Remove 18% GST on life, medical insurance premium: Gadkari to Sitharaman

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has requested Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to withdraw the 18 per cent goods and services tax (GST) on life and medical insurance......

'This Shock May Trigger Suicides'

'Marathwada is the suicide capital of Maharashtra.''To stop such man-made disasters, the government should immediately come up with a rightful package, not this charitable approach to......

'Saw terrorists shoot 6 people right in front of me'

A 25-year-old man from Indore, whose father was shot dead in front of his eyes during the terror attack in Pahalgam town of south Kashmir, on Thursday said the gunmen included minor boys who had......

M&M, Manulife to form life insurance JV with 7,200 crore investment

Canadian firm Manulife and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), an Indian automaker with interests in financial services, have signed an agreement to form a 50:50 life insurance joint venture (JV) with a......

LIC drags new business premiums of life insurers by 5.2 %

New business premiums of life insurance companies dropped 5.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in August to Rs 30,959 crore, owing to a double-digit decline reported by state-owned Life Insurance......

Life Insurance Corporation goes digital

The largest life insurance provider in the country, Life Insurance Corporation of India is all set for a digital revolution. It is in the final stages of shortlisting companies for the tender,......

Top four life insurance companies covered 14 mn fewer lives in FY25

Some of the leading life insurance companies have reported a sharp decline in the number of lives covered in FY25, largely due to a slowdown in credit-linked life insurance policies. Illustration:......