How four women mutual fund managers are defying odds & breaking through

There are 52 mutual funds, and another 51 life and non-life insurance companies, registered in India. Both sets generate dozens of investment products for the Indian market and manage thousands of crores. Men manage most of these products.  .http://www.myallagents.com/How-four-women-mutual-fund-managers-are-defying-odds-and-breaking-through/details.html

Even top guns fall victim to dubious insurance policies

If you thought you are among the few financially ill-informed, who is being sold insurance policies or mutual funds with dubious sales pitches, you can take heart from the fact that even some of the top guns at the finance ministry have also fallen victim to such practices, at least before they walked into the North Block.  
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Complaints Against Insurance Companies On A Rise

The Central system of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority that keeps the data of complaints of policy holders against all the insurance companies, for the year ending March 2013, posted a figure of 3.41 lakhs complaints against the life insurance companies. Majority of these complaints were against insurance giant Life Insurance Corporation of India, Birla Sunlife and Bajaj Allianz and were related to issue like unfair business practice, alleged mis-selling by insurance companies etc.   Further the complaint cell stated that most of the complaints (more than 30%) pertained to unfair business practice. Of the total 3.41 lakhs complaints, 168,482 complaints were of unfair trade practices  http://www.myallagents.com/Complaints-Against-Insurance-Companies-On-A-Rise/details.html

Is it time to upgrade your life cover? Know what's best for you

Thanks to the growing awareness about the importance of life insurance cover, many individuals, especially the young executive types, buy a term life insurance as soon as they start their career. However, the trouble is: typically these covers would be very small, mostly Rs 10 lakh or below , say insurance advisors. This would inevitably lead to some complications in future. When the person gets married, have kids or takes a huge loan, he or she would need a larger cover. However, buying a cover at that time may not be an easy task.  
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New govt's fiscal policy to affect RBI's monetary stance

With a new government at the Centre only a few weeks away, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) might wait for the new dispensation’s fiscal policy to take its policy actions, feel experts. Although Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation is on the rise in March, RBI might hold rates till June. According to experts, if the new government takes concrete steps, it would provide room for RBI to cut rates in the future, though not in near term.  http://www.myallagents.com/New-govts-fiscal-policy-to-affect-RBIs-monetary-stance/details.html

Kotak Life Insurance launches immediate annuity plan

Kotak Life Insurance has launched Kotak e-Lifetime income plan, an immediate annuity product. The plan offers the purchaser of the annuity the option to choose an annuitant or beneficiary other than self. This will ensure regular income to any close blood relative or spouse, other than self. The plan is also available online, said a press release issued by Kotak Life Insurance. The one time premium paid by the proposer is paid out to the annuitant or beneficiary at the interval chosen – monthly, quarterly, half yearly or yearly at the predefined annuity rate promised at the time of purchase. Annuity rates will depend upon the age of the annuitant, the amount invested and the annuity option chosen.  http://www.myallagents.com/Kotak-Life-Insurance-launches-immediate-annuity-plan/details.html

Has Right to Information come to your rescue?

The Right to Information (RTI) Act was implemented in India nine years ago. The Bill was introduced in 2004's winter session of Parliament and passed in June 2005.
RTI remains a potent legal weapon to fight opacity in public offices and politicians continue to fear it. In the last winter session, a Parliamentary standing committee, while supporting passage of an amendment in the Act, concluded political parties should be kept out of the ambit. The RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2013, seeks to insert an explanation in Section 2, which states any association or body of individuals registered or recognised as a political party under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, will not be considered a public authority. 
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Life insurers end FY14 with 11.5% new premium growth

The life insurance industry has seen a 11.5% rise in new premiums for FY14. Life insurers collected total premiums of Rs 119,641 crore for FY14 compared to Rs 107,235.44 crore in FY13.
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), India's largest insurer collected new premiums of Rs 90,123.75 crore for the fiscal, a rise of 17.8% over the previous fiscal.
However, private life insurers saw a 4% drop in new premiums to Rs 29,517.38 crore. 
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LIC online term plan: How is it different?

Pankaaj Maalde, Head-Financial Planning, Apna Paisa. It’s rightly said “It’s never too late to start a new beginning”. At last LIC, one of the largest players in life insurance business, launches online term plan which will not only increase awareness but also increase the competition in the market. LIC move also will force other players, who still have not launched it, to launch online term plan soon. Even premium of LIC online term plans is higher compared to peers it will help people to understand the need of life insurance and also reveal the facts that how the investment products are bundled. This will help them to separate insurance and investment need in future.   http://www.myallagents.com/LIC-online-term-plan-How-is-it-different/details.html

Top Mutual Funds in India

Deciding or searching for the top mutual funds generally requires lot of things to be taken into consideration. It is here that the role of the fund manager creeps in. The fund manager determines the performance of the fund for that particular period, so it is a compulsion that he is consulted prior to making the investment. Another important segment that should be taken care of is the proper selection of Assets. Asset Allocation is the art of bifurcating your finances into a mixture of Assets (stocks, bonds, etc). It is imperative that some amount of research is done prior to choosing a fund for investment. The performance of a mutual fund over the last few years does give an insight to it’s value. The Mutual fund performance 
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Personal Accident Insurance Online

Sometimes even a small accident or mishap can throw your financials out of gear.Get insured to be prepared for those trying times.

Accident Shield Online Insurance is a worldwide, Personal Accident Cover that is specially designed to protect you from the following unforeseen events - Death, Total Disability and Permanent Partial Disability. This comprehensive policy will help your family meet its financial commitments in the hour of need. 

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LIC to invest more in state-run enterprises

nsurance companies have been the biggest buyers of equity in 2010. Life Insurance Corp. of India (LIC) has invested nearly Rs7,000 crore since January, chairman T.S. Vijayan said in an interview.

He also spoke of the insurer’s investment plans, and discussed its aggressive bidding at state-run power utility NTPC Ltd’s follow-on public offer (FPO), which has sparked claims that the government was using LIC to lure other institutional investors to its divestment programme. Edited excerpts: 

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Business Insurance Agents

Online insurance quotes and buying insurance online is no longer a novelty. Many business insurers are online and, while buying insurance for a business on the internet is not as prevalent as buying personal auto insurance online, growing numbers of small business owners are going to online sources for their insurance. If one follows some guidelines when using online quote sites to purchase insurance, business internet insurance sites can offer premium savings.

What is missing is the insurance agent or broker. Insurance professionals will tell you that they offer significant value to the insured. They will contend that the absence of an insurance professional will cost a business in the long run. Contrary to that argument is the claim that online sites offer insurance for less and can offer more quotes from more sources. Let's look at the website versus the insurance professional. 

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Buying Life Insurance

1. Buying Life Insurance

Conventional wisdom says that life insurance is sold, not purchased. In other words, some people are reluctant to discuss the importance of owning life insurance, and others are simply unaware of the need to have life insurance. Although many large companies provide life insurance as part of their benefits package, this coverage may be insufficie

Who needs life insurance? If there are individuals who depend on you for financial support, or if you work at home providing your family with such services as child care, cooking, and cleaning, you need life insurance. Older couples also may need life insurance to protect a surviving spouse against the possibility of the couple's retirement savings being depleted by unexpected medical expenses. And individuals with substantial assets may need life insurance to help reduce the effects of estate taxes or to transfer wealth to future generations 

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