Life insurance is now cheaper for vegetarians

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A diet that no longer contains meat can now help to reduce the price for some people’s policies. A life insurance company from the United Kingdom has recently announced that it has created a special policy that is meant to reward vegetarians for their healthy lifestyle choices through lower premiums. These policies are being offered to consumers in the UK, and India is hoping to be included, as vegetarianism is common. The reasoning behind these vegetarian life insurance policies is that people who live this lifestyle tend to make healthier…

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Life insurance customers in India pay 56 percent more if they smoke

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Non-smokers in the country pay less than half than their counterparts do within that country. The research from Aviva Life Insurance in India has revealed that when a 10 year term plan is purchased by a smoker in India, he or she pays 56 percent more than his or her nonsmoking counterparts. This is because the habit has been identified as increasing a large number of health risks among policyholders. Term plans are the form where only the life insurance amount is paid at the time of a policyholder’s death…

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Life insurance stake at Vysya sold by ING

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The 26 percent share in the company was expected to sell and has finally gone to another insurer. ING, the Dutch banking group, has sold its 26 percent share of Vysysa Life Insurance to another insurer in the Asian marketplace, Exide Industries, a local company. This makes ING the second foreign business to step out of India within the last year. This is a notable occurrence as the life insurance sector within India is considered to be competitive. ING made the initial announcement on Wednesday, stating that this decision to…

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Life insurance policies are experiencing a lapsing trend

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Insurers in India have been seeing an increase in the number of policies that have been allowed to lapse. Recent data released by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) in India has revealed that life insurance companies are experiencing a trend with an increase in policy lapses and forfeitures throughout the last financial year. This information was revealed within the authority’s annual report for the most recent fiscal year. Equally, the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) a public sector insurer, revealed that it had experienced a lapse ratio…

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Life insurance more common among Indian consumers than world average

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The government of India has announced that the country’s residents have more coverage than the global median. According to the latest data released by the government of India, residents of that country have a larger overall life insurance coverage than the global average in 2010. The Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena made the announcement in a written statement. Within the announcement, Meena said that “Life insurance penetration in India was higher than the world’s average in 2010 and the combined average is higher than Brazil and Russia…

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