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Bharti AXA Life Insurance launches ‘BIMA BHARTI’ apprenticeship program
Bharti AXA Life has rolled out its flagship nationwide...
LIC bags Guinness world record for selling highest life insurance policies in 24 hrs
(L to R) Rishi Nath, official adjudicator, Guinness World Records,...
LIC may consider composite licence after passage of Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill
The Bill, with proposed amendments to the Insurance Act 1938 and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999, is expected to be tabled in Parliament in the upcoming Budget session starting next month, sources said. New Delhi:The country's largest insurer...
Reliance Capital: Hinduja Grp re-enters the fray with a higher offer of Rs 9,400 crore
Lenders will now take a call on whether they will accept Hinduja’s revised bid Analysts say Hinduja offer of Rs 9,000 crore cash upfront trumps Torrent bid of just Rs 4,000 crore cash and the balance to be paid to lenders in three equal instalments in year 3/4/5 with...
Ministry asks banks to cease from using unethical practices to sell insurance policies
There have been instances where life insurance policies were sold to customers aged above 75 years in Tier II-III cities. Usually, branches of the banks push products of their subsidiary insurers. The department has already issued a circular wherein it has been...
Insurance density in India rises from $78 in 2020-21 to $91in 2021-22, Insurance penetration at 4.2 % in 2021-22
While the penetration of life insurance sector has gone up from 2.15 per cent in 2001-02 to 3.2 per cent in 2021-22, non-life insurance penetration has gone up from 0.56 per cent to 1.0 per cent during the same period “2022 has been a year marked with milestone...
Insurers settled over 2.25 lakh death claims on account of Covid: Irdai report
The net incurred claims of the general insurers stood at Rs 1.41 lakh crore in 2021-22 as against Rs 1.12 lakh crore in 2020-21, an increase of about 26 per cent New Delhi: Over 2.25 lakh death claims due to the Covid-19 pandemic were settled by insurance companies up...
Reliance Capital Auction: Torrent Group highest bidder at Rs 8,600 crore in phase 1
The acquisition will help Torrent group to venture into the financial services as Reliance Capital has a wholly owned subsidiary- Reliance General Insurance, and 51 per cent stake in Reliance Nippon Life Insurance among other assets. Hinduja Group was the second...
Huge setback for Reliance Capital resolution process as Cosmea-Piramal consortium pulls out
Cosmea Financial is promoted by Sam Ghosh,who was heading Reliance Capital between 2008-2017 According to sources, the Cosmea-Piramal consortium has decided to walk out of the resolution process as it believes that the contours of the bidding process have been...
Budget-2023-24:Zero-rated GST for protection products
Vighnesh Shahane, MD & CEO, Ageas Federal Life Insurance The insurance industry wish-list for the annual Budget has been largely the same for the last four-five years with the aim of driving insurance penetration in the country. A few of our recommendations...
Tata AIA Life Insurance expands new fund Offering Suite
Tata AIA Life Insurance (Tata AIA) has announced range of new funds including Emerging Opportunity Fund, that will invest in mid-cap companies and emerging market leaders with the potential to generate significant future growth. The applications for ULIP plans with...
Govt notifies IRDA’s new regulations on `Registration of Indian Insurance companies” facilitating larger PE investment
-Investment through Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) has been made optional for Private Equity (PE) Funds enabling them to directly invest in insurance companies, providing more flexibility, Now, subsidiary companies are also allowed to be promotors of insurance...