Travel And Marine Insurance All Set To Rise With Rupee Depreciation

With dollar appreciating by around 20% against the rupee, general insurance companies have obtained approval of market regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority to raise the premium amount on travel insurance. Industry experts believe that rise in premium amount could be over 10%, which is in proportion to rise in the claim cost.  http://www.myallagents.com/Travel-And-Marine-Insurance-All-Set-To-Rise-With-Rupee-Depreciation/details.html

Insurance Giant Scraps Its Existing 14 Policies To Confirm To New Regulations

With regard to compliance of new regulations implemented by market regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), which aims at making insurance policies more customers centric, insurance giant Life Insurance Corporation of India scrapped / will scrape 14 of its existing policies. These policies include Jeevan Mitra, Anmol Jeevan, Convertible Term Assurance Policies, Children Deferred Endowment Assurance, Jeevan Paramukh Plan, LIC’s Bima Account and Jeevan Nidhi. Other polices that are expected to be scrapped are Jeevan Aastha, Market Plus I, Jeevan Nischay and Jeevan Varsha  .http://www.myallagents.com/Insurance-Giant-Scraps-Its-Existing-14-Policies-To-Confirm-To-New-Regulations/details.html