http://www.financialexpress.com/index.php Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05 : 25 : 03 +05:30 financialexpress.com http://static.expressindia.com/frontend/fe/images/financial-logo.gif http://www.financialexpress.com/index.php Feed provided by financialexpress.com http://www.financialexpress.com/news/insurance-council-opposes-eet-system-proposed-in-direct-code/546592/ The Life Insurance Council has opposed a proposal embodied in the Draft Direct Taxes Code which says policy holders be taxed at the time of withdrawal of insurance fund. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/edelweiss-in-jv-deal-with-tokio-marine/545618/ Edelweiss Capital inked a JV agreement with Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings (TMH). http://www.financialexpress.com/news/hcl-tech-inks-200mn-pact-with-ukbased-insurance-co/545152/ The country's fourth largest software exporter, HCL Technologies, today said it has bagged a USD-200 million contract from the UK-based insurance firm Equitable Life Assurance Society. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/foreigners-eye-reliance-cap-life-unit/545139/ Three foreign firms have approached Rel Capital about buying a stake in its life insurance biz. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/life-insurance-biz-to-clock-rs-2-55-000-cr-premium/544797/ The Indian life insurance industry is expected to grow by about 15% in current financial year. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/lic-hikes-stake-in-bank-of-maharashtra/544564/ LIC said it has hiked its stake to 7.27 per cent in state-owned Bank of Maharashtra. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/hdfc-standard-life-plans-to-hit-capital-mkt/544196/ HDFC Standard Life said it plans to come with an initial public offer in the next fiscal. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/idbi-fortis-life-insurance-to-break-even-by-2015/543733/ IDBI Fortis Life Insurance said it expects to break even by 2015. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/hdfc-std-life-expects-15-growth-in-its-premium/542222/ HDFC Standard Life is aiming for a 10-15 per cent growth in new business premium in the current financial year, a top company official said. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/ing-life-launches-its-new-ulip-plan/539635/ ING Vysya Life Insurance launched a unit-linked investment solution-ING Flexi Life Plus, which offers flexibility in premium payments. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/allianz-q3-net-income-stood-at-1.32-bn-euros/539179/ Global insurer Allianz reported its third quarter net income at 1.32 billion euros. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/axa-asiapacific-rejects-breakup-plan/539103/ The break-up plan would have left its Australian assets with rival AMP and its Asian assets with French parent AXA. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/birla-sun-life-mf-aum-up-68-per-cent/536732/ Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund has posted a 68 per cent y-o-y growth in Assets under Management. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/axis-bank-executive-director-hemant-kaul-resigns/536262/ Axis Bank’s Executive Director, Hemant Kaul has resigned from the bank to join as the Chief Executive Officer of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/govt-for-consensus-to-pass-reforms-bill-fm/535252/ The Government sought broad political consensus to clear the crucial legislations, including the labour and the insurance bills, to push forward the reforms for returning to 9 per cent economic growth. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/irda-to-stick-to-nov-1-deadline-on-disclosure-norms/534450/ Insurance regulator IRDA said that it would stick to November 1 deadline to bring out guidelines for public disclosures to be made by insurance companies. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/pm-urged-to-release-rs-356.58cr-crop-insurance/533916/ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah has requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately release Rs 356.58-crore from the Centre towards payment of insurance claims to farmers who suffered crop loss due to recent floods and drought in the state. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/lic-market-share-rises-to-66/533022/ Life Insurance Corporation, has increased its market share by over 10 per cent. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/aig-to-disburse-12-mn-in-delayed-payments/532735/ AIG, the insurer that received a huge government bail out, said on Friday it is paying $12.1 million in retention awards to some top executives. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/general-insurance-industry-grew-8-per-cent-in-first-half/532377/ Non-life insurers have collected Rs 16,819 crore premium in the first six months of the current fiscal. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/aig-to-sell-taiwan-life-insurance-unit-for-2.15-bn/528615/ AIG will be selling its life insurance unit in Taiwan to a consortium of companies for USD 2.15 billion. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/lic-invests-rs-90k-cr-in-1st-half-of-this-fiscal/527714/ Life insurance major LIC has pumped in around Rs 90,000 crore into the markets. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/disclosure-norms-will-increase-transparency-insurers/527195/ A day after IRDA recommended that insurance firms should make public disclosures, insurers said the move would increase transparency in the sector and allow customers to take informed decisions. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/reliance-lifes-aum-cross-rs-10-000-cr/526212/ The AUM has grown from Rs 300 crore in September 2005 to Rs 10,000 crore in 2009. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/aviva-india-post-announce-tieup/525783/ Aviva Life Insurance and India Post announced a nation-wide strategic partnership.