Micro policies keep India's push for insurance coverage on trackThe global micro-insurance industry is projected to grow to $137 billion by 2029. India's insurance penetration remains low at 4%, compared...
15 Oct, 2024, 06.31 AM IST
How much and what type of health insurance policy you need for different life stagesThe need for health insurance changes from youth to old age depending on one’s lifestyle and genetics. ET Wealth tells you how much and wha...
22 Jun, 2020, 06.30 AM IST
Choose health plans with real value wellness add-ons, avoid frillsAs more health insurance products roll out preventive healthcare programmes, it's time to assess whether they qualify as differentiating fa...
29 Feb, 2016, 09.50 AM IST
How to insure an ageing homeThough the premium would not differ on the basis of whether the property is in a metro or non-metro, location in terms of neighbourhood mat...
04 May, 2015, 12.29 PM IST
Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance covers more than 25,000 lives in 5 monthsThe company had also overachieved the mandated target in FY2013-14 by covering over 56,000 lives against a target of 25,000 lives.
03 Sep, 2014, 07.41 PM IST
Smart ways to insure your health and assetsEach health insurance plan fulfills a different need. Choose one that suits your circumstances.
09 Dec, 2013, 09.06 AM IST
Five insurance covers worth taking a look atLots of insurance policies use scare tactics to lure you in, and have premiums that are overpriced. Therefore, you need to be selective in ...
22 Jan, 2013, 05.21 PM IST
- Health insurance premium set to cost 15% more per year
Public sector insurers are on course to increase medical insurance premium with Oriental Insurance saying that it will end the six-year fre...
22 Sep, 2012, 05.04 AM IST
- Oriental Insurance reports 363% rise in profit
State run general insurer Oriental Insurance has reported a jump of 363% in net profit at Rs 253.39 crore in 20011-12 against Rs 55 crore i...
21 Sep, 2012, 06.36 PM IST
New norms for health plans will come at a price: Amarnath Ananthanarayanan, CEO and MD, Bharti AxaBharti Axa General Insurance started operations in 2009. Its CEO and MD, Amarnath Ananthanarayanan, tells ET why the premiums will be pushe...
18 Jun, 2012, 08.37 AM IST
- No-frills insurance is here to aid government's inclusion drive
The finance ministry has asked state-run general insurers to expedite launch of no-frills health insurance products targeting India's poor
07 Oct, 2011, 04.37 AM IST
- 'Aadhaar: Target of enrolling 600 million by 2014 on schedule'
Aadhaar, a 12 digit number with biometric attachment, however, would not be a substitute to passports or any other documents, Govindaraj sa...
11 Mar, 2011, 05.33 PM IST
We won’t enter into new business: Oriental Bank of commerceOriental Bank of Commerce CMD T Prabhu says consolidation should bring down the cost of intermediation and expand banking facilities to the...
05 Apr, 2010, 01.33 AM IST
- Birla Sun Life to have simpler Ulip offerings
Birla Sun Life Insurance (BSLI) has decided to reposition all its unit-linked insurance plans following the insurance regulator’s decision ...
11 Dec, 2009, 03.28 AM IST
- Companies forced to rethink on staff medical plans
Companies are also negotiating with insurance providers and third party insurance outfits to explore ways and means to cut cost. Coming to ...
31 Jan, 2009, 01.02 PM IST
- Bank agents look beyond core services to survive
Two years after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permitted banks to outsource banking services to business correspondents (BCs) for getting ...
07 Jan, 2009, 01.33 AM IST
- No-frills hotels in India thrill with their human touch
The budget hotels in India outdo their counterparts elsewhere when it comes to human touch to their services.
20 Jun, 2007, 02.17 AM IST