Published in Mint on Sep 07 2016, Written by Kapil Mehta The building, in Delhi, where I stay has 11 residents with 15 supporting domestic staff consisting of full-time maids, drivers and security guards. Since there are about 400 homes in my locality this means our small colony alone has over 5,000 domestic staff. They […]
Articles Tagged: life insurance plans
Critical illness policies: Strengthening your health insurance coverage
Published in Moneycontrol With COVID-19 garnering all the attention across the globe, the other Big C – Cancer – has slipped under the radar for now. The temporary dip in focus, however, cannot mask the potent threat it continues to pose. A recent Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) report has predicted that cancer cases in the […]
Cap on exit penalties for traditional plans
Published in Mint on 9th October, 2017. High exit penalties on Ulips added to insurance companies’ profits, till they were capped. However, they still exist for traditional insurance plans. We asks the experts if exit loads on traditional plans too need to be capped. Sanket Kawatkar, principal and consulting actuary, life insurance (India), Milliman India […]
Open architecture in insurance sector
Published in Mint on 17th July,2017 We ask the experts whether open architecture in insurance distribution (where distributors can sell products of multiple insurers) will bring greater efficiencies or will it be counterproductive Kapil Mehta, co-founder, SecureNow Insurance Brokers Open architecture is good if two conditions are met. First, it should operate at the point […]