'I'll give it to the vaccine manufacturers without guarantees, take the payment in advance and give me the supplies.' 'The moment you give me one lot of supply, I'll give you more.'
Critical illness policies by life insurance companies provide a variety of combinations but have a complex fine print.
Health insurance has almost 23 per cent market share in the general insurance space.
Insurance agents of all life insurance companies selling unit linked insurance plans will now show rate of returns ranging between 6 and 10 per cent to customers.
Follow these steps diligently to ensure that there isn't any hardship when your parents fall ill
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The new Insurance Bill may be implemented in 2015.
Sandeep Bakhshi named chief operating officer, who would be handling all the businesses.
The unprecedented health crisis forced an indefinite shutdown of all sports activities -- both contact and non-contact. The FICCI said non-contact sports can resume first by maintaining social distancing norms.
Detariffing in the non-life insurance market may well be the beginning of the end of cross-subsidisation and low premiums in group health insurance, with insurers now looking at pricing all their products individually.
Implementation of BI tools can improve the bottom line by 10-15 per cent of insurance companies.
What insurance companies do to motivate their sales force.
The unfortunate Costa Concordia, which struck a group of rocks just off Giglio on the night of January 13, 2012 in a disaster that claimed 32 lives, is finally to be refloated on Monday.
With the discount, the third-party premium for vintage cars works out to Rs 625 from the present Rs 2,500.
When compared to a one-year insurance, here's why it makes sense to buy a three-year policy
With losses mounting in health insurance portfolio due to higher claims, Oriental Insurance Company is in the process of hiking premium rates for its Individual Mediclaim Policy by upto 30 per cent for people in the higher age group.
A proposal to hike the FDI cap in the sector was first mooted by the previous UPA government.
'If you are a smoker, you should not provide misleading information to the insurer about your smoking habit in the insurance proposal form,' advises Pankaj Razdan.
'Bangalore barely makes with a score of 58 out of 100. A good lifestyle city needs to have a rating of 80 to 100.'
FIIs accumulated India's top-listed companies at an average valuation of around 16 times.
The size of the Indian financial services market could touch around $340 billion in the next few years.
Agents often influence customers into buying new products every year instead of continuing with their existing policies
A consumer court has ruled that the insurance companies are not allowed to re-assess the market value of an insured vehicle, once a policy for a specific amount is issued against the requisite payment.
The amount for which free check-up is offered can be quite low, while in some policies it comes only after a considerable waiting period.
In several states, there were cases of falsification of records and money never reached the poor.
Non-banking financial companies, that used to comprise at least 70 per cent of the issuance in the corporate bond market, are witnessing a credit freeze as investors shun bond issued by lower-rated firms.
The biggest surprise for customers, at the time of claiming, is the fact that they will get only depreciated value of the product.
You must initiate the claim process within 7 days of the damage. The more time you take to get the vehicle to a service centre, higher the chances of your claim getting rejected.
Motor insurance claims will also come in, due to the extensive damage to vehicles.
A senior life insurance official point out there have also been cases involving former insurance agents.
The new Insurance Bill will boost investment in the sector
How high or low will be your policy premium depends upon these.
India's largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India on Monday announced its intention to foray into health insurance sector jointly with another company, which could be a PSU general insurer.
Here, we give a list of phone numbers, addresses and e-mails of all insurance companies, both life and general, in India.
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