health insurance tips for students travelling abroad

Unless the university makes it mandatory for you to buy the health cover it provides, you can waive it, especially if you are already covered as a dependant or want to purchase it privately. You can pick one from a local insurer in the country you are travelling to, or an Indian insurance company before you leave. 

Many students club the premium with the tuition fee for convenience, but the university may not offer the best deal, and it is wise to compare. Despite the online channel, it's not easy to buy a plan from a foreign insurer. So start by surfing the domestic plans. For some universities like MIT and Stanford, the plan must comply with their guidelines. If the prepackaged plan doesn't match the requirements, insurers are ready to tweak it.  

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11 Essential Steps to Retirement Planning

It used to be that Americans retired at 65 with a gold watch and a nice, fat pension. But times have changed, and now we're finding we have to take a more active role in preparing for retirement.
This new world of 401(k) plans and Roth IRAs leave many people confused and uncertain. A 2009 Employee Benefit Research Institute survey, for instance, found that only 44 percent of Americans have ever tried to calculate how much they need for retiremen 
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Deadline Approaching for 2006 Refunds

Individuals have until April 15, 2010, to file an original or amended tax return for 2006 and receive a refund from that year. The IRS says it has about $1.3 billion in reserve for people who still need to file their 2006 returns.
Additionally, taxpayers had a special one-time-only tax credit available to them in 2006. It was called the telephone excise tax refund. Basically this is a tax credit available to anyone who had telephone service, whether landline or mobile, and represents a refund of excise taxes that were ruled unconstitutional. In reviewing previous atax returns for clients I have noted that some failed to request this tax credit. So as a tip to my readers, I would suggest pulling out a copy of your 2006 tax return to see if you took this credit. If you did not, you can file an amended tax return using Form 1040X to request additional money back from the government. Here's what to look for on your 2006 return: see if there's a tax credit amount showing up on
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LIC, Vijaya Bank ink MoU for distributing insurance products

LIC, Vijaya Bank ink MoU for distributing insurance products

LIC on Thursday inked an MoU with Bangalore-based Vijaya Bank for distribution of its life insurance products on a referral basis.

Vijaya Bank has become the ninth public sector bank to have inked an MoU of the kind with the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).

Vijaya Bank CMD Albert Tauro said that the agreement would help Vijaya Bank become a 'one-stop' solution for its customers, offering a variety of financial services and products.

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