Indian public sector lender Central Bank (BSE:532885) has entered into a tie-up with Murugappa Group Cholamandalam MS General Insurance to sell its products across the country.

Through this association, Cholamandalam MS General Insurance products would be customised for Central Bank customers and be available at all its 3,728 branches, city-headquartered Cholamandalam MS General Insurance said in a statement.

“It is a matter of pride that Central Bank of India has decided to tie up with us.

We will use our vast experience in financial inclusion schemes and meet Central Bank’s expectations in terms of products and customer service enabled by technology and empathy embedded in our business philosophy,” Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Managing Director S S Gopalarathnam said.

“We would like to offer hassle free and comprehensive general insurance products suited for the needs of our asset and liability customers in partnership with Chola MS and would look forward for full penetration among our customer base,” Central Bank of India CMD M V Tanksale said.

President Obama signed legislation Thursday, April 14 repealing the expanded 1099 reporting requirements in the health care reform law and Small Business Jobs Act. The widely unpopular rules would have required businesses to report any purchases of goods or services of more than $600 a year from another vendor to the IRS on a Form 1099-MISC.

President Obama supported repealing this provision and with a bipartisan effort, lawmakers removed a requirement that would have been an undue barrier to small business growth. The many benefits of the health reform law for small businesses remain in place.

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This week the U.S. Coast Guard kicks off National Safe Boating Week, just before the busy Memorial Day Weekend.

As fun as boating can be (and we all know how fun it is), it’s important to remember the basic safety rules. F

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If you have any questions relating to touring caravans insurance, you may find them covered in the list below.

How are touring caravans defined?

That may vary somewhat between insurance providers but this category of caravan will typically encompass accommodation units that are rigid (i.e.

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Buying a commercial auto insurance plan is not as simple as buying a conventional personal auto insurance policy. There are numerous essential aspects you need to consider in order to get the most suitable commercial auto insurance policy for your business.

For starters, the nature of your business plays an important role in determining the kind of commercial auto insurance you need to get. If you are running a courier company and you use vehicles to transport your customers’ goods, then you need to make sure that the commercial auto insurance you get also offers sufficient third-party liability coverage as part of the plan.

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The ability to work from home is one of the benefits of living in a modern world. But believe it or not, as a home business owner you may be exposing yourself to risks that are not covered by your home insurance policy.

When an insurance policy is underwritten, all the risks that the proposed insured presents are evaluated and the policy is issued and priced accordingly.

So unless you disclose to your home insurance company that you are running a business out of your home and they add coverage for the liabilities associated with that in your policy, then claims that occur and affect your home office may not be covered.

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As a renter, you might think that insurance is something you can avoid. After all, you don’t have a dwelling or property to protect—that’s your landlord’s job.

But you do have possessions, and if the wind or a tornado were to blow the roof off your building, you could suffer wind and water damage to your furniture, electronics and family collectibles.

Your landlord’s insurance policy most likely doesn’t cover a renter’s property. So if this damage were to occur, you would not be reimbursed from the landlord’s policy.

Additionally, unless you can prove some sort of neglect on your landlord’s part, you would likely be unsuccessful in suing him or her for damages.

Whether you are a home owner or a renter, it is important that you recognize the hard work you do in order to furnish your home and that you protect your possessions by purchasing renters insurance to cover them. I

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Occasionally I find a piece of writingthats too good not to share and today is one of the those days. Here is a guest post from Mark Steinberg, one of our recently Embraced pet parents, where he writes about his experience bringing his new dog, Dayton, into his life, and opines on the endless adopt vs. buy from breeder question. Thank you Mark for sharing!

As a counterpoint to the unremitting scenes of sadness and despair emanating last week from tornado-ravaged Missouri, CNN offered the image of a young boy and his sister smiling ear to ear in front of their decimated house, cuddling the family dog that they had found after a three day search.

I understood that moment. I like dogs.

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