You’re Buying Insurance the Way Banks Want, Not the Way You Should

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Cheat sheet Banks brought in 49.66% of private life insurers’ individual new business premium (FY 2024-25). By premium, about half of what private insurers sell to individuals is sold at a bank counter. LIC is the opposite: 93.86% through individual agents. LIC’s business model is its 1.3 million agents, not bank partnerships. Online insurance (direct … Read more

IRDAI Fined These Insurers — Should You Care?

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Cheat sheet IRDAI issued 10 penalty orders totalling ₹10.42 crore in FY 2024-25. Three were against life insurers: HDFC Life (₹2 crore), SBI Life (₹1 crore), and Aegon/Bandhan Life (₹1 crore). HDFC Life was fined for failing to process proposals efficiently, overpaying web aggregators, and unreported outsourcing. SBI Life got the same outsourcing and web … Read more