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PB Fintech shares rose after the company reported a strong September quarter (Q2FY26) performance, driven by robust growth in its insurance segment.

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Policybazaar sees highest-ever health and term insurance traffic after GST exemption on premiums, with demand rising up to 2.5x since the policy rollout

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With GST on individual life and health policies (and reinsurance) reduced to zero, the focus has shifted to input tax credit (ITC)

Under the new GST 2.0 set of reforms, holders of individual health and life insurance policies will no longer have to pay any tax on the premium amount

Insurance broker Policybazaar on Wednesday said its offline business in West Bengal was growing at 60 per cent and made up nearly 30 per cent of its total policy sales in the state. The company, which has a presence in at least 80 cities, opened 15 offices and point-of-sale outlets across the country last fiscal, an official said. "Offline sales are picking up fast for Policybazaar, and already account for about one-third of our business in Bengal. The growth will be around 60 per cent, and we expect to maintain the traction," said Gaurav Surana, Deputy Vice President (East) Life Insurance at Policybazaar. West Bengal has emerged as a key market for term insurance, contributing 26 per cent of the overall policy count in FY'25, he said. He said that the GST waiver on insurance will further boost growth. Surana said educated and salaried customers form the bulk of insurance buyers in West Bengal. "Graduates and above make up 80.1 per cent of policyholders in Bengal, higher than the

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Irdai has imposed a ₹5 crore penalty on Policybazaar Insurance Brokers for certain lapses and also cautioned against violating insurance norms

The decline in PB Fintech's share price followed the news that the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has levied a penalty of ₹5 crore on the company

Upon examining a selection of 67 insurance policies, IRDAI found that premiums were remitted with delays exceeding 30 days

Regulator Irdai has imposed a Rs 5 crore penalty on Policybazaar Insurance Brokers for certain lapses and also cautioned against violating insurance norms. Policybazaar Insurance Brokers was earlier known as Policybazaar Web Aggregator. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has also issued direction, advisory and caution to the company, according an official statement. The regulator said a penalty of Rs 5 crore has been impose on M/s Policybazaar Web Aggregator Pvt Ltd (now known as 'M/s Policybazaar Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd') along with direction, advisory and caution for various violations" established under Insurance Act, 1938 and Rules and Regulations. Policybazaar was founded in 2008 and has sold over 42 million policies since inception.

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PB Fintech's co-founders Yashish Dahiya and Alok Bansal divested a little over 1 per cent stake in the company for Rs 920 crore through open market transactions. PB Fintech's chief executive Dahiya and Vice Chairman Bansal sold a total of 50.50 lakh shares or 1.09 per cent stake in the company. PB Fintech is the parent of insurtech platform Policybazaar and fintech platform Paisabazar. According to the block deal data on the NSE, Ashish Dahiya offloaded a total of 34 lakh shares in two tranches, amounting to a 0.74 per cent stake in PB Fintech. In addition, Alok Bansal sold 16.50 lakh shares or 0.36 per cent holding in Gurugram-based PB Fintech, as per the data. The combined transaction was valued at around Rs 919.86 crore, executed at an average price of Rs 1,821.50 apiece. After the stake sale, Dahiya's holding in PB Fintech declined to 3.57 per cent from 4.31 per cent, and Bansal's stake fell to 1.04 per cent from 1.40 per cent. Meanwhile, the shares were picked up by a domes