Inflation is likely to come down to 6% in the next three to four months after which it can come down to5 to 5.5% depending on the monsoon and other factors... much will depend upon the monsoon
Union agriculture and consumer affairs minister Sharad Pawar said the government was not planning to include more agriculture commodities under futures trading ban in the near future.
If you are planning to invest in Fixed Maturity Plans, think twice. Because most mutual fund managers believe that FMPs are unlikely to give higher returns as they did last year. And, this is beginning to show in their collections
North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley dispatched damage assessment teams comprised of state and local officials to Jones and Bertie counties to begin the process of assessing damage from the storm that swep
Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recently announced the acquisition of Specialty Risk, Inc. of Liberty, Mo. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 1994, Specialty R
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that, for the first time in six years, an interim pure premium rate advisory will not be issued by his office because of market strength. In t
Bermuda-based Hiscox Ltd. Posted mixed results, which it nonetheless described as "a good start to the year," despite a 10 percent drop in total gross written premiums - from £358.4 million ($701.6 mi
People following the state's lawsuit against former lead paint manufacturers can watch online this week as both sides argue their case to the Rhode Island Supreme Court.The court plans to Webcast
Officials with the National Weather Service in Memphis and Lee County E-911 say an earthquake caused no injuries after it hit the Belden, Miss. area on May 10. A dispatcher for 911, Tanya Mayo, sa
Brush fires shut down roads in central Florida on May 11 and forced evacuations, authorities said. A portion of Interstate 95 in Brevard County was shut down because of heavy smoke from a blaze ne
A report from Risk Management Solutions on the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province on Monday reports that "over 7,000 casualties had been reported. More than 100 fatalities
The PMI Group, a provider of financial products, has reported a net loss of $274 million for the first quarter of 2008, compared to a net income of $102 million for the same quarter of 2007.
Aegon UK has been appointed as the provider of deferred self-invested personal pension and income drawdown products for Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank.
New research from Sainsbury's car insurance has revealed that 1.15 million people have admitted to having driven a car in the last 12 months, without having insurance. Nearly two-fifths of these people were aged 17 - 24 and a further
Claremont Insurance Services and Cyntron Payroll Solutions have entered into a partnership to market and sell payroll services through the employee benefits broker channel.
HSBC Bank Malaysia has reported that its profit before taxation for the first quarter of 2008 was MYR348 million, 13% higher than MYR308 million recorded during the comparable quarter of 2007.
Kotak Mahindra UK, a 100% subsidiary of India-based Kotak Mahindra Bank, has launched its new Kotak India Dynamic Fund. The objective of the fund is to generate an absolute return of 20% per annum irrespective of market direction, and to
