| Non-life insurers register 19 percent growth in financial year 2012-13 |
| 06:58 May 03,2013 |
| Experts said the growth is driven by increase in health insurance penetration across B-15 cities. |
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| General Insurance sector registers 19 percent growth in premium collection |
| 05:51 Apr 16,2013 |
| Insurance companies and financial advisors attribute this growth to increase in demand of health insurance products. |
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| Non-life insurers register a robust growth of 19 percent in premium collections |
| 09:14 Mar 24,2013 |
| SBI General Insurance registers the highest growth of 218 percent in premium collection among all its peers. |
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| General insurance industry will grow by 20 percent per annum, says industry experts |
| 02:30 Feb 06,2013 |
| Health and motor insurance will drive the growth. |
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| ICICI Prudential, Franklin Templeton & DSP Black Rock bag Money Today - FPCIL Awards |
| 09:57 Jan 18,2013 |
| Lovaii Navlakhi of International Money Matters bags the best institutional financial planner while Mukesh Jindal of Alpha Capital wins the best independent financial planner of the year award |
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| ‘The distributor needs to be compensated adequately’, says Sriram Taranikanti, IRDA |
| 10:40 Dec 20,2012 |
| Leading experts from insurance, asset management and wealth management industry deliberated on the changing landscape of financial distribution in India at CII’s Financial Distribution Summit 2012 held in Mumbai. |
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| General insurance premium collection jumps by 18 percent in April-September |
| 11:04 Dec 19,2012 |
| Motor insurance collection figures are the key reason for the increase in premium compared to last year. |
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| Insurers pay Rs 2.7 crore in penalties between June and September |
| 10:53 Sep 12,2012 |
| IRDA wants the insurance industry to be more transparent. |
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| Bajaj Allianz General Insurance proposes to launch health product based on gender |
| 07:54 Sep 02,2012 |
| Consumers will be charged premiums as per their gender. |
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| 50% increase in distributors opting in for transaction charges |
| 04:30 May 16,2012 |
| The number of distributors opting in for transaction charges has gone up to 9000, which was around 6000 earlier. |
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| Insurers gear up for rollout of demat in life policies |
| 05:25 May 03,2012 |
| A few players feel agents might lose touch with customers due to the online interface. Smaller insurers are worried about the additional costs involved in holding policies in an electronic form. |
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| General insurance reports 24% rise in business |
| 05:55 Mar 28,2012 |
| Public players report higher collection than private players for the month of February 2012. |
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| ‘Orphan’ policyholders to be serviced by new agents |
| 09:29 Mar 14,2012 |
| IRDA has directed insurers to appoint new agents for servicing orphaned policies. |
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| General Insurance companies report 25% increase in business |
| 02:33 Mar 09,2012 |
| General insurance players have reported a stable increase in the last ten months. |
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| General insurance premiums register an increase |
| 02:32 Feb 07,2012 |
| Industry official relates the increase to awareness about health insurance among customers. |
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| IDFC Tax saving bonds – Tranche 2 opens for subscription on January 11, 2012 |
| 11:34 Jan 10,2012 |
| IFAs can advise “IDFC Long-term Infrastructure Bonds – Tranche 2” to their clients who are looking to generate secured income with added tax benefits. |
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| SREI Infrastructure tax-saving bond opens for subscription |
| 07:00 Jan 03,2012 |
| IFAs can suggest “SREI Infrastructure Long Term Infrastructure Bond-Tranche 1” to their clients who are looking to generate secured income along with tax benefits. |
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| REC Tax saving bonds open for subscription |
| 11:18 Dec 22,2011 |
| IFAs can recommend “REC Long Term Infrastructure Bond-Series (2011-12)” to those clients who are looking for tax benefits and extra income but one must remember that these bonds are unsecured. |
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| L&T Tax saving bonds opens for subscription on 25 November |
| 05:34 Nov 24,2011 |
| IFAs can recommend “L&T Long Term Infrastructure Bonds - Tranche I” to those clients who are looking to create secured income with added tax benefits |
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| IDFC Tax saving bonds is now open for subscription |
| 09:30 Nov 23,2011 |
| IFAs can recommend “IDFC Long-term Infrastructure Bonds - Tranche I” to their clients who are looking to generate steady income with added tax benefits |
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| HSBC is the largest mf distributor among banks; NJ among NDs |
| 10:50 Nov 18,2011 |
| The 20 largest distributors (10 banks and 10 NDs) account for 57% (Rs.1, 033 crore) of industry’s Rs. 1,800 crore payout in FY10-11 |
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| Bajaj Finserv looking to develop a new business model for its AMC |
| 05:16 Nov 17,2011 |
| The financial arm of Bajaj Group has recently got SEBI nod to set up its AMC business |
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| Tax saving bonds now open for subscription |
| 10:41 Oct 14,2011 |
| IFAs can recommend PFC bonds to investors looking for steady income with tax advantages and safety of capital. |
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| Health insurance portability to be implemented from today |
| 01:51 Oct 03,2011 |
| Health insurance portability to be implemented from today |
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| Health Insurance Portability will not have a major impact on general insurance business |
| 05:14 Sep 14,2011 |
| Most of the policy holders would not instantly utilize portability introduced by IRDA as it involves a tedious process and gives less benefit in return |
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| 20 percent jump in general insurance premium collections in April |
| 01:20 Jun 01,2011 |
| The non-life insurance segment proves to be a better performer than life insurance |
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| Warren Buffett will be meeting the IRDA chief |
| 01:20 Mar 23,2011 |
| The billionaire will be meeting Mr Harinarayan on Friday but no specific agenda for the meeting has been disclosed |
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| Private non-life insurers grow faster than public sector insurers in premium collection |
| 11:24 Mar 21,2011 |
| Gross premium collection of general insurance industry grew 22% with private players advancing by 26% and public sector insurers rising by 19% |
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| Want to meet Warren Buffet? Just buy an insurance policy! |
| 04:02 Mar 16,2011 |
| On the occasion of the launch of its web portal “BerkshireInsurance.com” on 25th March 2011, Berkshire India has invited all his policyholders to meet the legendary investor Warren Buffet in New Delhi |
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| Private non-life insurers posted strong growth in January 2011 compared to public sector |
| 09:53 Mar 08,2011 |
| The business premium of the non-life insurers grew 23 percent with total premium collection at Rs. 3,692 crore |
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| Berkshire to proceed with its insurance business as a corporate agent of Bajaj Allianz |
| 11:54 Mar 03,2011 |
| Berkshire India Limited received an IRDA approval to distribute general insurance products |
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| L&T Infrastructure floats tax saving bonds |
| 07:03 Feb 07,2011 |
| L&T Infrastructure Finance announced the public issue of its Long Term Infrastructure Bonds 2011 A –Series |
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| IIFCL unveils Long Term Infrastructure bonds |
| 06:52 Feb 07,2011 |
| India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) is the latest to come out with tax-free infrastructure bonds to woo investors |
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| Bajaj to start MF with Allianz |
| 11:46 Jan 19,2011 |
| Bajaj Finserv gets approval to launch a mutual fund; to announce launch of a subsidiary for wealth management business in 6-8 weeks |
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| Fidelity unveils India Children’s Plan |
| 03:36 Jan 18,2011 |
| Fidelity Mutual Fund on Monday launched its open-ended hybrid fund named Fidelity India Children’s Plan consisting of three plans focused on education, marriage and savings |
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| ‘FIAI was formed to act as a common voice for distributors’ |
| 07:34 May 13,2013 |
| Formed in 2009, Financial Intermediaries Association of India (FIAI) represents a group of national distributors and private banks. Gurpreet Singh, Principal Consultant, Financial Intermediaries Association of India (FIAI) talks about the association’s origin, activities and future plans. |
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| A good fund manager is one with a stable thought process and clear approach to life: I V Subramanium |
| 05:34 Jun 16,2011 |
| I V Subramaniam, Director & CIO of Quantum Advisors shares with us his experiences with the financial world and much more |
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| Auto, pharma, FMCG look positive in 2011 |
| 06:20 Mar 17,2011 |
| Consumption story is going to be sustainable in India, says Mr. Saravana Kumar CIO - Tata AIG Life Insurance Company Ltd. |
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| Only empowered advisors can empower consumers: Rajiv Bajaj |
| 02:38 Jan 18,2013 |
| Rajiv Bajaj, Sundeep Sikka, Anup Bagchi, Suresh Mahalingam and Pankaj Mathpal shared their views at the FPSB Financial Planning Congress on the topic ‘Aiding Business Progression through ‘Consumer Empowerment’. Edited excerpts… |
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| National distributors on expansion mode |
| 01:52 Apr 12,2011 |
| Most of the national distributors plan to add new investment centers to penetrate the mutual fund industry |
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