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Bima Vahak's portal is ready for soft launch in April 2025, says Irdai

The regulator also said, "A compliant, simple, comprehensive, and customer-friendly model has been signed off by the top brass of the industry."

Bid to mitigate margin impact: Life insurers rejig agent fee structures

The companies had to launch all their products as per the new norms by December 31, 2024

UK-based Bupa likely to increase stake in Niva Bupa Health Insurance

Finance Minister Sitharaman recently announced a hike in FDI limit in insurance sector from 74% to 100%

Slowing growth of unsecured loans satisfactory: RBI Governor Malhotra

The RBI also noted that bank funding to non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) has declined following the increase in risk weight on bank loans to shadow banks

LIC's Q3 FY25 results: Net profit rises 17% to Rs 11,056.5 crore

Its expenses declined 20.76 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 14,415.80 crore, aided by a nearly 30 per cent drop in employee-related expenses

Life insurance new business premiums fall 8.15% to Rs 30,825 cr in Jan

According to data published by the Life Insurance Council, LIC's premium dropped 13.89 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 16,292.67 crore

Employee unions of state-owned non-life insurers seek 22% salary hike

Groups seek parity with what LIC employees earn, say salary revision due since 2022

RBI will implement major regulations in phased manner, says Governor

Consultative process in making regulations will continue: Sanjay Malhotra

Public sector general insurance employee union oppose 100% FDI move

The proposed introduction of 100 per cent FDI in the insurance sector and other amendments to insurance laws by the Central Government were also discussed

Goal is for Axis Max Life Insurance to become a listed entity: MD

In first nine months, we have grown at 25 per cent versus private sector growth of 19 per cent and overall industry growth of 14 per cent. So we are gaining market share as we go along, the MD said

Bank gold loan disbursals up 71.3% to Rs 1.72 trillion in 9MFY25

In November 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased risk weight for unsecured loans by 25 percentage points to 125 per cent

GIC Re board of directors approves setting up wholly owned subsidiary in UK

The company has no minimum capital requirement and can be set up with a capital of £1. The corporation will initially subscribe to the minimum capital as may be necessary, at face value

Proposed TCS threshold hike on LRS expected to boost outbound travel

The revision, which will be effective from April 1, 2025, is expected to boost travel and foreign exchange segments, provide additional benefits to students, and improve tax compliance

100% FDI in Insurance: Foreign insurers may face distribution challenges

The opening up of the insurance industry to 100 per cent FDI comes at a time when the insurance regulator has been advocating "Insurance for All" by 2047

Casa, term deposits more than double in 10 years, says Pankaj Chaudhary

The amount raised by equity issuances registered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2 per cent, reaching Rs 1.97 trillion at the end of FY24

Budget 2025: Ulip tax confusion sends insurance stocks into tailspin

Changes positive for industry, clarify experts; growing appeal of new tax regime may act as headwind for sector

Insurance sector gets over 62% of $5.7 bn services sector FDI inflows in H1

The insurance sector was opened to foreign investors with an FDI limit of up to 26 per cent in 2000

Net card spending rises 60% as credit card additions rise to 4-mth high

The per credit card spending rose by 3.20 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) from Rs 16,865.26 in December 2023 and 8.22 per cent YoY from Rs 15,584.21 in December 2022

Irdai caps senior citizens' health premium increase at 10% per annum

Steep rise in health insurance premium of senior citizens has been engaging the attention of Irdai and is a regulatory concern, Irdai said

Private banks stumble on agriculture, microfinance slippages in Q3

Credit cost for most of the lenders increased due to higher provisions, mainly for unsecured retail loans