by 200
Seasoned bureaucrat C S Rao on Tuesday took over as chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority and spoke of the exciting potential in the insurance industry with a huge market waiting to be tapped.
The Law Commission is likely to come up with a final report on revamping all insurance laws by December this year after consultation with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.
After setting up a committee under N Rangachary last year to look at taxation issues regarding the sector, the government has issued several notifications in the last eight months.
Insurance industry is poised to double its business with premium income expected to be 3 per cent of gross domestic product in 4-5 years compared to 1.6 per cent now, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority said on Wednesday.\n\n\n\n
"It is my first sortie in Tejas, it is a good aircraft for induction into IAF operations," Raha was quoted as saying by the aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
'We, the audience, listen to stories that have nothing to do with us and we cry, just from the truth of those stories.' 'And Anvita is one of those people who makes this happen.'
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Some experts says that the high net-worth requirement of Rs 50 crore for setting up an IU is a deterrent.
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Indian Air Force on Friday raised its first squadron of the home-grown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas with the induction of two aircraft into the force at the Aircraft System Testing Establishment in Bengaluru.
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The most immediate cause of worry is the recent volatility in foreign exchange markets, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tells the Assocham annual general meeting.