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Non-life insurers’ gross premium up 9% at Rs 10,012 cr in Nov

As of November 30, 2017, the New India Assurance Co Ltd has the highest market share in the non-life insurance market at 15.6 per cent, followed by National Insurance Company (11.17 per cent), United India Insurance (10.82 per cent), ICICI Lombard (8.81 per cent), Bajaj Allianz (6.22 per cent) and AIC (6.18 per cent)

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IRDAI Panel suggests competitive returns for life insurance customers

Panel has suggested to “lower the mandatory proportion of ‘G-Secs’ in the Life Fund and the Pension and General Annuity Funds and allow for higher exposure in alternative higher yielding assets (like equity or property) or high rated corporate bonds” to help insurers generate a high gross return on investments so that insurance savings products can compare favourably in the financial savings space

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Government to bear MDR charges on digital transactions up to Rs 2,000

The move will have an impact of Rs 2,512 crore on the exchequer.The minister said since such transactions account for sizable percentage of transaction volume, the decision will help move towards less-cash economy. Prasad further said digital transactions during April -September 2017 were valued at 2.18 lakh crore.This amount is estimated to be Rs 4.37 lakh crore for the whole of the current financial year.

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