What will be the outcome of the Sebi ban on ULIPs? 1. The Life insurance industry even singly is far more stronger than SEBI. 2. Implication of (1) is most Chairmen of insurance companies can pick up the phone to a Central Cabinet minister, – and most of them can reach the Finance Minister or […]
What ails the life insurance industry today? Well the biggest worry is lapsation. They have other worries too – like the Swarup committee report, the small ticket size, the poor public image, the lack of communication skills in the sales force…but clearly the biggest worry is lapsation. It beats me completely as to how an […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ The last decade was perhaps the most difficult in my investment life of 3 decades. I am happy I survived – thanks to a fantastic investment advisor who like wine is maturing with age. There of course have been mistakes and big ones – happily there have been learnings. And like the Englishmen […]
On one side Mr. Swarup says financial products should become cheaper. He also says that the customer should pay for the advisor’s services. This is a great move the person who is getting the services can choose how much to pay. However the IRDA has one funny (weird) condition in its armory. There is something […]
The Kharghoshs were leading a comfortable, lifestyle. Typical Alpha male knew everything about investing by reading brokerage websites! He knew that equity gives best returns, so he had a leveraged life style! His house, car, vacations, were all from borrowings. He had ALWAYS earned far greater than the interest rates that he was paying. He […]
Yesterday I met a pharma distributor. He is really huge – and controls a full state. Just to hide his identity will not reveal which state. He was talking about retail margins in the pharma industry. First of all the ‘billing’ price is far, far below the MRP (which incidentally in India is a fraud). […]
Many of the life insurance policies sold in the past 3 years may not see the “logical end” of the policy as perhaps intended. In the United States of America the endowment plans are called “permanent” policies. A high percentage of existing “permanent” insurance policies will not make it to the finish line. They will […]