Buying an insurance policy - Know your rights

Most people generally accede to the unfair practices of the insurers, primarily because they are not aware of their rights as an insurance buyer. If people understand their rights and are willing to fight for them, they would find that regulations imposed by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) along with various court rulings work to protect the interest of policyholders.

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EPF balance online - Resolving the Invalid Member_id error / code not in list

While trying to check my EPF account balance online on http://www.epfindia.com, I got an error which says "Invalid Member_id / Data not updated against this". It took me a little while to figure out that the region code and office code have changed and my office pay slip was still showing the old codes (KN/BN/BMS/46499/098). Here is how I resolved the problem.

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