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.
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.
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.
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.
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.