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. 

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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. 
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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

IRDA plans to introduce maturity benefits term plan

In order to boost the sales of term insurance policies, which is showing a decline trend since past 3 years, market regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) want insurance companies to sell term plans having maturity benefit. For this, IRDA will also bring a new set of guidelines in two months time and is also planning to allow business correspondents of the banks to sell these policies in the rural area of the country.  http://www.myallagents.com/IRDA-plans-to-introduce-maturity-benefits-term-plan/details.html

Online insurance sales to grow 20 times by 2020

MUMBAI: The online insurance market in India is likely to grow 20 times by 2020, a study showed. 
A study conducted by Boston Consultancy Group and Google showed that overall internet influenced sales would be Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore. 

At present, it is in excess of Rs 700 crore online sales. Life insurance sales contribute around Rs 300 crore, motor insurance around Rs. 250 crore, while other insurance lines such as health and travel make up around Rs 150 crore. 

Digital insurance in India is set to become massive, supported by developments like mobility to drive Internet growth, move over natives, the migrants are in full force and move over metros, the report said.  

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How to Claim for Health Insurance from Multiple Insurers

Healthcare costs were significantly lower a decade ago. A health policy of Rs. 2 lakh back then could provide adequate coverage for a small family; today, the same policy will not go far.

Galloping inflation in healthcare has ensured that a single health plan is no longer enough. Many are now buying multiple policies in order to increase their health coverage. However, multiple policies give rise to multiple queries regarding the claims process: 

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Five inbuilt free or cheap insurance covers

Some products and services have insurance covers most buyers don't know about. The best part is, usually, these are free or quite cheap. For example, there are covers given along with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders, up to a whopping Rs 40 lakh in case of loss of life or damage to property due to cylinder explosions. Though there are a number of LPG cylinder explosions, causing loss to life and property, no one seems to be aware of an insurance cover available for LPG consumers in such cases.  .http://www.myallagents.com/Five-inbuilt-free-or-cheap-insurance-covers/details.html

Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company To Achieve Its Biggest Target Roopam Asthana, Chief Executive Officer at Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company, today declared the company’s performance report for the ongoing year 2013 - 14. He said that till now the company has successfully achieved a sales figure of Rs. 65 crores as against the budget of Rs. 120 crores for the entire year. The Company is also optimistic about the business for the remaining part of the year and expects to meet the budgeted amount of sales. Roopam Asthana, Chief Executive Officer at Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company, today declared the company’s performance report for the ongoing year 2013 - 14. He said that till now the company has successfully achieved a sales figure of Rs. 65 crores as against the budget of Rs. 120 crores for the entire year. The Company is also optimistic about the business for the remaining part of the year and expects to meet the budgeted amount of sales.

Roopam Asthana, Chief Executive Officer at Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company, today declared the company’s performance report for the ongoing year 2013 - 14. He said that till now the company has successfully achieved a sales figure of Rs. 65 crores as against the budget of Rs. 120 crores for the entire year. The Company is also optimistic about the business for the remaining part of the year and expects to meet the budgeted amount of sales.  http://www.myallagents.com/Liberty-Videocon-General-Insurance-Company-To-Achieve-Its-Biggest-Target/details.html