Why you should avoid most add-ons, optional features of term insurance plansInsurance companies have added several new features in their term plans. While some benefit buyers, most of these additions are avoidable.
12 Jun, 2017, 04.47 PM IST
Should you buy the LIC online term plan?Market leader LIC has finally launched its online term plan. The competitively priced policy could be a game changer for this fast-growing ...
26 May, 2014, 11.02 AM IST
Planning to resolve complaints via social media? Things you should beware ofBrowse through the Twitter timeline and Facebook pages of customer care handles of various banks and insurance companies, and you are likel...
21 Apr, 2014, 08.27 AM IST
Pvt insurers like Aviva and Birla Sun Life rejected more death claims than LIC in FY13Rejection is high because of frauds from semi-urban and urban areas,” TR Ramachandran, MD and CEO of Aviva Life Insurance, said.
03 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Insurers to offer online products with more options than plain vanilla covers in 2014Employers’ group covers are likely to either trim benefits or withdraw some altogether. Individual health covers may also become costlier.
02 Jan, 2014, 05.23 AM IST
Buying new term plans? Look at what is on offerA combination of regular term plan and enhanced term plan can be of best fit.
26 Nov, 2013, 03.23 AM IST
Go online for cheaper term insurance plansBuying life insurance online is fast emerging as a preferred medium for buying and selling pure protection term insurance products.
01 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Aviva Life launches online term plan i-Shield
'Aviva i-Shield provides life cover with a provision of return of 110% of paid premium'
15 Jan, 2013, 03.18 PM IST
- Aviva India launches Family Income Builder
Private insurer Aviva India today launched Family Income Builder, a traditional plan in which one pays for 12 years and gets double of what...
13 Aug, 2012, 08.13 PM IST
- MNC banks boost captives centres in India amid anti-outsourcing rhetoric in US
Most captives , or offshore centres, of multinational banks are expanding their footprint in the country, and what’s more, they are underta...
03 Jul, 2012, 11.06 AM IST
Irda's 153 staff to regulate 47 insurance firms, which generate Rs 4.5 lakh crore per yearIrda has taken a few hasty decisions that it has had to either pull back, or modify, disturbing the calculations of companies selling insur...
08 Feb, 2012, 11.05 AM IST
- Six steps to ensure a hassle-free settlement of insurance claim
It can be agonising if the insurance claim, filed by the nominee is rejected by the insurer, leaving the bereaved unequipped to deal with t...
09 Nov, 2011, 02.46 AM IST
- Online insurance plans: Why they are a compelling option
Every 18 minutes, an online term plan is bought in the country. Find out why these insurance plans are a compelling option and what to keep...
03 Oct, 2011, 03.14 AM IST
- Plan for Education like any other financial goal in life
On an average, young parents save around Rs 26,000 p.a. which amounts to mere Rs 4.67 lakh over 18 yrs, which clearly will not be sufficien...
16 Mar, 2011, 06.24 AM IST
- Things to do before you exit that Ulip
Stuck with a policy or find the premiums too steep? Here are some ways to exit with the least damage.
08 Dec, 2010, 07.15 AM IST
- Third party BPO vendors subject to scrutiny after Satyam fraud
Post-Satyam, third-party vendors are being subject to closer scrutiny with higher level of disclosures being sought by customers. Fall of S...
27 Jan, 2009, 10.32 AM IST
- Pick your child's insurance plan carefully
Children’s plans are dime a dozen, but the right way ahead could be a term policy and a systematic investment plan with a good mutual fund.
17 Jan, 2008, 03.05 AM IST