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Brand Dhoni goes off the beaten track

With a drop in the number of endorsements and the fees he commands, the iconic cricketer is casting himself in a new image. Can he get his groove back?

TCS partners with Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Will deploy iON Cloud solutions to create largest online community of doctors

Graduates quietly go home as Grofers turns them away

Engineering institute professors said in this case, no proper communication was sent, nor any compensation offered

Tie-up with repositories for e-insurance optional

E-insurance would become mandatory for annual premiums equal to or above Rs 10,000

Life insurers see 14% growth in ticket size

Average ticket size rises to Rs 17,952 in April-May period of this fiscal against Rs 15,774 in the same period last fiscal

RGA looks to capture life insurance reinsurance market in India

It received the R1 or initial approval to set up a branch in India yesterday

ITI Reinsurance clears first hurdle for Irdai licence

At present, there is only one domestic reinsurer, General Insurance Corporation of India

Life insurers sees 14% growth in average policy ticket size

Private life insurers had a higher average ticket size than LIC

One Touch Response to launch safety plans with PolicyBazaar.com

Family Safety Plan is priced at Rs 2,999 and includes a 12 month subcription of OTR's 24X7 on-demand safety and assistance service

Insurance penetration rises to 3.4% in FY16

Global insurance premiums grew by 3.8% in real terms in 2015, amidst variations in regional growth rates

GIC Re posts 21% growth in gross premium for FY16

Has proposed a dividend of 200% of share capital amounting to Rs 860 cr for FY16

Assess resilience of reinsurers for risk concentration: RBI

Apart from this, the report also suggested offering green insurance as a cover to help in internalisation of environmental costs by the companies

Insurance repositories may see muted business in initial phases of digitisation

This is because insurers aren't required to tie-up with them to issue e-policies

Action picks up in insurance sector

Foreign investment; mergers and acquisitions (M&As), and the listing of companies likely to drive growth in sector, say experts

UK is the place to holiday, study & buy your next dream home

Exchange rates to provide for 5-7% savings in package costs; consultants forecast higher property purchases by Indians; currency depreciation to make education cheaper

Students going to UK to get mixed benefits

UK currency pound falling in comparison to Indian rupee may mean cheaper education for Indian students

More, tighter norms proposed for web aggregators in insurance

Insurance regulator says these aggregators would be treated as insurance intermediaries

Education companies still face pressure from lenders

Stock prices of two key players, Educomp and Core Eduction, have plummeted to below Rs 15 a share the past five years

Lloyd's to set up India reinsurance branch in 2017

John Nelson, Chairman of Lloyd's, said that they intend to begin small in India and would start off with a few syndicates and managing agents

Pension product numbers dwindle at life insurers

Additional tax incentives were introduced for NPS in Budget, none were provided for pension policies from insurers