http://www.financialexpress.com/index.php Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07 : 21 : 01 +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/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. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/reliance-life-to-strengthen-its-health-insurance-portfolio/523333/ Reliance Life Insurance currently has one hybrid health product providing wealth accumulation along with health insurance. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/ing-sheds-australia-wealth-jv-for-1.6-bn/521487/ The venture, established in 2002, was originally planned to expire in 2012, but ING's troubles in Europe sparked a review of its deal with ANZ. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/aegon-religare-launches-invest-maximiser-plan/520158/ This plan has the lowest charges which help customer maximise their investments, AEGON Religare Chief Executive Officer, Rajiv Jamkhedkar, said in Hyderabad. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/lic-to-recruit-over-2lakh-agents/518790/ LIC, is planning to recruit more than 2-lakh agents by the end of this financial year. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/valuation-norms-for-insurance-cos-soon-irda-chief/518701/ Indian laws currently permit insurance companies to go for IPOs only after 10 years of operation. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/icici-prudential-sees-premium-growth-of-1015-pct/518695/ ICICI Prudential Life Insurance said it expects 10-15 per cent on-year growth in premium in the current fiscal. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/lic-eyes-19-pct-premium-growth-in-fy10/518691/ State-run Life Insurance Corporation of India is targetting a premium growth of 19 per cent in 2009/10, Chairman T.S. Vijayan said on Friday. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/aig-to-sell-stake-in-life-insurance-jv-to-tata/518424/ After exiting from its IT outsourcing outfit, financially battered American International Group (AIG) is now gearing up to sell its 26 per cent stake in Tata AIG Life Insurance.... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/income-from-insurance-premium-may-cross-rs-850-cr-ecgc/517405/ State-run Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC) said its income from insurance premium is expected to jump by over Rs 100 crore this fiscal to Rs 850 crore, as more and more exporters are facing payment defaults. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/aviva-ties-up-with-dbs-for-distribution-of-insurance-plans/517385/ With this strategic tie-up Aviva and DBS can address this very need of the customers through insurance products and services, he said. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/sbi-life-insurance-launches-shubh-nivesh/516906/ SBI Life Insurance has launched SBI Life Shubh Nivesh, a traditional savings plan. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/lic-flayed-for-scant-regard-to-policy-holder/513571/ LIC has come under flak from NCC for showing 'scant regard' to a policy holder.