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Good offerings, bad offerings

Saturday 24 March '07

In what can be seen as an international precedent, capital markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India...
April may see end of interest splash for FDs

Friday 23 March '07

The recent hike in interest rates on fixed deposits, limited mostly to short-duration offers, can be short-lived, say bankers.
MF identification number not needed

Saturday 3 March '07

As per the budget proposal of using PAN as the sole identification number in the securities market with an alpha-numeric prefix or suffix.
Art gets taxed but dealers are happy

Saturday 3 March '07

They hope capital gains tax on sale will give transparency to trading
‘Where does the cess money go?’

Thursday 1 March '07

For Vandana Chawla, the budget did not sound very exciting. A marginal increase in the exemption limit by Rs 10,000 was hardly any relief for her.
ULIPs underperform Sensex, mutual funds

Monday 5 February '07

It's tax planning season and households are going to be bombarded by insurance and mutual fund company products.
Financial officers are assuming more strategic roles: KPMG Int’l study

Thursday 1 February '07

Around 64 per cent of the CFOs of the top-performing companies spent more time on decision support activity
Insurers want separate tax treatment for long term products

Saturday 20 January '07

In the run up to Budget 2007-08, life insurance industry has submitted a proposal to the finance ministry to change the tax treatment currently being given to life insurance industry.
PAN likely to be sole identity card for financial sector

Friday 19 January '07

In response to the latest demand of having identification cards to enforce KYC norms across the financial sector, Ministry of Finance has suggested the use of PAN as the sole card to establish identity.
Detariffing the buzzword for non-life insurers

Monday 8 January '07

One word will define non-life or general insurance in 2007: Detariffing. Beginning January 1, 2007, insurers have got near-complete freedom to price their motor...
Insurance umbrella size to double, says industry

Monday 8 January '07

Expansion, product innovations and reforms are three themes that will dominate the life insurance business in 2007.
Elderly to have access to cheap medical cover

Friday 1 December '06

There is good news for senior citizens. National Insurance Company is launching a health insurance policy, Varistha Mediclaim, for senior citizens between the age of 60 years and 80 years.
Aviva not to enter non-life business

Tuesday 31 October '06

Aviva Life Insurance has no plans of launching a General Insurance arm in accordance with IRDA guidelines on micro insurance that allows bundling of products between life and general insurance.
‘Check incentives, use technology’

Friday 20 October '06

In an effort to contain malpractices in the way insurance agents are trained and examined...
Cleared yet ineligible agents make a mockery of the system

Wednesday 18 October '06

Going by the learning on the subject they have put in and the way they have cleared their exams, a large percentage of life insurance agents in the country are not equipped...
Motor vehicles to be covered by a pool

Thursday 5 October '06

To assuage concerns like high premiums on third-party liability cover in motor insurance and refusal by insurers to give cover at reasonable rates...
We will monitor premiums closely: CS Rao

Wednesday 4 October '06

Although premiums of motor insurance are to be detariffed from January 1, 2007 -- that is, insurers will get complete freedom to decide their premiums...
Small beginnings, big advances

Tuesday 3 October '06

From Rs 1,200 crore to Rs 23,48,000 crore of assets, from a moneylender to a one-stop financial shop, from a 9-1 neighbourhood branch to a 24x7 seamless entity, the Indian banking sector has undergone a makeoverin the six decades since independence.
Firms likely to pay more for health and marine covers

Tuesday 3 October '06

As a result of detariffing of fire, motor and engineering insurance on January 1, 2007, premiums of non-tariff policies like health and marine policies are likely to rise.
IRDA clears Oriental’s medical insurance policy

Thursday 31 August '06

After a two-month-long stormy debate on medical insurance for the elderly, insurance regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority...
The invisibles

Friday 21 July '06

Every day at the crack of dawn, Satpal and Sumaru go for an 8-km walk. This is no casual stroll.
But can it do Delhi-Bangalore in four hours?

Friday 21 July '06

It is a backhanded compliment for us that the Railways is acknowledging competition from low-cost airlines.
Carrying the burden

Tuesday 25 April '06

Memphis, home to Elvis and logistics major FedEx, handled 3.5 million tonnes of air cargo in 2005 — the most by any airport.
The invisibles

Wednesday 5 April '06

These people are the moving force behind making your journey safe and on time
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