Insurance - general
AIG sells fund units to Pacific Century for $500 million
07 Sep 2009
AIG is selling part of its investment advisory and asset management business to PE firm Bridge Partners L P owned by Pacific Century Group (PCG), for around $500 million
HSBC Insurance, Canara, Oriental Bank life insurance venture to focus on retirement planning
24 Aug 2009
UK retailer Tesco plans move into banking
22 Aug 2009
UK supermarket giant Tesco is ratcheting its expansion into personal finance and is planning to offer mortgages by the end of the next year and converting its finance division into Tesco Bank
IT firm Mphasis buys AIG’s Indian operations
12 Aug 2009
Whatever will insurers think of next?
12 Aug 2009
It's August, and the northern hemisphere is starting its month-long holiday, so I am turning my attention to matters of vacations, writes CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest, in this exclusive column for domain-b.
SBI to enter general insurance by March
10 Aug 2009
AIG posts Q1 profit after two years
08 Aug 2009
Aviva plans $2.3 billion Delta Lloyd IPO float
08 Aug 2009
IRDA seeks to increase ULIP lock-in period
07 Aug 2009
IRDA finalising merger and acquisition norms for insurance firms
24 Jul 2009
IRDA and SEBI are engaging stakeholders ahead of finalising the merger and acquisition guidelines in the Indian insurance sector
IRDA puts cap on ULIP charges
22 Jul 2009
Insurance regulator IRDA has prescribed caps on the overall charges that life insurance companies can levy on subscribers of their Unit Linked Insurance Policies.
Nomura acquires 35 per cent stake in LIC Mutual Fund
13 Jul 2009
Japan’s Nomura Holdings has acquired a 35-per cent stake in LIC Mutual Fund Asset Management for about Rs308 crore, valuing the fund house at Rs880 crore
SBI Life overtakes ICICI Prudential as India’s top insurer
02 Jul 2009
SBI Life Insurance Co has overtaken ICICI Prudential Life Insurance to become India’s largest private insurer in terms of new business premium collection this year
SBI Life overtakes ICICI Prudential as India’s top insurer
02 Jul 2009
SBI Life Insurance Co has overtaken ICICI Prudential Life Insurance to become India’s largest private insurer in terms of new business premium collection this year
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