Indian
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...
Centre asks States/UTs to ensure prominent display of healthcare service rates at clinical establishments
Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava Union Health...
SC directs centre and state govts to link accident, vehicle, insurance databases within 4 weeks
The Supreme Court directed the Centre and states to complete the...
International
Global semiconductor majors see value of their properties and inventories rise 12% to $529bn in 2025: Atrium
Nick Leppard,Head of Property Direct & Facultative at Atrium,...
APAC medical cost growth projected to slow to 9.7% in 2027, Aon Report
The projected medical trend rate remains substantially above the...
World Bank in talks with dozens of countries about crisis aid, Banga says
Ajay Banga,president, World Bank A sharp spike in diesel and...
4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast
The Atlantic hurricane season has been unusually quiet this year,...
Briefs
Dinesh Pant joins as member, Actuary, IRDA
Dinesh Pant, former managing director, Life Insurance Corporation,...
Elliot Richardson appointed Chief Commercial Officer, Howden
Howden, the global insurance intermediary group, today announces...
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
Changing Life Insurance Market:Race for customer access
James Finucane, Head of Life & Health Economic Research at...
Protecting Growth: Indispensable Insurance every Indian business needs
For service-based MSMEs, particularly IT and ITES companies serving...
The GenAI Revolution: Transforming insurance operations beyond automation
People need to move from asking : “Will AI take my job?” to:“Which...
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...



