From the monthly archives:

February 2012

Claim Settlement Ratio for Life Insurance Companies for 2010-11

Posted by Gopal Gidwani in Financial Planning ->Insurance ->Others ->Uncategorized on February 7th, 2012

Claim Settlement Ratio for Life Insurance Companies for 2013-14 Click here to read about latest claim settlement ratio for 2013-14 ___________________________________________________________________ Introduction Naresh Malhotra is a 30 year old marketing executive. He is on the lookout for a pure term insurance plan for a cover of Rs. 50 lakhs for a period of 20 years. [...]

Infrastructure Bonds and Tax Free Bonds

Posted by Gopal Gidwani in Financial Planning ->Fixed Income Securities ->Others ->Taxation on February 2nd, 2012

Introduction The year 2011 was not very good for the Indian equity markets. The market indices Nifty 50 and Sensex 30 ended with losses of around 25% and the losses in most individual stocks were even higher. The New Year has arrived and it is February and tax planning season has started. Like his annual [...]