PERSONAL FINANCE


Moneylife Digital Team 07 September 2026
As families struggle to transfer the assets of deceased relatives, 73% of those surveyed by LocalCircles said they had to pay bribes at property registration or land transfer offices to complete the process. Only 32% of families surveyed said they were able to easily transfer the deceased...

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SVVN Babji Rao 03 September 2026
A fictional investigative series inspired by patterns observed in publicly documented corporate governance failures   Seven in the morning and the construction site was silent.   Cranes stood frozen mid-motion, heads bowed like giraffes that had stopped mid-graze, nobody quite sure when...

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Rohit Talwalkar 28 August 2026
This analysis began, as many serious historical investigations do, because I wanted to beat my children in the games we play.    I had been reading The Art of Strategy, Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff's wonderful book on game theory, and came across a simple idea about sequential...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 August 2026
Updated on 9 September 2026 to include a note from the desk of Dr Subhash Chandra   The national company law tribunal (NCLT) has approved a repayment plan for Zee group founder Subhash Chandra under which creditors will receive a total of just ₹6.5 crore against admitted claims of ₹22,006.57...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 August 2026
Updated on 9 September 2026 to include a note from the desk of Dr Subhash Chandra   The national company law tribunal (NCLT) has approved a repayment plan for Zee group founder Subhash Chandra under which creditors will receive a total of just ₹6.5 crore against admitted claims of ₹22,006.57...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 26 August 2026
The Supreme Court recently directed all States to constitute dedicated Special Investigation Teams (SITs) to investigate suspected fraudulent motor accident insurance claims (The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Tuni Pati & Ors.).    By way of an order passed on August 17, a bench of Justices...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 August 2026
Warning two insurers for exceeding the prescribed limits on expenses of management (EoM) during FY24-25, insurance regulatory and development authority of India (IRDAI) has restrained Edelweiss Life Insurance Company and Pramerica Life Insurance Ltd from opening any new place of business for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 August 2026
India's health insurance market may be seeing stronger consumer demand, but policyholders continue to face significant problems when they actually need their insurance. About four in 10 policyholders who made a claim reported at least one issue, with problems involving hospital and provider...

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I recently went to see my doctor for a consultation. While sitting in the waiting area, I was surprised to see a group of young men dressed in casual shirts and jeans, wearing rubber boots and carrying backpacks. I was even more surprised when I was told that they were medical representatives,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 August 2026
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has warned Acko General Insurance Ltd and Niva Bupa Health Insurance Co Ltd for exceeding the prescribed expenses of management (EoM) limits during FY24-25 and has directed both insurers not to open any new place of business...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 August 2026
The central bureau of investigation (CBI) has arrested a Hisar-based accused allegedly involved in a network that trafficked Indian nationals to scam compounds in Southeast Asia by promising lucrative overseas employment.   According to CBI, the accused had sent at least four people from the...

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State-run Bank of Baroda (BoB) has written off loans worth ₹35,715 crore belonging to borrowers with outstanding loans of ₹100 crore and above over the six financial years from FY20-21 to FY25-26, while cumulative recovery of less than 28% from these accounts is at ₹9,946 crore. However, BoB,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 August 2026
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will re-conduct the University Grants Commission's national educational tests (UGC-NET) June 2026 examinations for English, commerce and sociology after a committee found multiple errors in the question papers, including factual, typographical and translation...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 August 2026
Tamil Nadu had the highest outstanding gold loans among public sector banks (PSBs) at ₹4.12 lakh crore as of 31 March 2026, followed by Andhra Pradesh at ₹2.23 lakh crore, according to data submitted by the government in the Lok Sabha on Monday.   The data shows a heavy concentration of PSB...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 August 2026
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has barred banks from using technology to disable or restrict the functionality of borrowers' mobile phones, tablets and laptops as a tool to recover unpaid loans, bringing a significant regulatory check on technology-driven recovery practices. The exception is...

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Sponsored Post 05 August 2026
Health insurance is among the most critical financial products that people can use to protect themselves and their families from ever-increasing health costs. Be it a pre-planned visit to a doctor or the need to be hospitalized urgently due to unforeseen complications, the right policy can help...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 August 2026
A growing number of life insurance policyholders are surrendering or withdrawing from their policies before maturity, with such payouts now exceeding maturity benefits for the first time in recent years, according to information shared by the Centre in the Lok Sabha.   Replying to an...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 July 2026
In a significant move aimed at reducing delays in the disposal of insurance complaints, the insurance regulatory and development authority of India (IRDAI) has directed insurers to strictly adhere to timelines for submitting documents to insurance ombudsman offices, warning that failure to...

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Sponsored Post 31 July 2026
High-value loans often look manageable at the approval stage, but the real test begins when EMIs start affecting monthly cash flow. A small miscalculation in interest rate, tenure, or repayment capacity can quietly build pressure over time, turning a planned financial decision into a long-term...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 July 2026
Holding that an accidental death insurance claim cannot be denied merely because the insured had an unrelated pre-existing illness, the national consumer disputes redressal commission (NCDRC) has directed Manipal Cigna Health Insurance Company Ltd to honour two personal accident insurance...

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