Indian life insurers are asking the government to double the tax-free limit for insurance policies. This move aims to increase money flowin...

ICICI Bank will maintain its majority stake in ICICI Prudential Life Insurance following its partner Prudential's acquisition of a controll...

Nithin Kamath highlights persistent personal finance blunders by Indians, particularly the continued uptake of ULIPs and endowment plans de...

In the coming quarters, two things will impact earnings: High crude oil prices and a weak rupee. A rising dollar puts pressure on the margi...

Even as individuals from Tier-2/3 cities and beyond are rapidly embracing the world of stocks and mutual funds, gaps in advisory and awaren...

Canara HSBC Life Insurance shares surged 10% after reporting a nearly 9% net profit increase to Rs 35 crore for Q4 FY26. The insurer saw a ...

Brokerage views on financial and IT stocks are divided, with Motilal Oswal bullish on HDFC AMC and HDFC Life due to strong fundamentals and...

“If you are investing for the long term, then midcaps and smallcaps are more often than not going to give you better returns. If you are lo...

In a market linked plan like a ULIP, basically, for example, you invest one lakh rupees annually. Now you have a choice to make whether you...

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...

Unit-linked insurance plan or ULIPs are being recognized as one of the best investment options in the recent times.

Unlike MFs, Ulips are not very widely tracked. Here are the best performing Ulip funds and a comparison with the returns of mutual fund cat...

The LTCG tax on stocks and equity funds has restarted the fight between these two arch rivals. Find out how these instruments score on key ...

For Ulips bought after the new rules were put in place, the decision to exit or continue after the 5-year lock-in period ends has to be an ...

While the low charges of new Ulips make them attractive, the main advantage is the seamless and tax-efficient transfer from debt to equity,...

Now that the charges have come down, do Ulips, being a combination product usually with a focus on a particular goal, make a good choice?

Most of new money coming into insurance goes into ULIPs with many policyholders choosing the equity option. Current move aimed at mitigatin...