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Jasprit Bumrah bowls during the third T20I between India and New Zealand in Guwahati. (PTI Photo) GUWAHATI: If flexi-cap mutual funds delivered returns like Jasprit Bumrah, they wouldn’t need that familiar fine print about ‘market risk’. In a format where even good balls can disappear over the ropes, Bumrah offers something rarer than pace and…
Mumbai: An insurance start-up is betting on a narrow but neglected corner of India’s motor market: micro-entrepreneurs who own commercial vehicles in small towns and rural areas, and who often miss renewals due to lack of access. OneCircle Insurance Brokers, which launched operations this month, is designing its business around these gaps, offering products from…
Car Repairs Delayed? Oman Now Forces Insurers to Pay You Cash for Every Extra Day In a significant shake-up of Oman’s motor insurance landscape, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has introduced sweeping reforms that now mandate compensation from insurers if car repairs aren’t completed on time, a first in the Gulf region and a major…
I do not want to remember that day, because even the faintest flicker of its memory brings a pain that is profound and hard to put into words. It was around 6 pm when I returned home from office. My husband was sitting at his work desk, quietly going through his medical reports. Two days…
Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju has asked the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to sustain its push on digital marketing and a mobile-first strategy to help achieve the national objective of “insurance for all”.Speaking at LIC’s strategy meet in Mumbai, Nagaraju said the insurer’s expanding digital outreach would be critical to widening coverage and…
Imagine this: You buy your boyfriend a “love insurance” as a quirky gift, betting you’ll marry each other within 10 years. And, you finally do get married a decade later. Wedding bells ring, and you claim INR 1.3 lakh cash instead of just roses! This Chinese woman’s story has the nation talking and the internet…
MUMBAI: Bajaj Group on Thursday completed the acquisition of a 23% stake in its insurance joint ventures from Allianz SE for Rs 21,390 crore, marking the largest transaction in India’s insurance sector and bringing the group closer to full ownership of Bajaj General Insurance and Bajaj Life Insurance.The stake purchase involved Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Holdings…
MUMBAI: Policybazaar has launched an online loan insurance product offering a cheaper, flexible alternative to bank-bundled covers sold offline.Loan insurance focuses on protecting families from loan liabilities in the event of a borrower’s death. Loan insurance in India has traditionally been sold offline and bundled with loans by banks, a model that has limited customer…
For the Union Budget 2026, the government may be considering women-centric financial measures, with a focus on strengthening credit and insurance access through Jan Dhan accounts, as part of its wider push towards universal financial inclusion. Alongside this, the government is also considering suggestions to widen the scope of the Jan Suraksha schemes and provide…
CHENNAI: What was once seen as optional is increasingly viewed as essential: uptake of overseas travel insurance among Indian outbound travellers has nearly doubled in six years, driven by rising medical costs abroad and heightened awareness of travel disruptions in the post-pandemic era. According to Irdai’s annual report, 96.7 lakh lives were covered under 27.9…
