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ICICI Life Insurance unveils new brand identity & tagline
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company has changed its name to ICICI Life Insurance and unveiled a new brand identity and tagline, ‘Har Kal Aasaan'. The new brand promise focuses on making life insurance simpler, more transparent and…
Social Security checks could increase by just $69 next year. Here's how to close the retirement income gap
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Insurers told to know their private credit
Gerald Gakundi, deputy managing director, head of insurance and investment funds, Bermuda Monetary Authority (Photograph supplied) Insurers who outsource management of their private-credit holdings to asset managers still have a responsibility to…
Manulife Announces Presenting Partnership of The Hinton Lectures™ on AI Safety
This partnership builds on Manulife's commitment to Responsible AI and support for informed dialogue on the responsible development of AI. Guided by its Responsible AI Principles, Manulife is focused on developing and deploying AI in a way that…
Ex-soldier with terminal cancer at 38 selling home to fund last chance therapy
A 38-year-old ex-soldier is selling the wheelchair-accessible home he and his wife spent £150,000 adapting now his brain tumour has become incurable, to fund “one last chance” at private treatment. Paul Coleman said he noticed…
Long Term Care Insurance as a Market Is Substantially Broken': Clark Howard Breaks His Own Rule for 36-Year-Old Officer With $2 Million
Clark Howard has spent years telling listeners to skip whole life insurance. On his October 2, 2026 show he made an exception. He said he has “a genetic disposition to having a very high percent odds of having Alzheimer's, which one of my…
Braze's (BRZE) Market Outperform Rating Reaffirmed at Citizens Jmp
Braze (NASDAQ:BRZE - Get Free Report)'s stock had its 'market outperform' rating reiterated by equities research analysts at Citizens Jmp in a report released on Monday, Benzinga reports. They currently have a $35.00 price target on the stock.
HDFC Bank shares shed early gains, end over 2% lower
Shares of HDFC Bank gave up early gains and ended over 2 per cent lower on Monday amid profit-taking. The blue-chip stock closed at ₹705, down 1.99 per cent on the BSE. Earlier in the day, it had climbed 2 per cent to ₹734. At the…
Stocks to watch on Oct 5: What is buzzing around these 20 companies
Anup Bagchi has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HDFC Bank for a three-year term, following approval from the Reserve Bank of India. Bagchi brings over three decades of experience in financial services, with a…
Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
The shrapnel hit Army Lt. Col. Arturo Lincón's body like shattered glass. One chunk of metal lodged into the left side of his jaw. Another piece sliced through his salivary gland before bouncing off his jaw and piercing the back of his neck…
Finances for raising a child
Over two decades, India's parenting economics have shifted dramatically. Raising a child was once a low-cost endeavour; today, in a semi-urban and urban India, navigating a child's life from the delivery room to a postgraduate convocation demands…
GST Council may protect genuine buyers from ITC loss
The GST Council is likely to consider a proposal to protect genuine buyers from losing input tax credit due to tax defaults by suppliers at its meeting on October 7, while also examining a wider ambit of credit eligibility for several business…
Couple forced to sell home in 'last chance' to save husband, 38, amid heartbreak
A former soldier with a brain tumour is selling his home that he and his wife spent £150,000 adapting to fund ‘one last chance' at private cancer treatment. Noticing he lost hearing in one ear in 2012, Paul Coleman, 38, was diagnosed…
HDFC Bank shares rise 2% after Bagchi appointment, Q2 update
HDFC Bank shares rose close to 2 per cent in early trade on Monday after the bank announced managerial developments and reported growth in advances and deposits for the September 2026 quarter. Shares traded flat at ₹723 on the NSE at 9.58 am…
RFHL founding director Callender retires
DAWN Callender, one of the founding directors of Republic Financial Holdings Ltd (RFHL), has retired from the board of the financial services group. Her retirement took effect on October 1, according to a notice filed under Section 64(1)(b) of the…
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