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12 Mar 2023
Insurance

How to buy insurance policy online

If you are planning to buy a home insurance cover you need to check the premium and the coverageYou also need to evaluate the claim settlement ratio and inclusions such as fire, earthquake and burglary

1 min read24 Aug 2019
Industry

Paytm partners with LIC for insurance premium payments

Mobikwik to also sell insurance policies on its mobile app and website

2 min read21 Nov 2018
Money

How to get income tax benefits from your life insurance cover

Life insurance cover needs to be at least 10 times the annual premium that you pay to be eligible for income tax benefits

2 min read25 Jul 2018
Money

Several endowment insurance policies offer loan facility, but Ulips and term plans don’t

Advancement of loan against insurance policy and repayment has no bearing on premium amount

2 min read16 Jul 2018
Industry

Telematics-based insurance takes a big hit due to lack of data protection, IRDA’s fixed pricing laws

Start-ups such as Toffee Insurance, Digit are looking to introduce telematics-based insurance, but regulatory challenges and high cost of tracking devices are hindering development of digitized insurance products

3 min read18 Jun 2018
Companies

Online insurance startup Acko raises $12 million from Amazon, others

Online insurance startup Acko, which competes with Coverfox, Digit Insurance and Policybazaar, now has total equity funding to about $42 million

1 min read28 May 2018
Companies

Coverfox gets $22 million funding from Transamerica, others

Online insurance startup Coverfox will use the funding to expand its geographical coverage across smaller cities and specifically address women's needs

2 min read19 Apr 2018
Companies

SoftBank may acquire stake in online insurance start-up PolicyBazaar

SoftBank and PolicyBazaar are said to be examining how the former can buy a stake without pushing foreign investment in the online insurance start-up above 49%

1 min read26 Jan 2018
Special-reports

Factors that may affect your car loan interest rate

By going paperless, you can get better offers on car loans online as you are eliminating the middleman, getting faster approvals from banks, being able to compare various car loan offers, and getting an instant quote

4 min read18 Dec 2017
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