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Is Life Insurance Taxable?
Life insurance policies offer several tax benefits, including a tax-free death benefit. You can withdraw up to the amount you paid in premiums from a policy's cash value without paying income taxes. Policy loans aren't taxable while the policy is…
GST rejig helps life insurers' NBP surge 40% in December
The life insurance industry recorded nearly 40 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in new business premiums (NBP), aided by the rationalisation of goods and services tax (GST) on individual life insurance premiums, which has made policies more…
Life insurers' new business surges 39% to ₹42,151 cr. in Dec.
Life insurance companies in India reported a more than 39% increase in new business premium for December to ₹42,150.77 crore compared to the ₹30,218.71 crore a year earlier. For the nine months of the fiscal ended December, the new…
Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. Exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0825 GMT – Prudential appears on track to meet its double-digit growth guidance for the full year, DBS Group Research…
HDFC Life shares rise 0.88% as Macquarie upgrades rating on strong premium growth
HDFC Life Insurance Company shares were trading at ₹756.50, up ₹6.60 or 0.88 per cent, at 1.15 PM on Monday, after Macquarie upgraded the stock to Outperform from Underperform and raised its target price to ₹900. The upgrade…
EUR 227 million share buyback begins
Schiphol, January 12, 2026 - Aegon today begins a EUR 227 million share buyback, which includes EUR 200 million of the EUR 400 million announced on December 10, 2025. This tranche has been expanded to include EUR 27 million to meet Aegon's…
Busy buyer and seller pull off another apartment deal in South Bay
Apartment complex at 870 and 874 East El Camino Real in Sunnyvale, seen in November 2024. SUNNYVALE — A big apartment complex in Sunnyvale has been bought in a deal that was completed by the same buyer and seller who accomplished the sale of…
E-commerce platforms such as Shopee expand into insurance, drawing closer regulatory scrutiny
SINGAPORE – E-commerce giant Shopee is moving beyond retail into insurance distribution on its platform. The offerings include a pet insurance product recently rolled out with MSIG Insurance and Sea's digital financial services arm, Monee.
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What to Expect From Globe Life's Q4 2025 Earnings Report
Valued at $11.3 billion by market cap, Globe Life Inc. (GL) is a Texas-based financial services holding company that provides individual life insurance, supplemental health insurance, annuities, and related products through its wholly owned…
Amidel opens new KwaZulu-Natal office
Bheki Ndabandaba, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Amidel. Amidel has announced the official opening of its new KwaZulu-Natal branch, located in Richards Bay. This strategic expansion marks a major milestone in Amidel's commitment to using…
Bharat Coking Coal IPO subscribed 17.2 times on day 2, NII portion leads demand
The initial public offering of Bharat Coking Coal Limited was subscribed 17.19 times by 11.36 AM on the second day of bidding on January 12, 2026. The issue received bids for 5,96,53,27,200 equity shares against the offered 34,69,46,500 shares…
NSE targets filing IPO documents by March-end
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE), the country's largest exchange, plans to file its draft prospectus for its long awaited public listing by the end of March, according to two people familiar with the matter. The exchange…
Why SpaceX hype is lifting Mirae Asset stocks
Early private investment, IPO expectations reprice Mirae Asset's unlisted assets Shares of Mirae Asset Securities jumped to a new high in intraday trading on Monday as the brokerage firm's valuation was lifted by earlier investments in SpaceX. With…
Stock Market Highlights 12th January 2026: Sensex, Nifty edge higher at noon; TCS, HCLTech results awaited
Stock Market today | Share Market Highlights - Find here all the live updates related to Sensex, Nifty, BSE, NSE, share prices and Indian stock markets for 12th January 2026. Tata Consultancy Services posted a bigger-than-expected…
Navigate the financial squeeze at home
It is a well-known secret that women are usually the ones stretching the dollar and managing the day-to-day survival of the home. And in today's economic climate, the conversation at the kitchen table has shifted. From the aisles of the supermarket…
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