“People genuinely want insurance, but are scared. Make them trust insurance by consistently delivering on promises, improving reputation, and people will flock to buy. Once people flock, agents will happily reduce commissions. With reduced commissions, no one sells too. It will result in degrowth in the insurance space — lower pool, thus higher premiums,” said Mahavir Chopra, founder, Beshak.org.
Shares of L&T Technology Services (LTTS) surged as much as 3.3% during Wednesday’s trading session, touching an intraday high of Rs 3,625.20, after the engineering services company announced a five-year international deal worth more than $75 million. The stock gained momentum after the company said it had secured the engagement from a leading global technology…
The Indian stock market surged on Wednesday, with benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rising nearly 1% each, despite a sharp increase in oil prices as US-Iran tensions escalated.At 9:49 am Sensex soared above 800 points to trade at 77,550 level, while Nifty gained over 200 points to trade above 24,200 mark. The sharp gains added…
Every investor has a portfolio. But very few have a portfolio strategy. In the investment world, a portfolio number is usually just an identifier used to track holdings and transactions. But what if it meant something more? What if it represented not just what an investor owns, but how the portfolio is designed to behave…
Wipro shares gained 2% to their day’s high of Rs 180 on the BSE on Friday after the IT services company expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate enterprise adoption of Gemini Enterprise and agentic AI. The development came after Indian market hours on Thursday, while Wipro’s ADRs jumped 5% in pre-market trading in…
Shares of optical and digital solutions provider Sterlite Technologies climbed over 4% to trade at Rs 662 on Thursday after the company secured a major international order worth approximately Rs 1,760 crore. In a regulatory filing on August 5, the Pune-headquartered technology firm announced that it entered into a multi-year supply agreement with a leading…
The sizeable amount locked in such accounts indicates that many workers have either not withdrawn or transferred their EPF balances.