Insurance - general
Life insurers may soon float IPOs under new IRDA rules
22 Jun 2011
Under the draft guidelines released by insurance sector regulator IRDA, life insurance companies that have completed 10 years of operation and have strong financials may raise funds from the capital market.
Life insurers may soon float IPOs under new IRDA rules
22 Jun 2011
Under the draft guidelines released by insurance sector regulator IRDA, life insurance companies that have completed 10 years of operation and have strong financials may raise funds from the capital market.
RIL to acquire Bharti stake in AXA insurance JV
10 Jun 2011
The deal gives AXA an option to acquire from RIL and RIIL up to 24 per cent shareholding in both the insurance companies as and when the FDI regulations permit such holding.
IRDA may allow banks to represent two insurers
04 Jun 2011
LIC launches new health insurance plan
01 Jun 2011
IndiaFirst Life pumps in Rs120cr fresh capital
16 May 2011
Axis Bank picks up 4% stake in Max New York Life
12 May 2011
Lloyds takes a $5.3-billion punch for selling dud insurance
05 May 2011
The banking group is also estimated to have overcharged customers by £1.4 billion a year in the sale of payment protection insurance products
Insurance sector to outpace GDP growth: study
11 Apr 2011
Motor, health insurance premiums likely to go up
11 Apr 2011
IRDA is in the process of finalising the premium rates for motor insurance, including third party cover, so as to insulate insurers from losses.
Buffett likes it big in India's insurance market
22 Mar 2011
Buffett is expected to launch his firm's insurance selling portal for Bajaj Allianz
Buffett likes it big in India's insurance market
22 Mar 2011
Buffett is expected to launch his firm's insurance selling portal for Bajaj Allianz
AIG to take a $700-mn hit on Japanese claims
19 Mar 2011
AIG expects to post $1 billion in pre-tax catastrophe losses in the first quarter of the current fiscal, including about $700 million in pre-tax claims costs from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan
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