Insurance - general
RBI prescribes tighter norms for core investment companies’ entry into insurance business
02 Apr 2013
Health insurance: when mediclaim may not be enough
21 Mar 2013
Standard mediclaim policies may look good enough to many people; but they won’t go far in emergencies where long or expensive treatment is needed. Buying a top-up plan is a good way to meet such exigencies, suggests Arun Balakrishnan, CEO, BerkshireInsurance.com
T S Vijayan is new IRDA chief
21 Feb 2013
Exide set to take full control of ING Vysya
24 Jan 2013
Vehicle battery maker Exide Industries, the largest stakeholder in ING Vysya Life Insurance with 50 per cent is taking full control of the insurer for about Rs550 crore
ING exits ING Vysya Life Insurance
23 Jan 2013
Narayana Hrudayalaya proposes health cover at Rs20 per month
19 Jan 2013
Dr Devi Shetty has proposed a unique health insurance cover to over 900 million mobile phone subscribers in the country at a paltry Rs20 per month
Canada's Sun Life and Malaysia’s Khazanah to buy Aviva’s Malaysian insurance JV for $594 mn
17 Jan 2013
No service tax on Bima Yojana insurance schemes
26 Dec 2012
British insurer Aviva sells US unit for £1.1 bn
21 Dec 2012
Canada’s Sun Life Financial to sell some US businesses to Delaware Life Holdings for $1.35 bn
18 Dec 2012
AIG to raise around $6.5-bn via stake sale in AIA Group Ltd
17 Dec 2012
American International Group Inc may raise as much as $6.5 billion from the sale of its remaining stake in AIA Group Ltd in Asia's second-largest block sale ever, exiting a nearly century old business.
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As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
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The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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