Has aspirational vs anxiety politics slowed down GoI in the rollout of economic reforms?Delhi CM Rekha Gupta presented the first budget, focusing on a significant increase in capital expenditure and delivering on electoral prom...
26 Mar, 2025, 11.05 PM IST
Outgoing IRDAI Chief has hits to his credit, perhaps misses, tooChange in EoM Guidelines: Under his stewardship, IRDAI introduced the Expenses of Management (EoM) regulations at a time when the industry ...
11 Mar, 2025, 06.06 AM IST
Irdai, insurers discuss growth trends, risksIrdai emphasised on the need for stress testing, scenario analysis and effective asset-liability management (ALM). The National Bank for Fi...
15 Feb, 2025, 11.42 PM IST
Increase in surrender value to reinforce customers' faith in life insurance industry: Kotak Life Insurance MD & CEOPeople are now buying life insurance for protection, and the increase in surrender value is unlikely to impact the persistency ratio, Mahes...
28 Oct, 2024, 06.30 AM IST
Irdai chairman Debasish Panda seeks more conglomerates to enter insurance; regulator nudging more cos to listIrdai chairman Debasish Panda encourages conglomerates to join India's insurance sector, emphasizing growth opportunities. He highlights ef...
22 Oct, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
PMJDY has changed the way banks & financial institutions operatePMJDY's journey over the past decade has been nothing short of transformative. It has fundamentally changed the way banks and financial ins...
28 Aug, 2024, 12.07 AM IST
Very few people think of life insurance as pure protection: Casparus Kromhout, Shriram Life Insurance"Everybody in India is used to the fact that life insurance is a savings vehicle, or an alternative savings, or an investment vehicle, and ...
26 Feb, 2024, 06.30 AM IST
Interim Budget 2024: Check full text of FM Nirmala Sitharaman's speech hereThe Finance Minister presented the Interim Budget 2024 in a speech that lasted for 48 minutes. The budget focuses on four main areas: women...
01 Feb, 2024, 04.39 PM IST
Navigating the general insurance landscape: A reflective review and forward outlookThe GI industry is entirely focused on achieving the glorious mission of 'Insurance for All' by 2047, set by the insurance regulator.
28 Dec, 2023, 10.37 AM IST
IRDAI chief stresses on need for more insurers, enhanced products and servicesAlso, most hospitals don't allow cashless admissions even though the insurance product offers such a facility, citing one or other excuses.
07 Sep, 2023, 12.53 AM IST
'Insurance for all' pivots on 3 As, says IRDAI Chief Debasish Panda"We are also working with the councils of both life and general insurance to have a UPI-like moment for the insurance sector. A conceptual ...
26 May, 2023, 12.24 AM IST
India is within the reach of '1 billion-1 billion-1 billion' vision, says Arun JaitleyOnce this vision is fulfilled, all of India can become part of the financial and digital mainstream, noted Jaitley in his Facebook post.
27 Aug, 2017, 10.34 AM IST
Corruption-free rule, decisive leadership are hallmarks of Modi govt's three years: Venkaiah Naidu"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought about a paradigm shift in the method of governance by making it accountable, transparent and effi...
25 May, 2017, 11.54 AM IST
India on 'brink' of techno-institutional revolution: AhluwaliaDigiLocker was recently integrated with UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India), as a registered issuer.
05 Feb, 2017, 12.47 PM IST
Budget Session 2017: Here's the full text of President Pranab Mukherjee's speechThis year marks the Centenary year of Champaran Satyagraha, which gave a new direction to our freedom struggle and channelised janashakti i...
31 Jan, 2017, 01.04 PM IST
Budget 2015: Arun Jaitley proposes universal social security system, pension schemesArun Jaitley announced at least half-dozen social security schemes that will lead to a universal social security system for all, especially...
01 Mar, 2015, 06.08 AM IST
Corporate tax to be cut by 5 pc in 4 yrs; no change for individualsTo provide power to all, Government proposes to set up five new ultra mega power projects each of 4000 MWs in the plug-and-play mode.
28 Feb, 2015, 03.18 PM IST