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Indian
ICICI Life Insurance Q2 profit surges 25% to Rs 374 cr
Sidharatha Mishra, chief operating officer of ICICI Life...
Merchant Discount Rate on UPI transactions deferred, no new date announced
"UPI and Services Steering Committee today decided that, keeping in...
UP: Over 2 lakh motor accident claims pending; training programme held for insurance officials
Dr Manu Kalia, member secretary, Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services...
SC seeks wider drug price regulation, questions high markups on medicines, medical devices
The bench, stressed the need to examine whether existing pricing...
International
Surging Iranian attacks on ships crossing the Hormuz, threatens recovery in Persian Gulf oil exports
Ministers of OPEC and non-OPEC Participating Countries in the...
CyberCube and Blackpanda Partner to enhance Cyber Risk Analytics for brokers across Asia
Cyber risk models used across Asia have typically been benchmarked...
IMF raises 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1%, Warns of AI risks
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director ,International Monetary...
Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food
There was no immediate estimate of industry-wide losses, but...
Briefs
LIC launches three new plans
Life Insurance Corporation of India on Tuesday launched three new...
Dinesh Pant joins as member, Actuary, IRDAI
Dinesh Pant, former managing director, Life Insurance Corporation,...
Events
3rd edition “IFSCA-IRDAI GIFT-City Global Reinsurance Summit on Jan 19, 2026 in Mumbai
The 3rd edition “IFSCA-IRDAI GIFT-City Global Reinsurance Summit”...
IIA Annual Event 2025
Date: October 30, 2025 Venue: Fairmont, Mumbai Theme: AI In...
Articles
Payment Habits: 3 in 4 urban Indians use their payment app for more than payments
More than half (52%) of consumers, who were surveyed, say they...
Changing Life Insurance Market:Race for customer access
James Finucane, Head of Life & Health Economic Research at...
Protecting Growth: Indispensable Insurance for every Indian enterprises
For service-based MSMEs, particularly IT and ITES companies serving...
Features
Data
Interviews
“Competition in the group health insurance segment is intense”
Nilanjan Roy, Head of Group Business, ManipalCigna Health...
“IndiaFirst Life is progressively becoming a multi-channel distribution player in the industry.”
Varun Gupta, President & Chief Distribution Officer (CDO) –...
Facts
Vegetarian diets linked with a lower risk of many cancers
Though the study didn’t probe the cause of a higher or lower risk of certain cancers, researchers hypothesized that diets higher in fruit, vegetables, fiber and without processed meat could lower risks. The lack of meat is likely to be the reason for the different...
Finmin launches Paripoorna Mediclaim Ayush Bima for CGHS beneficiaries
The policy provides indemnity-based in-patient hospitalisation coverage within India, with sum insured options of Rs 10 lakh or Rs 20 lakh.To be provided by state-run New India Assurance, the other features include that the room rent is capped at 1 per cent and 2 per...
Elon Musk predicts working will become “Optional” like a hobby within 20 years as AI advances rapidly
Musk explained that with accelerating progress in AI and robotics, people may reach a stage where they can choose whether to work or not, similar to choosing whether to grow vegetables at home despite having the option to buy them from a store Washington: Tesla CEO...
Flying car, four-wheeled robot shine at Nepal auto show
Deepal’s eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) UAV, a flying car manufactured in China and Unitree Robots’ advanced four-wheeled robot are the main attractions in the 17th edition of NADA Auto Show. Kathmandu: In a first, a flying car and four wheeled robot...
AI in India:20 jobs likely to be affected — and 20 that may stay safe
Jobs that will be most affected by AI: Ticket agents/travel clerks,legal assistants (routine drafting),Telephone operators,Finance/insurance underwriters doing rote tasks,Coders doing repetitive tasks,Junior marketing researchers,Customer service representatives,Basic...