Stock, mutual fund investing from Tier-2, 3 cities grows fast, but limited awareness, advisory gaps remain key concernsEven as individuals from Tier-2/3 cities and beyond are rapidly embracing the world of stocks and mutual funds, gaps in advisory and awaren...
SBI Life delivers on guidance, targets double-digit protection share in medium termSBI Life Insurance achieved its financial targets for FY26. The company is now prioritizing its protection business and agency channel. It ...
'Rs 17 LPA not worth it': IIT Delhi graduate quits bank job, says 'can’t sell peace of mind for a salary package'A 24-year-old IIT Delhi graduate resigned from a high-paying banking job, citing a toxic work culture that eroded his health and peace of m...
Non-life insurers seen holding up better than life peersIndian insurers anticipate subdued Q4 earnings due to equity market declines impacting investment gains. While life insurers face muted pro...
Don't fall for these 5 common Ulip sales pitchesHere are five common sales pitches that some life insurance intermediaries including banks may deploy to lure you to invest in them.
Investors keep faith in ULIP amid green shootsUlips are investment-cum-insurance products where the money collected is invested in the stock market or fixed income securities based on t...
Life insurers' income falls for first time in a decade; investor indifference to Ulip the main reasonThe slide in Ulip sales and a lack of pension products in the market have had an impact on the industry's total premium income.
- ULIP business down by 15% during 2010-11: IRDA
Amid a row between Sebi and IRDA over control of unit linked products, the ULIP business declined by 15 per cent during 2010-11.
- Now, buying Ulips will cost less
Insurance sector regulator IRDA on Monday came out with a set of guidelines directing life insurers to offer unit-linked insurance plans (U...
Govt intervention will end confusion over ULIPs: InsurersLife insurance companies today said the government's intervention to end the turf war between SEBI and IRDA will clear confusion among inve...
- Solvency margins eased: ULIP sales to go up
Solvency margin is the excess of assets over liabilities that an insurer maintains as a prudential measure. Weekly Gainers: BSE (A. B), NSE...
- Life insurance cos’ growth may slow down to 17%
Following a dip in unit-linked insurance plans (Ulip) sales, growth of domestic insurance companies will slow down to 17% this financial ye...
- Insurance growth to slow down, says IRDA chief
The growth in domestic insurance companies will slow-down to 17% this fiscal compared to 24% last fiscal following a dip in ULIP sales, acc...
- IRDA calls for ULIP performance report
With the mayhem in the stock market and dip in sales of unit-linked insurance plans (ULIPs), IRDA has decided to direct life insurers to fu...
- IRDA likely to prescribe fair share of traditional policies in product mix
The decline in the sales of unit-linked insurance plans policy has prompted the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority to consider maki...
- UTI may stop Ulip sale after cos agree to keep MFs out
The government may step in to end the stand-off between the insurance and mutual fund industries over the issue of unit-linked insurance pl...
- LIC bars ‘new’ agents from selling Ulips
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has decided to limit the number of agents selling unit-linked insurance plans (Ulips). LIC has decided tha...