Page 14 - Life Insurance

Increase life insurance cover to keep pace with your liabilities

Convert policies into 'paid-up' if internal rate of return is below promised levels

I-Pru Life: Retail focused portfolio, no investment risks augur well

Share of protection at 17 per cent in Q2 was its best-ever performance

New business premium of life insurers decline 26.93% YoY in November

In the April - November period of FY21, NBP of life insurers declined by 1.5 per cent to Rs 1.66 trillion, as against Rs 1.69 trillion in the same period last financial year

Mandating insurance not the way forward to boost penetration: Irdai member

T L Alamelu says health insurers need to address trust deficit; regulator has tried to standardise areas of concern such as definitions, pre-existing diseases, among others

Looking for insurance cover? Go for policies that offer wide coverage

Those who don't have comprehensive health cover may consider a Covid-specific policy

Irdai extends electronic customer consent for life insurers by 3 months

Facility has been allowed for pure risk products, is available till next March

Growth or Margin? Life insurers' conundrum in the September quarter

Strong premium income growth of SBI Life and HDFC Life in Q2 cements the Street's conviction, and at 27.4% VNB margin I-Pru Life surprises investors

Saral Jeevan Beema for Bharat: Irdai introduces standard life product

All insurers to offer the product from January 1, 2020

We expect Q3 to be better than Q1 and as good as Q2: Bajaj Allianz Life CEO

In the segment, life insurers are able to give better post-tax returns than fixed deposits, Chugh said

Life insurers see 16% growth in new business premiums in September quarter

New business premiums of life companies rose 26% in September, with LIC leading the way

Life insurance stocks: Investors need to pause, wait for better cues

Growth challenges coupled with pricing issues and recent stock market rally doesn't bode well

Unlock BFSI 2.0: From push, insurance has become a 'nudge product'

While demand for insurance, especially protection products, has gone go up, affordability is an issue

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Insured and safe — Insurance in the time of pandemic

Govt to hire Deloitte, SBI Capital Markets to help LIC prepare for IPO

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is keen to go ahead with the initial public offering -- potentially India's biggest -- to help plug a widening budget gap.

Not a good idea: Surrendering insurance policy early entails higher loss

To avoid losing protection cover, explore the option of taking a loan against it

Insurance firms see surrenders decline in Q1, brace for trend to change

Companies look to hedge against policy surrenders by providing short-term loans as succour in pandemic

Life insurers see new business premium rise 7% in July to Rs 22,986 cr

Private insurers, 23 in all, amassed NBP of Rs 7,815 cr in July, up 26% from Rs 6,197 cr a year ago

IRDAI allows life insurers to issue policies electronically due to Covid-19

The regulator further said there will be a mandatory 30-day free look period for all such electronic policy documents

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Challenges in claiming death insurance

Cases growing fastest in India, how vaccine nationalism threatens to block recovery, and how schools can make up for the lost time-roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic.

Term insurance products selling more during Covid-19 crisis: Survey

The term insurance ownership was highest across different categories of life insurance products, with 41 per cent metro respondents owning term products