Irda to develop mechanism for faster approval of policies

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) will soon develop a mechanism for faster approval of insurance policies and encourage companies to come out with low premium products for increasing insurance penetration, a senior government official said today.http://www.myallagents.com/Irda-to-develop-mechanism-for-faster-approval-of-policies/details.html

Medical premium rate hike on cards by National Insurance Company

Sources from State owned National Insurance Company told that in order to mitigate the losses, the company could hike the rates of health insurance premium and according to the sources from their head quarter; this increase can range from 20% to 40%. Further on this, Mr. Ashok K. Roy, Chairman of General Insurance Corporation said that there is an urgent need for raise of health tariff for insurance companies and at the same time hospital should reduce their cost. 
http://www.myallagents.com/Medical-premium-rate-hike-on-cards-by-National-Insurance-Company/details.html

Claim Process made easier by ICICI Lombard

ICICI Lombard, the largest private general insurance company in India has launched a one of its kind Mobile Application for customers. Mr. N Eswarnatarajan, head of Operations and Technology, ICICI Lombard General Insurance announced the launch of mobile application “Insure” that will help the customer to intimate the claim through a mobile. 
http://www.myallagents.com/Claim-Process-made-easier-by-ICICI-Lombard/details.htm

BS People: S S Mundra

The challenges facing S S Mundra, the new chairman and managing director of public sector lender Bank of Baroda, are different from the ones his peers have to deal with. While most state-owned banks are grappling with asset quality headwinds, Bank of Baroda is quite comfortable on that front. The lender has managed to maintain a decent gross and net non-performing asset ratio in comparison to other banks, despite some problems in asset quality. 

http://www.myallagents.com/BS-People-S-S-Mundra/details.html 

Irda for changing 'Place of Business' regulation

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) will take a call on altering its ‘Place of Business’ Regulation, which called for insurers to take permission of the regulator to open offices in any location in India. This, is to be in tandem with the Budget proposal to allow insurance companies to open branches in Tier-II cities and below without Irda approval.http://www.myallagents.com/Irda-for-changing-Place-of-Business-regulation/details.html

LIC Nomura eyes 2-fold rise in AUM in FY14

LIC Nomura eyes 2-fold rise in AUM in FY14
LIC Nomura Mutual Fund targets over two-fold increase in its average assets under management (AUM) in the current fiscal by launching a host of new schemes in the debt and equity segments, a top company official said.
The fund house, which had posted losses in FY2011 and FY2012, also hopes to report profit in 2012-13..
http://www.myallagents.com/LIC-Nomura-eyes-2fold-rise-in-AUM-in-FY14/details.html

LIC is India's most attractive BFSI bran

At present, under Employee’s Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) scheme, wherein employer contributes 0.50% of the basic pay as insurance premium every month to the EDLI scheme, employee gets the benefit equal to his provident account balance if the balance is upto Rs. 50,000 and if it exceeds Rs. 50,000 then account balance plus 40% of the balance. However there is a cap of Rs. 100,000 upto which the benefit can be availed. Prior to the year 2010, the maximum benefit available under this scheme was Rs. 60,000. 
http://www.myallagents.com/LIC-is-Indias-most-attractive-BFSI-bran/details.html  

Why Cobrapost expose was a non-event for bank stocks

The shrill Cobrapost bite, this time mostly on large state-owned banks and insurance companies, failed to upset the market confidence on banking shares. The latest sting operation turned out to be a non-event that did not lead to panic-selling by investors on Monday. Bank Nifty was flat to close the day's trading at 12,396.

Source: moneycontrol.com 

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ICICI Lombard expects to surpass industry standard in premium growth

ICICI Lombard’s gross written premium (GWP) grew by 20%, expects a premium growth of 2 – 3% higher than the industry average. According to Mr. Neelesh Garg, Executive Director – ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company GWP grew to Rs. 6,420 crores for the financial year ending March 2013. He attributed this growth to rise in premium amount in both retail and corporate segments. He further quoted that the company expects the force of previous year to go forward in this year and that the company expects 2 – 3% higher premium than the industry average in the coming financial year. He also did not rule out the rise in prices of the premium amount depending on the inflation numbers.  http://www.myallagents.com/ICICI-Lombard-expects-to-surpass-industry-standard-in-premium-growth/details.html