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Mint Money Compass | Health insurance portability: a lifeline now at risk of becoming a noose

New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Over the past month, Mint Money has been examining the issues plaguing health insurance portability. It began with our reporting on health insurance retention rates, where one of ... Read More


When porting a health policy puts your claim at risk

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Nothing stings quite like having a health insurance claim rejected for no apparent fault of yours. Yet, this is a risk policyholders may unknowingly face when they port their heal... Read More


Closer to family, but facing a financial reset

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- For many NRIs, ageing parents become the strongest reason to return home. Years ago, a techie friend who had planned to settle in the US made the difficult decision to move back ... Read More


When behaviour becomes your biggest risk

New Delhi, July 25 -- Recently, a friend in the armed forces told me he was considering premature retirement. That's not unusual. Many people leave the forces after completing pensionable service to s... Read More


Filing your ITR? A practical guidebook to help file returns accurately

New Delhi, July 18 -- It's that time of the year when you sit down with your financial documents to file your income tax returns. Tax filing has certainly become much simpler, especially if you don't ... Read More


Mint Money Compass: Don't port your health insurance just because your agent insists

New Delhi, July 11 -- When the insurance regulator allowed portability in health insurance, the intent was to ensure policyholders were not trapped in a bad product or poor claims experience. The ide... Read More


Mint Money Compass: Don't port your health insurance just because your agent insists.

New Delhi, July 11 -- When the insurance regulator allowed portability in health insurance, the intent was to ensure policyholders were not trapped in a bad product or poor claims experience. The ide... Read More


What health insurance retention data reveals-and conceals

Bengaluru, July 8 -- If there was ever a compelling case for suitability-led selling in health insurance, this is it. Buried in the public disclosure documents of non-life insurers is a metric that of... Read More


FOMO, money and the cost of following the herd

New Delhi, July 4 -- Several behavioural economists have argued that market bubbles and crashes are often amplified by herd behaviour. While the sectors and themes may change every year, the tendency ... Read More


The cost of buying anything and everything that's sold as a great investment pick

New Delhi, June 27 -- You walk into a bank to get a home loan for your dream house, but you walk out with something you never asked for: an insurance policy bundled into your loan because the bank off... Read More