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ACKO enters life insurance market with Flexi Term Life Insurance Plan

ACKO term life plan provides customers with flexibility by incorporating the changes in coverage amount or tenure as per the need

LIC ordered to pay Rs 50 lakh to Covid policy premium payer's family

A district-level consumer disputes commission in Kerala has ordered Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), India's largest insurer, to pay Rs 50 lakh in compensation to the family of a policy premium payer who succumbed to COVID-19, citing the insurer's technical lapse. The commission fined LIC Rs 50 lakh for violating its own guidelines, which require policy issuance within 15 days of receiving premium payment. In this case, LIC received over Rs 20 lakh as premium, but refunded it only after nine months. The Kottayam District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission further observed that LIC failed to inform the applicant about the temporary suspension of life insurance policies for non-resident Indians during the COVID-19 pandemic, prior to his demise. This omission denied him the chance to secure alternative coverage, constituting a grave service lapse, it said. According to an official release here, Jemon, a London-based expatriate, had purchased a Jeevan Umang life insurance policy f

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IndiaFirst Life becomes 1st Indian life insurer to start ops in GIFT City

IndiaFirst Life has become the first Indian life insurer to commence operations in Gujarat International Finance Tec City (GIFT City), the company said in a release on Wednesday. The company inaugurated its IFSC Insurance Office (IIO) at the country's international financial gateway on Wednesday, it said. Speaking on the occasion, Managing Director and CEO, IndiaFirst Life, Rushabh Gandhi, said, "We are delighted to be the first Indian life insurance company to commence operations in GIFT City IFSC. Our IIO will offer foreign currency-denominated life insurance solutions to international customers of our partner banks and our preferred broker partners". IndiaFirst Life's IIO will have a dedicated team involving specialists who will cater to the needs of GIFT City's global audience, said the release, adding that the company offers a specially designed ULIP product for global Indians -- IndiaFirst Life Wealth Wise plan. This US dollar denominated plan is ideal for international ...

Here is why SBI Life, HDFC Life, LIC shares rallied up to 4% on BSE today

Insurance stocks in focus: LIC has approached Irdai to increase the interest rate assumption and plan-based G-Sec assumption for the calculation of surrender value, reports say

Target GST relief on life, medical insurance smartly to boost accessibility

Tax relief should target pre-packaged term and health policies, ensuring availability to seniors and those with impaired health, thereby reducing their costs

Pvt insurers ceded ground in rural areas in FY24; Tier-II,-III saw growth

LIC share of rural policies more than doubled; ULIPs witnessed increased demand in urban areas

Interest rate derivatives to get boost as top insurer LIC enters market

Forward rate agreements (FRA) are contracts between banks and insurance firms that allow the latter to lock in rates for a future date, protecting them from volatility

LIC drives new biz premium growth of life insurance companies in July

The growth in the premium was driven by LIC, while a high base effect impacted the improvement of private life insurers, analysts said

Oppn demands for caste census, tax on rich, GST removal on insurance in RS

Opposition members in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday pressed for a caste census, imposition of super rich tax, and removal of GST levy on life and medical insurance premiums. Participating in a discussion on the Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation No. 3 Bill, 2024 in the Upper House, Raghav Chadha of the Aam Aadmi Party expressed happiness at the indexation benefit being "partially restored". However, he said, this poses a "huge question mark" over the central government's tax policies. "... How confused is our country's taxation policy. On 23 July 2024, you say that you are taking away the indexation benefit from investors and exactly after two weeks, you say that you are not taking it away but restoring it. This shows that when you, without thinking, not acting on the advice of an economist, if you devise the Budget on the advice of those who do not have economic knowledge, these kind of flip flops will be witnessed," he said. Taking away indexation from an Indian investor is equivalent to

Oppn slams govt for not withdrawing GST on health, life insurance premiums

Opposition members in Lok Sabha on Wednesday slammed the government for not taking up an amendment in the Finance Bill to withdraw the 18 per cent GST levy on medical and life insurance premiums. Opposition MPs staged a walkout from Lok Sabha after an amendment moved by RSP member N K Premchandran seeking removal of 18 per cent GST on medical and life insurance premiums was not taken up by the House during the passage of the Finance Bill. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who piloted the Finance Bill, said any amendment in GST has to be approved by the GST council. "Specific demand of the entire opposition is to withdraw the 18 per cent GST on life and health insurance schemes for which I had given an amendment. Normal procedure of the House is that the amendment is circulated only if it is admitted," Premchandran told reporters outside Parliament after the walked out by the opposition MPs. "This was circulated yesterday itself. This gives a message that it has been accepted, or

Opposition's walkout on GST issue a 'face-saver', says FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday criticised the opposition parties for their walkout from the Lok Sabha after their amendment to withdraw GST levy on medical and life insurance premiums was not taken up and said they did so as a "face-saver" after she addressed all their issues in her speech. Speaking to reporters in Parliament House Complex, Sitharaman said the GST Council, which is a constitutional body, can take up any matter related to the GST and such an amendment could not be moved in Parliament as demanded by the opposition parties. "They were given appropriate response to all their issues. They were looking for a face-saver and picked on this to stage a walkout. It was an afterthought," she said. RSP member N K Premchandran had moved the amendment during the passage of the Finance Bill, seeking removal of 18 per cent GST on medical and life insurance premiums. Normal procedure of the House is that the amendment is circulated only if it is admitted, he told .

INDIA bloc stages protest against GST on health, life insurance premiums

INDIA bloc parties staged a protest in Parliament premises on Tuesday to press for the rollback of 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on life and health insurance premiums. MPs from various parties such as TMC, Congress, AAP and NCP (SC), among others, participated in the protest on the steps leading to the Makar Dwar of Parliament. Carrying placards reading "Tax terrorism", the protesting MPs raised slogans demanding that the GST on life and health insurance premiums be rolled back. Trinamool Congress MPs have raised the issue in Parliament and party president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the matter. Union minister Nitin Gadkari also wrote to Sitharaman and urged her to consider withdrawing the GST which, he said, amounted to taxing uncertainties of life and restricting the industry's growth.

Opposition slams government over 18% GST on life and health insurance

Sources in the TMC said that its MPs have raised the issue in Parliament and their party chief, WB CM Mamata Banerjee, has written to FM Nirmala Sitharaman on the matter

HDFC Life, SBI Life stocks rally up to 3% on Gadkari's GST withdrawal plea

Life insurance stocks: While analysts laud the proposal to withdraw GST on life, medical insurance premiums, they suggest investors wait for the Finance Ministry's before taking any investment call

Reduction in TDS for life insurance payouts draws mixed reactions

TDS will be reduced from current rate of 5% to 2% from October 1

Life insurance firms likely to see strong growth in non-linked policies

Industry preps for regulator's new norm asking companies to pay special surrender value to customers

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HDFC Life's Q1 FY25 results: Net profit rises 15% to Rs 479 crore

The value of new business (VNB) of HDFC Life increased 18 per cent year-on-year to Rs 748 crore in Q1FY25 against Rs 610 crore in the corresponding period a year ago