"In the (health insurance) portability era, service will be the differentiator. If you move to the right company, you would get better service."- Amarnath Ananthanarayanan, CEO and managing director, Bharti Axa General Insurance
"Real estate is going through a phase of tight liquidity. It needs cash at individual and developer levels. The rising cost of funds is bad for the sector."- Pankaj Pandey, head of research, ICICI Direct
"The benefits of a health offer from a life insurance stable is that they provide savings (maturity benefit, etc.) and protection (life cover) components as a bundled product."- Monica Agrawal, Director, corporate initiatives and business development, Aviva Life Insurance
"With the ban on premature withdrawal, fixed maturity plans have become less attractive for many investors."- Alok Singh, head, fixed income, BNP Paribas Mutual Fund
TRIVIA AND TELLING FIGURES
Rs 4,800 cr is the net money withdrawn by FIIs from Indian equity markets in January 2011. The capital flow was reversed after eight months.
25.69% is the growth in cumulative profit after tax of the Sensex companies for the quarter ended 31 December 2010, against the year-ago period.
75 crore is the number of Indian mobile subscribers in December 2010. There are 1.1 crore broadband connections.
300 kg of oil equivalent is the average annual energy consumption of an Indian, one of the lowest in the world. The global average consumption is 1,800 kg, according to the International Energy Agency. |
