Failed to report US stocks gained via ESOP? Use this one-time Amnesty scheme; Know how it worksA one-time amnesty scheme, the FAST-DS, has been introduced to help Indian residents and NRIs resolve past non-compliance with reporting fo...
29 Apr, 2026, 01.06 PM IST
Driver’s licence valid 30 days after expiry: Punjab & Haryana HC says insurer must pay compensation for accidentThe Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that a driving license remains valid for 30 days post-expiration under the Motor Vehicle Act. This ...
20 Dec, 2025, 04.44 PM IST
Insurance nomination does not override succession laws, says Karnataka HC; calls for clearer legislationThe Karnataka High Court has decided that insurance policy nominees do not have absolute rights over benefits if legal heirs stake a claim....
04 Mar, 2025, 06.27 PM IST
Insurers' intermediaries get I-T notices under benami law over alleged fund routing violationsOver the past one week, some companies acting as agents and marketing intermediaries of insurance companies have received notices under the...
22 Jan, 2024, 09.09 AM IST
Bombay HC says new born means full-term and pre-term baby; directs insurance firm to pay medical expenses to mother of twinsA division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale also directed the New India Assurance company to pay an additional sum of Rs fi...
01 Mar, 2023, 03.27 PM IST
Transactions worth Rs 12,000 crore by insurers under taxman's lensIn November last year, the department had conducted searches on premises linked to the agents after goods & services tax (GST) authorities ...
24 Jan, 2023, 11.51 PM IST
Insurance companies' commission to agents under GST scrutinyThe Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) has been investigating these companies for allegedly floating shell companies to pay hig...
14 Nov, 2022, 12.23 AM IST
The fate of Obamacare could reside in the hands of one of these 2 peopleThe fate of the Affordable Care Act is in the hands of a justice who believes the heart of the law to be unconstitutional.
22 Jun, 2015, 01.57 PM IST
Obama in India: Differing interpretations emerge in New Delhi, Washington over 'breakthrough' nuclear dealLogjam over operationalisation of nuclear deal was removed, though different readings have emerged over the contours of the understanding.
28 Jan, 2015, 06.42 AM IST
Rajya Sabha Select Committee recommends 49% cap on foreign investment in insuranceThe Bill's passage into law — once cleared by the LS and approved by the President — will bolster the Modi govt's reform credentials.
10 Dec, 2014, 04.39 PM IST
Financial services firms must be kept out of banking sector: J Hari Narayan, Irda chiefBanking, insurance and MFs should be run as separate businesses with different shareholders and one should not venture into other, says Ird...
11 Feb, 2013, 08.47 AM IST
- Raising investment limit of LIC is 'imprudent': IRDA Chief J Hari Narayan
IRDA Chairman J Hari Narayan today said the government's recent move to allow the state-owned insurer, LIC, to invest up to 30 per cent in ...
04 Jan, 2013, 06.25 PM IST
- Govt approves 26% stake sale of Reliance life insurance to Nippon
The government has allowed Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group firm Reliance Life Insurance to sell 26% stake to Japan’s largest life insurer Nippo...
17 Aug, 2011, 05.22 AM IST
SEBI says no to new ULIPs, but IRDA defiantSebi issued a new order modifying its earlier directive and allowing life insurers to continue selling existing Ulips.
14 Apr, 2010, 12.18 AM IST
- Wary of Indian tax rules, PE players run for cover
Scared over changing tax rules, private equity investors are now looking at insurance solutions for taking care of this new risk.
26 Oct, 2009, 12.20 AM IST
Three pvt life cos won't cover you for terror attackThree private life insurance cos have excluded death caused by terror attacks from their policy covers.
04 Dec, 2008, 02.19 AM IST
- US insurers, consumers clash over credit data
Insurers and other financial services companies are waging what they say is a multibillion-dollar fight as the US Supreme Court assesses co...
18 Jan, 2007, 12.00 AM IST