How to get your high-end smartphone insured

Smartphones have become a necessity these days, and many of us are buying the high-end ones on equated monthly instalments which allows one to pay for these phones over time. But what if your phone......

Uttarakhand: Insurers on high alert

Public general insurance companies to collaborate for speedy settlement of claims Flashfloods in Uttarakhand, which have claimed the lives of over 500 people in the past few days, have also got......

Non-life insurers look at more premium increase

Vehicle owners may be heaving a sigh of relief as third party premium rates went up only 20 per cent and not 35-60 per cent as originally proposed by the Insurance Regulatory and Development......

Insurers include funeral in accident policies

Insurance companies now offer to cover funeral expenses under health and personal accident policy. Although there is no standalone product to cover funeral expenses, these are covered as an......

Clarke to lead Australia in Bangladesh series

Michael Clarke will captain Australia in the one-day cricket series against Bangladesh while Ricky Ponting continues his recovery from wrist surgery. Cricket Australia announced a 14-man squad for......

Chowrasia pulls off upset Indian Masters win

India's Shivshankar Chowrasia shot a brilliant five-under-par final round 67 to claim an upset two-shot win in the Indian Masters tournament on Sunday. The 29-year-old former caddie carded a nine......

Vengsarkar bats for bouncier Indian pitches

India should prepare bouncy pitches to help their young fast bowlers and batsmen become accustomed to overseas conditions, chief cricket selector Dilip Vengsarkar has said. Indian pitches are......

Nadal to open against Montcourt in Chennai

Spanish world number two Rafael Nadal will start his 2008 season against Frenchman Mathieu Montcourt in the first round of the Chennai Open ATP event starting on Monday. Saturday's draw pitted......

Akhtar rejects Imran criticism over India defeat

Pakistan strike bowler Shoaib Akhtar blamed a lack of pace support for him in the 1-0 Test series defeat in India and rejected former captain Imran Khan's criticism that he did not try hard enough.......