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An investor seeks expert guidance for his daughter's education and retirement goals. A financial planner suggests a diversified portfolio a...

Gold and silver prices have dropped sharply this month as easing Iran-US tensions dampened safe-haven demand. Experts advise existing inves...

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Indian insurance penetration stays at 3.7 percent, lagging behind the global average. Life insurance penetration saw a slight dip, while no...

Budget 2025: ULIPs to which exemption under clause (10D) of section 10 does not apply, is a capital asset and any profit and gains from the...

Interim Budget 2024: Perhaps no one knows more than the government that certain popular announcements involving little sacrifice of revenue...

The share of Unit-Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs) is likely to rise, in lockstep with the surge in stock indices, slowing the growth in Valu...

At present, most ULIPs offer several free switches from one fund to another and even from a debt fund to equity fund and vice versa. Howeve...

The company had reported a profit of Rs 408.65 crore in the year-ago period.

While on Budget day, the market was on see- saw ride and closed marginally down, on Friday, it saw the worst plunge since November 2014 wit...

According to the report, the regulations are prescriptive and rule-based and often there is carping on 'market not mature' and 'data not ad...

Government should consider introducing provisions in the budget for extending the period of carry forward for life insurance companies.

The year 2010 may well see the beginning of litigation between life insurance industry and the income tax department.

Non-life insurance companies can heave a sigh of relief with the government roling back their decision to tax unrealised gains on their inv...

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that the government will undertake a comprehensive review of the draft Direct Taxes Code before ...

Until 2001, insurance was a nationalized activity; the domain of the Government owned insurance companies.