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New Delhi: Life insurance firms reported an increase of about 27 per cent in its new premium collection in February at Rs 13,698.52 crore, data from insurance regulator Irdai showed today. Of all the 24 life insurance firms, countrys only state-owned as well as...
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India:26,500 students committed suicide in 2014-16: Govt tells RS
UK insurer Prudential says to split into two
Prudential will become a solely international firm, focused on the U.S., Asia and Africa, and will be led by current Chief Executive Mike Wells. Prudential expects Asia’s expanding middle class to continue to drive that growth by fueling demand for more savings and life and health insurance coverage.
Revise meagre Rs 1,000 minimum pension in EPF Scheme:Parliamentary panel
China to merge banking, insurance regulators in massive overhaul
The new regulator will be capable of “holding the bottom line to prevent systematic financial risk.The responsibilities of the two separate regulators currently overlap in some areas, leaving regulatory roles unclear, a parliamentary document says.The two regulators will hand off duties such as proposing laws to the People’s Bank of China in a sign that the central bank is beefing up its regulatory role.
SBI reduces charges for non-maintenance of minimum balance
Mumbai: The charges on non-maintenance of an average monthly balance in savings accounts have been reduced by up to 75 per cent. The State Bank of India on Tuesday reduced its charges on non-maintenance of an average monthly balance (AMB) in savings accounts by...
India’s monsoon rains expected to be slightly below normal this year
Parliamentary panel red-flags government’s ambitious healthcare scheme
Parliamentary Standing Committee has warned of possible failures of National Health Protection Scheme. The committee reported that the enrolment in RSBY was quite low. “Only 57 per cent of eligible are enrolled and less than 12 per cent of the eligible persons got their hospitalisation covered through RSBY.”
SC indefinitely extends March 31 deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various services
“We have extended the deadline in the past and we will extend the deadline again but we may do it by the end of the month to enable the petitioners in the case to conclude the arguments,” Attorney General K K Venugopal had said.
The deadline for subsidies and benefits under Section 7 of the Constitution will stay as March 31, 2018.
Prices of 851 essential drug formulations cut in past 2 year: Government
India: By 2025, digital transactions in India could be worth $1 trn a year
Airlines reported over 24,700 technical snags in 2017: Government
Government working on national policy for domestic workers: Labour ministry
The policy has been hanging fire for nearly three years as it was to be presented before the Cabinet in 2015.
Among others, the policy envisages to make a provision for a minimum salary of Rs 9,000 per month, compulsory paid leave of 15 days in an year and maternity leave benefits to full-time domestic helps.
50 people feared dead after a US-Bangla Airlines aircraft crashes at Kathmandu airport
11 A320neos grounded after 3rd mid-air scare in 2 weeks
Kidney related claims by youngsters on the rise:SBI Gen study
Emerging trends:
5% of the total health insurance claims paid are for kidney-related claims.
The claim amount for diabetes-related kidney ailments has increased from 1.4% to 4% of total claim amount paid from FY 15-16 to FY 17-18.
Majority of the claims are paid from metropolitan cities while 32% are from non-metro cities. This could be due to the specialized treatment and dialysis facilities available in metropolitan cities.
66% of claims settled for kidney-related ailments over the last three years are under the non-surgical category, where most of the diseases are managed with dialysis. There has been a year-on-year increase in this since FY 15-16 to FY 17-18.