Petrol pumps, government and private security services, and fruit vendors among others have been added to the list of essential services being exempted from the ambit of the strict curbs that came......
'As our per capita income increases and various demographic segments emerge, the need for various kinds of protection and risk covers will become even more explicit.' Photograph: Kind courtesy LIC......
Because they have become too big and pervasive and the time to regulate is long gone, points out Debashis Basu. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The market watchdog, the Securities and......
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is considering a proposal to make insurance frauds a parameter for calculating credit scores in an attempt to put a lid on the......
While there's tax arbitrage advantage in ULIPs now, experts say investors should prefer mutual funds for long-term savings.Joydeep Ghosh and Tinesh Bhasin report. From April 1, a seller of......
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has issued guidelines that will allow car dealers to become Motor Insurance Service Providers (MISP) and offer the policies of......