Sino life insurance Co. is expecting to grow into an insurance group that will operates property insurance, pension insurance and insurance sales units in addition to life insurance before launching an overall listing.
Sino life insurance, incorporated in March 2003, had CNY 56.6 billion total assets and CNY 50.679 billion liabilities as at November 30, 2011. It obtained CNY 22.21 billion premiums in the first 11 months of 2011, representing a year-on-year increase of 59.6%.
The Union Budget of 2012 was unveiled by the Finance Minister in February this year. A mixed bag of reforms and recommendations, the budget on one side has brought about cheer to many, where as to certain others it has not gone down too well.
Significant tax reforms have been proposed, effective April 1, 2012. New Tax slabs, and raised exemption levels are some of the proposed changes.
PUBLISHED: 16:04 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 06:15 EST, 1 April 2012
While many of us enjoyed the sun last week, the worsening drought means hosepipe bans will be imposed on millions of homes in the South from Thursday.

Insurance claims for subsidence usually rise dramatically after long spells of dry weather, though Asia Yasir at insurer esure says that not everyone who spots cracks in the paintwork should be alarmed.
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Life insurance policies which for long have been bought as a savings & investment instrument and a tax-saving tool may now be back to its original avatar. The amendments in Budget 2012-13 send out a single message – avail life insurance policies for pure risk cover.
The budget proposal has brought in some change that will affect the insurance industry and policyholders. First, all regular premium life insurance policies will be eligible to vbe exempted from income tax each year (under section 80C) only if the Basic Sum Assured is at least 10 times the Annual Premium. T