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SBI Life’s corporate agency partnership with AU Small Finance Bank
SBI Life Insurance has entered a strategic corporate agency...
Policybazaar fined Rs5 crore by IRDAI, 11 charges of regulatory lapses against the intermediary
``IRDAI in exercise of the powers under Section 102 of the...
No Insurance Amendment Bill in Parliament’s Monsoon session
M Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Financial Services ``The Bill is not in the agenda of the current session of the Parliament,’’ confirmed M Nagaraju, secretary, Department of Financial Services(DFS) Mumbai: It is now official. The much awaited `Insurance...
Raising FDI limit in insurance aimed at unlocking full potential of sector: FM
Nirmala Sitharaman Union ,Finance Minister "Further, this will eliminate the need for foreign investors to find Indian partners for the remaining 26 per cent, easing the process of setting up their operations in India, effectively increasing the number of insurers in...
Former finance secy Ajay Seth takes over as new chairman of IRDAI
Some of the other issues, which will be matter of focus for Seth, is falling insurance penetration in the country and unaffordability of insurance premium, particularly health insurance, about which of late the government has been vocal about. Hyderabad: Former...
SBI Life’s net profit rises 14% to Rs594 crore in Q1 FY 25
SBI Life's Value of New Business (VoNB) stands at Rs.1,088 crores with a growth of 12% during the reporting period. The company's VoNB Margin was at 27.4% in Q1FY 25 Mumbai: SBI Life Insurance, the largest private sector life insurer in the country, has recorded a...
Former finance secy Ajay Seth appointed as new IRDAI chairman for 3 yrs
Ajay Seth, Chairman-designate, IRDAI Seth, a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service(IAS) officer from the Karnataka cadre, retired in June end New Delhi: Finally, Ajay Seth, 60, former Finance Secretary, Ministry of Finance, has been appointed as the new chairman of...
Angel one forms Rs 400 crore life insurance JV with Singapore’s Livwell
Wilf Blackburn, ex-regional CEO of Prudential Asia, is proposed to chair the proposed venture, while Nikhil Verma, former deputy CEO of Aviva Vietnam, is proposed to lead as CEO Mumbai: Domestic brokerage Angel One on Wednesday announced a plan to partner Singapore's...
Shriram Life Insurance signs bancassurance deal with ESAF Small Finance Bank
Shriram Life Insurance Company (SLIC) has partnered with ESAF Small Finance Bank as a corporate agent to expand the reach of life insurance products to the underserved segments across India. The bank has 788 branches, 713 ATMs, and 1,095 customer service centres...
Govt’s Bima Sakhi Scheme enrolls over 2 lakh women
Pankaj Chaudhary, minister of state ,Ministry of Finance LIC has already paid Rs115.13 crore to 2,05,896 Bima Sakhis in the country till July 14 New Delhi: Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has provided a budget of Rs 520 crore for the government's Bima Sakhi- “Mahila...
India’s financial inclusion index improves, surges to 67 from 64.2 in March 2024: RBI
It captures the level of financial inclusion using data from different sectors, including banking, insurance, investments, pensions and postal services. Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday said that the country's financial inclusion index (FI-Index)...
TRAI convenes joint committee of regulators on issues of spam and cyber fraud
Key outcomes were urgent transition to 1600-Series for Commercial Calls, regulators, discussed setting up timelines for migration to the dedicated 1600-number series for transactional and service calls in the banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sectors....