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The cost of smoking in reality is much more than what you shell out of your pocket for a pack of cigarettes! It adds to your life in other forms, i.e. by way of medical expenses and even your insurance premiums! The premium a smoker has to pay is higher than that of a non-smoker. Read more
The Chennai-based state-run general insurer United India Insurance Company Ltd announced that it will recruit 7,000 agents in the next three months. The insurer has also lined up plans to hire about 400 officers and 600 clerks next year. Read more
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) is likely to come-out with a new policy giving automatic clearance to standard life insurance products and relax investment guidelines to encourage flow of funds into infrastructure sector, Minister of State for Finance, Namo NarianMeena said in a written reply to Lok Sabha. Read more
India-based Liberty Videocon General Insurance Co. Ltd. has opened for business and is targeting premium sales for its general insurance business of 1.2 billion Indian rupees ($22.10 million) by December 2013, mydigitalfc reported. Read more
It’s true that men have always paid more for life insurance then women based simply on the fact that women statistically live longer. Read more
What is it with outgoing Indian bureaucrats and their tendency to become remarkably honest about all that is wrong with the Indian system, once they retire? Read more
You might not get another one. If you do, it will be at a much-higher premium. A young information technology professional applied for an online term life plan from a private insurance company. Read more
If imitation is the best from of flattery, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is fast becoming an international model for targeted distribution of benefits. Read more
Here are the highlights of the Rail Budget 2013 as presented by railway minister P K Bansal: Read more
Dr. Mohammad Hameedullah (1908-2002) was a well known scholar who spent his life in the research on the Quran, Ahadith, life of the prophet and Islamic history. His books and papers on the Islamic history are a valuable asset for the students of the history.Many universities of the Muslim world use his books as a reference. Read more