With the intention to strengthen the volatile bourses, the public sector insurer Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has decided to pump in an additional over Rs 4,000 crore in the stock markets by March 2009.
Mr. T.S. Vijayan, the LIC Chairman said, “We have made investment of Rs 31,000 crore till December and it may cross Rs 35,000 crore (by the end of March).”
But, even the huge amount of fund infusion in 2009 is fairly less by the standards set by LIC itself.
Software services firm 3i Infotech Ltd. has entered into strategic partnerships with ICICI Lombard, Airtel and Max New York Life to offer a comprehensive range of services to rural consumers under the I-SERV brand.
It may be noted that through I-SERV stores, consumers especially in remote rural areas will get an access to a range of value added services that will improve their quality of life. These stores will deliver services related to Banking, Insurance, Mobile, Education, Ticketing and Utilities.
Health Saver is a new product launched by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance on this Monday. With the launch of this product now the consumers can afford their current healthcare expenses & can invest for their future health care needs. This product also gives tax benefits under section 80D on the entire premium paid.
The solvency margins for unit-linked insurance plans have been eased by IRDA and it is being seen as a move that will help the life insurance industry to save several hundred crores in capital requirement. Solvency margin is the excess of assets over liabilities that an insurer maintains as a prudential measure in the interest of policyholders.
The largest public sector bank of the country, State Bank of India is planning to inject more funds in its insurance arm, SBI Life. The public sector lender had earlier decided to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO) but postponed the offer due to financial market turmoil, following the global slowdown. Some impending regulatory changes in the country also helped to delay the IPO. Meanwhile, the Central Government has already presented Insurance Bill in the Parliament to pave a way for increasing the FDI limit in insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent.
With the intention to strengthen the volatile bourses, the public sector insurer Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has decided to pump in an additional over Rs 4,000 crore in the stock markets by March 2009.
Max New York Life Insurance has entered into a strategic business alliance with Indian Mercantile co-operative Bank as referral partner relationship. 
Software services firm 3i Infotech Ltd. has entered into strategic partnerships with ICICI Lombard, Airtel and Max New York Life to offer a comprehensive range of services to rural consumers under the I-SERV brand. 
Health Saver is a new product launched by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance on this Monday. With the launch of this product now the consumers can afford their current healthcare expenses & can invest for their future health care needs. This product also gives tax benefits under section 80D on the entire premium paid.
The solvency margins for unit-linked insurance plans have been eased by IRDA and it is being seen as a move that will help the life insurance industry to save several hundred crores in capital requirement. Solvency margin is the excess of assets over liabilities that an insurer maintains as a prudential measure in the interest of policyholders. 
The largest public sector bank of the country, State Bank of India is planning to inject more funds in its insurance arm, SBI Life. The public sector lender had earlier decided to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO) but postponed the offer due to financial market turmoil, following the global slowdown. Some impending regulatory changes in the country also helped to delay the IPO. Meanwhile, the Central Government has already presented Insurance Bill in the Parliament to pave a way for increasing the FDI limit in insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent. 
