Gender Gap Exists in Adequate Life Insurance Coverage Despite Greater Financial Concerns among Women, According to ... (Centre Daily Times)
Despite heightened financial concerns for their families' futures, working women are less likely than men to have adequate life insurance coverage. The sixth annual MetLife Study of Employee Benefits Trends reveals that, in general, female employees who have life insurance own only two times their household income in coverage. Male employees with life insurance, however, generally have three ...

SBI life plans overseas foray (Business Standard India)
Riding high on the strong brand identity of State Bank of India, SBI Life Insurance is now looking to foray into overseas market next year by targeting Indian expatriates in the Middle East countries for selling insurance products.

Non-life insurance premiums spike in H1 (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - Non-life insurance premiums rose sharply during the first half of the year, recording a year-on-year increase of 41 percent, according of the Ministry of Finance.

Policy curbs may be hindering insurance sector growth (The Economic Times)
The insurance scene, especially that of life insurance, resembles the famous Charles Dickens conundrum of being the best of times and the worst of times simultaneously.