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Film insurance catching up with producers

Miscellaneous insurance sees an uptick in customer demand

Premium collection from the miscellaneous category stands at Rs 8,397 cr in FY13, up from Rs 7,049 cr in FY12

Need to wait and watch, if banks want to become brokers: Insurers

New Irda norms may not necessarily bring open architecture of bancassurance; RBI approval crucial

Biz per worker: How govt banks pip pvt ones

Growth in public sector banks' business per staff outpaces private rivals

Renewal premium touches Rs 1.79 lakh crore in March'13: Life Insurance Council

Indian life insurance industry, has around 36 crore in-force policies, with more than 72% branches in rural and semi-urban geography

Mid to senior level employees can expect 10-20% salary hike: Study

57% women and 61% men said lack of career growth to be the prime consideration for leaving an organisation

NISM's Rs 400-cr campus to be ready by 2015

The 70-acre facility in Navi Mumbai aims to increase the number of courses, cater to foreign students

Miscellaneous insurance sees customer demand

With packaged policies being developed, more customers were eager to buy these plans

Bharti AXA Life launches secure income plan

At end of term, policy holder starts receiving tax-free guaranteed income until maturity

Aptech Q1 net profit up 25%

Total income for stands at Rs 42.48 crore, showing a 9.8% growth on a year-on-year basis

FII interest will be muted, say insurers

But industry is happy that BJP's new FDI clause will at least see the Bill go through

Five out of 10 Indian employees face discrimination: Study

While gender-, age- and qualification-based biases exist in companies, discrimination based on caste and religion have become almost obsolete

Global B-schools eye India enrolment

A range of management institutes from abroad have firmed up their expansion plans in the last few months

Project insurance sees lower uptick

With a lull in industrial production, the number of new projects coming up has also seen a drop

CCEA approves IIT Hyderabad collaboration project with Japan govt

Project aims at creating value addition through collaborative interactions with academics and industry of Japan

Standard proposal form implementation delayed to April 1

Irda has deferred implementation, taking into account representations of life insurance industry

Film producers rush for media liability cover

With rise in litigtations prior to films releasing, industry experts say it is now crutial for companies to take up media liability policies

Companies look to hire temp staff for management posts

HR experts say temp staff to soon become common practice among Indian companies

Common in-house TPA to be operational by April

This TPA will look into health claims, would handle majority of claims received by public general insurers

ICICI Prudential Life launches ICICI Pru Cash Advantage

Plan enables customers to plan long term financial goals while ensuring regular cash flow