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Saturday, September 04, 2010 01.India: Marsh launches insurance cover for water utilities02.India: Future Generali to roll out seven new products03.India: Aviva Life Insurance launches 3 new products  Friday, September 03, 2010 01.India: Insurance industry reinvents itself under new regime02.India: Kotak Life launches two new ULIPs03.India: L&T General to focus on health insurance04.India: LIC premium collections up05.India: 'Only higher volumes will help insurers surive' 06.India: Award for United India Insurance Company07.India: Future Generali targets 2% market share by this fiscal end08.Article: Unit transfer facility to raise liquidity in MF investment09.India: MF assets rise 3.3% in August10.India: General insurance: Ajay Bimbhet11.Article: Make investor interest common cause to end MF woes12.Query Corner: Insurance  Wednesday, September 01, 2010 01.Article: Ulips: re-made in India02.Saudi Arabia: Insurance firms amongst those fined for disclosure violations03.Pakistan: Pak-Qatar Family Takaful declares 15% surplus04.London: Aegon repays half of state aid05.India: Changes and challenges in ULIPs06.India: 41 unit-linked plans under new regime get IRDA nod07.India: Insurance policies to lose sheen08.Article: Create a reserve fund to take care of emergency09.Article: Costs reined in, Ulips win in the long term10.MiddleEast: IDB to list $3.5bln sukuk in KL and London11.Thailand: Regulator to be tougher on errant insurers12.Australia: Direct risk insurance gains popularity13.India: Fund houses vie to anchor IPOs14.Vietnam: Agriculture insurance facing tough challenges  Tuesday, August 31, 2010 01.India: ING Life India unveils plan for children02.India: Tax code is mixed bag for life insurers03.India: New Ulip norms from Sept 1, policyholders to benefit04.India: IPO, break-even plans of insurers likely to be delayed05.India: Reliance Life rates high on customer satisfaction: Survey06.Qatar: QFCRA issues consultation paper on proposed collective investment rules07.India: Investors with risk appetite can go for Reliance Small Cap Fund08.Qatar: Insurers face fine for refusing to provide third party motor cover09.Egypt: Govt to present new health insurance draft to People's Assembly10.India: SBI Life launches two new ULIPs products11.Middle East: Insurance premiums to hit the US$80 bln mark by 2013 - report  Monday, August 30, 2010 01.India: Aegon Religare looks to change product mix02.India: MetLife Q1 persistency ratio at 84%03.India: United India Insurance targets Rs 6,000-cr biz04.India: Policy papers to show agency, broker details05.Article: SIPs best bet for long term06.Article: Infrastructure bonds: It’s a different ball game07.India: Sahara MF declares Rs 4 dividend for its BFSI fund08.India: Irda no to short cut on agent sales09.India: Karnataka to run pilot project for core banking solutions10.Article: Crossed 45 and panicking?  Friday, August 27, 2010 01.India: New India seeks to use banking correspondents02.India: ING Life launches new child policy03.India: IRDA slaps Rs 10 lakh fine on Bharti AXA04.India: MFs prefer short-term debt to bypass mark-to-market rule05.India: MFs question Sebi's unit transfer order06.India: e-platform for re-insurance deals soon07.India: Minimum investment in Ulips to go up08.Article: Incomplete details can hurt your investments09.India: Aegon Religare to infuse Rs 360 cr in capital base  Thursday, August 26, 2010 01.India: Accurate valuation is the key02.India: Higher denomination notes on the rise03.India: Life insurers' new business income up 56% in April-July04.India: ING launches child plan05.Article: Special home loan offers galore despite rate hikes06.India: Procedure for reimbursement claims for hospitalisation07.India: ING Life banking on traditional products vis-a-vis Ulips08.India: Cashless claims: IRDA bats for policy-holders09.India: Farm insurance scheme launched for Karnataka's coconut growers10.China: Several insurers planning to go public11.South Korea: Banks are stepping up insurance activities12.Hong Kong: Hostage victims to receive insurance compensation13.Australia: Conservatism poses risk for retirees14.India: Regulator to counter-check insurance claims by accessing insurers' systems  Wednesday, August 25, 2010 01.India: Insurers told to issue notices to corporate agents02.India: Buy online plans, but only for limited sum assured03.India: Irda begins clearing new Ulips04.India: Reliance Mutual Fund NFO for Small Cap cos opens tomorrow05.Article: Put some wheels under the tortoise06.Bahrain: Takaful International's contributions increased 18% to US$24 mln in 2Q1007.Article: Build equity assets through large-cap diversified MFs08.Sri Lanka: Amana Takaful partners with Muslim Aid to provide microfinance solutions09.Malaysia: HLTM Takaful to launch new products  Monday, August 23, 2010 01.India: Lower commission on ULIPs boosts traditional plans02.India: Life cos fear Ulip sales halt in September03.India: PNB looks to rope in advisor for entry into insurance biz04.India: US health insurer Cigna plans India JV05.India: Star Health, Shriram Life team up to launch new product06.Query Corner: Finance: Pankaj Mathpal07.India: Reliance Life AUM crosses Rs 15,000 cr  Saturday, August 21, 2010 01.India: IRDA fines LIC, HDFC Standard for missing rural obligation02.India: Bharti AXA General to double branch network03.India: No plan to cap conventional life insurance charges: IRDA