Page 6 - Insurance

How to plan your finances before you take the leap into entrepreneurship

Creating an adequate reserve, reduce the risk in your investment portfolio, and buy sufficient life and health insurance

Irdai proposes limits on expenses of management of life insurers

Insurance regulator releases exposure draft aiming to provide greater flexibility to insurers as far as their corporate agency tie-ups are concerned

Compensation to blame: Amendments to strengthen law on industrial accidents

Proposed amendments to the Public Liability Insurance Act may end the high level of non-compliance among companies

How to choose a health insurance plan for senior citizens

Planning to buy an insurance policy? Here is what you need to know

There are three main components of an insurance policy: premium, sum assured and deductibles

Irdai empowers insurers to empanel hospitals for cashless facility

Regulator asks companies to publish board-approved empanelment criteria on their websites periodically; insurers to focus on quality of healthcare services of hospitals being empanelled

ICICI Lombard's Q1 net up 80% to Rs 349 cr on strong premium income

The gross direct premium income by the insurer during the period was Rs 5,370 crore, up 28.2 per cent from the year-ago period

Surveyor cannot apply deductions arbitrarily

The National Commission held the insurer liable to settle the claim in accordance with the original computation of loss jointly signed by the surveyor and insured

Irdai wants life insurance firms to eye 50% premium growth in 5 years

Irdai extended the "use & file" procedure to most life insurance products, barring individual savings, individual pensions, and annuity products

Irdai says no decision on mandatory disclosure of insurance commissions

Irdai said it regulator intends to hold discussions on the matter before a decision

It's prudent to file nil ITR even if your income is below Rs 2.5 lakh

Filing income tax return will prove handy while applying for a loan, insurance cover, or a visa

Buy a health policy that covers treatment at home and pays for consumables

Go for cashless treatment where available, as the reimbursement route is more burdensome

SBI renews MoU with Indian Air Force for defence salary package

Under this scheme, it will offer various benefits and features to all serving and retired Air Force personnel and their families.

Insurer to pay for closure to avert risk from rioting

In July 2008, there was a huge agitation against the government's move to acquire land belonging to the Amarnath Shrine Board

Global BPM player WNS acquires enterprise automation firm Vuram for $165 mn

Founded in 2011, Vuram has 900 employees at various locations in India, US, Mexico, Australia, Canada, and UK

Online players, agents may have to disclose insurance commission

IRDAI is considering a proposal that seeks to have a single limit for expenses made by insurance companies

Tatas exit race to buy Reliance Capital's general insurance arm

Group only interested in general insurance, but lenders want firms to bid for entire cluster of companies

Your life insurer may soon be able to offer a health insurance policy too

The move is likely to reduce premiums of policies and boost access to affordable health cover

Irdai mulls linking insurance frauds with individuals' credit score

Believed to be a good deterrent as low score can deprive access to services

Beyond the dotted line: Sign insurance proposal form after a careful read

A client, and not the insurance agent, has to ultimately bear the consequences of not revealing critical information.