CARE to offer insurance ratings
CARE is all set to enter the ratings segment for insurance companies. It will provide ratings to life and non-life insurance and re-insurance companies, and has already put its mechanism and methodology in place for rating insurance companies.

Akfed pumps $5.5 m into DCB, stake rises to 37.5%
AKFED has infused $5.5 million into the DCB thereby increasing its stake to 37.5 per cent from 13.55 per cent.

`CII members responsible for major chunk of bank NPAs'
The chairman of the Indian Banks Association SS Kokli urged the local chambers here to prevail on their members to repay bank loans, the reception was indifferent at best.


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