Nearly 25% premium from new life policies goes wasteExtrapolating the lapse ratio to fiscal year nos indicate that premium worth over Rs 5,000 cr has lapsed for LIC.
07 Sep, 2018, 07.16 PM IST
Traditional life insurance plans offer poor returns and low risk cover, best to avoid themET Wealth looked under the hood of 10 such traditional plans and found that the average return in them was barely 4.8 per cent.
28 Feb, 2017, 12.54 PM IST
PNB waives off ATM charges for Chennai users, NHB chips in tooIn view of the floods in Chennai, Punjab National Bank (PNB) today said it has waived off charges for using ATM network of other banks.
08 Dec, 2015, 09.28 PM IST
Mis-selling may impact insurance valuation: Sanket Kawatkar, MillimanA report by Milliman noted that the joint venture structure is a stumbling block for partners to arrive at a consensus on valuation.
27 Nov, 2014, 04.36 AM IST
Things to know about reviving a lapsed insurance policyA lapsed cover can be revived by the policyholder during the period allowed by insurer before its maturity.
11 Feb, 2014, 12.27 PM IST
LIC Nomura MF launches Auto Premium Payment SystemLIC Nomura MF has announced Auto Premium Payment System (APPS) in collaboration with LIC of India to ensure the timely payment of LIC insur...
28 Aug, 2013, 06.47 PM IST
Things to know about reviving a lapsed insurance policyA lapsed cover can be revived by the policyholder during the period allowed by insurer before its maturity.
15 Oct, 2012, 09.00 AM IST
- Base effect to have an impact on inflation, says Ficci
The base effect pertains to high inflation numbers a year ago, which makes even a high increase in the price index now appear much lesser.
08 May, 2012, 11.14 PM IST
- IPO-bound life insurers can't count on high value as lapsed policies bring in profits
According to a study by Goldman Sachs, insurance companies have either been reporting strong profit numbers or smaller losses due to increa...
02 Apr, 2012, 04.16 AM IST
- Pvt insurers must turn biz model upside down to survive: E&Y
The life insurance industry is on the cusp of a radical change, and if it wants to survive the new regulatory onslaught and turn profitable.
20 Sep, 2010, 04.19 AM IST
- Renewing your policy? Do it for right reasons
Every year, thousands of life insurance policies lapse. These could be for a variety of reasons.
07 Mar, 2009, 02.30 AM IST
- Insurers to adopt uniform definition of policy expiry
Domestic life insurers may have to adopt a uniform definition for expiry of insurance policies to give more leeway to policyholders on prem...
21 Nov, 2008, 02.42 AM IST
- Adopt uniform definition for policy lapsation: IRDA
Domestic life insurers may have to adopt a uniform definition for lapsation of insurance policies to give more leeway to policyholders on p...
21 Nov, 2008, 12.27 AM IST
- IRDA study on 'lapses' to help discover valuations of insurers
Valuations of life insurers will become more transparent, with IRDA deciding to make public a study on lapse ratios of companies.
08 Feb, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- IRDA asks life cos to focus on renewal of existing policies
In a stock-taking meeting of life insurance companies recently, the insurance regulator has asked companies to concentrate on renewal of ex...
24 Dec, 2007, 06.35 AM IST
- First-year windfall may be shortlived for life policy agents
The Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA) is likely to look at lowering first-year commissions paid by life insurance compani...
11 Dec, 2007, 12.53 AM IST
- LIC agents demand PF, pension and mediclaim
The LIC agents' demands like welfare fund, provident fund, pension and mediclaim would come up for discussion during their one-day South Zo...
16 Aug, 2007, 01.30 PM IST