Irda relaxes eligibility requirements for agents

Taking into account the difficulties faced by insurers in recruiting agents, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) has decided to reduce the pass percentage bench mark to 35% in Agents Pre-recruitment Examination. Till now, the pass percentage was 50%. In a circular to the chief executives of all insurance companies, Sudhin Roy Chowdhury, Member (Life) of Irda said that the Authority has been receiving representations from various stakeholders expressing the practical difficulties involved in Recruitment of Insurance Agents. He added that the concerns raised have been examined keeping in view the present market scenario.  http://www.myallagents.com/Irda-relaxes-eligibility-requirements-for-agents/details.html

SKDRDP tops in small ticket LIC policy numbers

MANGALORE: Dharmasthala-based Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), the brainchild of D Veerendra Heggade, has become the leader in implementing Jeevan Madhur LIC scheme by insuring 9.1 lakh poor persons since 2008.

As a corporate agent of LIC, SKDRDP stands first in the country with respect to number of policies and the first premium paid in this small ticket policy.

Y Vishwanath Gowd, senior divisional manager, LIC OF India, divisional office, Udupi, said SKDRDP with this mission has covered insurance of 9.1 lakh policies with more than Rs100 crore first premium. 

http://www.myallagents.com/SKDRDP-tops-in-small-ticket-LIC-policy-numbers/details.html 

Q2 advance tax payout of top 100 companies sees muted growth

UMBAI: In line with macro environment, the advance tax collections from the top-100 corporates from the financial capital showed a muted growth for the September quarter, with the outgoes increasing by only up to 8 per cent, a senior official said today.
"For the top-100 companies, the advance tax payments have increased by 7-8 per cent," the official said.
Cumulatively for the first two quarters till now, the advance tax collections from the Mumbai zone, which contributes over a third of the income tax collections nationally, have grown 11 per cent, the official said. 
http://www.myallagents.com/Q2-advance-tax-payout-of-top-100-companies-sees-muted-growth/details.html

Earning members require critical illness plans

Sanjay Datta, chief, underwriting and claims, ICICI Lombard, says people should have a comprehensive insurance plan and a critical illness policy. Since the latter offers a fixed sum once the illness is diagnosed, the person can use the money for medication and hospitalisation. "The health cover takes care of the hospital bills. The pay-outs can be used to fund your travel, food, pre- and post-treatment expenses and so on, which a comprehensive plan won't."  http://www.myallagents.com/Earning-members-require-critical-illness-plans/details.html

Is it time to upgrade your life cover? Know what's best for you

Thanks to the growing awareness about the importance of life insurance cover, many individuals, especially the young executive types, buy a term life insurance as soon as they start their career. However, the trouble is: typically these covers would be very small, mostly Rs 10 lakh or below , say insurance advisors. This would inevitably lead to some complications in future. When the person gets married, have kids or takes a huge loan, he or she would need a larger cover. However, buying a cover at that time may not be an easy task.  
http://www.myallagents.com/Is-it-time-to-upgrade-your-life-cover-Know-whats-best-for-you/details.html

LIC seen selling banks, IT shares: Dealers

Life Insurance Corp was spotted selling IT and bank shares after a recent rally, said four dealers at brokerages that handle trades on behalf of India's largest state-run insurer. 

"LIC has been a consistent seller of Indian shares during this rally, and the pace would increase only till elections," one of the dealers said. 

LIC officials were not immediately reachable for comments. 

NSE's banking sub-index gains 0.5 per cent while IT sub-index falls 0.7 per cent at 0828 GMT. 

Source: The Economic Times 

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All insurers may offer digitised policies from July

All life insurance companies may be required to offer insurance policies in a digitised format from July onwards. In a recent meeting with the insurance industry, sources said that Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) had asked companies to tie-up with all insurance repositories. At present, several insurers like Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC ) do not offer the facility of electronic policy since they have not tied-up with any repository. 
http://www.myallagents.com/All-insurers-may-offer-digitised-policies-from-July/details.html