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Life insurers tighten e-policy underwriting

Insurers to carry out elaborate checks to eliminate potentially fraudulent persons at the entry level itself

RBI decides to allow FDI up to 100% in other financial services

Such foreign investment shall be subject to conditionalities, including minimum capitalisation norms

Nectar Life Sciences' claim not valid: Irdai

The surveyor attributed the reason for loss to vagaries of weather and not to fire in the vessel

Foreign reinsurers R2 branch license approval likely in IRDAI October board meet

Meeting scheduled for Oct 24

Fewer jobs, flat salary blues for techies in campus hiring

Uncertainty in global economy, increase in automation and high number of candidates queer pitch in IT sector recruitment

We hope to achieve break-even in 3-4 years: Deepak Mittal

Interview with MD & CEO, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance

Insurers fret over group health discounts

Incentives have continued despite IRDAI issuing norms that solvency levels for segments like health be high

Insurance marketing firms yet to widen services

IMF is an entity registered by the IRDAI to solicit or procure insurance products

Insurers offer need-based policy

Insurers using data analytics to identify client profiles and behaviours, to cross sell and identify more products

IITs to make presentation to MHRD on project Vishwajeet on October 20

Seven IITs who are part of this project namely IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee and IIT Kanpur

JLT Independent acquires Vantage Insurance Brokers

Also, the JLT Group has hiked its investment stake in JLT Independent from 26 per cent to 49 per cent

Insurers' new customer watch tool

They are increasingly usingg data analytics to identify client profiles & behavious, to cross-sell and identify more products to offer

Insurers rush to get nod for benefit-based health policies

Life insurers given time till October 18 to withdraw existing indemnity plans; Irdai had banned these products

Insurers play the fitness card

ICICI Lombard and Cigna TTK tap into the growing desire for wellness among consumers as they look to build brand loyalty

Early festive cheer at B-School campuses

Traditional companies rule, e-commerce slows down

LIC turns white knight for PSB capital infusion

UCO Bank said that it would sell 71.7 million shares to LIC on a preferential basis, which could fetch about Rs 270 crore to the bank

RBI's move to ease definition of bank branches to provide level playing field to all banks

Small finance banks to also benefit from interim relaxation in norms

AstraZeneca medical representatives threaten strike

Staff go on mass leave to protest layoffs

PFRDA aims to strengthen its bases

Pension regulator hopes to select a maximum of 10 new pension fund managers whose licences will be valid for five years

Demand for political risk cover up

Threats from IS militants, the Syrian conflict and the migrant crisis in Europe are some of the recent risks that have companies worried