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Indian
Govt clears Mundayur’s appointment as CMD of New India Assurance
Lavnya R Mundayur, CMD, New India Assurance With 35 years of...
Swiss Re establishes exclusive partnerships with Bajaj General Insurance in India
Andreas Berger, Group CEO, Swiss Re The plan is to provide...
IRDAI’s proposed distribution reforms will hurt policyholders, cost jobs and slow insurance growth, says IBAI
The association urges the IRDAI to preserve the 2023 framework,...
Competition Commission okays BNP Paribas-IndiaFirst Life Insurance deal
After the completion of the transaction, IndiaFirst Life's...
International
Mid-air horror: Flydubai Pilot of a Tel Aviv bound jet with 170 passengers stabs his colleague and tries to crash the plane
Catastrophe was narrowly avoided after a passenger and members of...
OverseeAI joins Guidewire Insurtech Vanguards to accelerate insurance product modernisation and new product launches
Scott Field, Co-founder and Chief Product & Technology Officer...
South Korean banks and insurers hunt for overseas deals
A rapidly aging population and a mature domestic market are pushing...
French court finds Swiftair guilty of corporate manslaughter over Mali crash
A French judge ordered the company to pay the maximum fine in...
Briefs
LICHFL becomes a corporate agent of Niva Bupa Health Insurance
Niva Bupa Health Insurance has signed a corporate agency agreement...
IRDAI fines Canara HSBC Life and IndusInd bank Rs 1 cr each for violating norms
Indian insurance regulator IRDAI has imposed a fine of Rs one crore...
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
Climate Disasters: Shrinking funding & heightened risk of GLOFs
Himalayan glaciers are losing mass 65% faster than they were a...
Future of Claims Management: Simplified, smarter and seamless for general insurance customers
The ability to submit claims through dedicated microsites or mobile...
Hydropower Risks: Mapping interdependencies and building resilience
From an insurance perspective, events such as recent floods in...
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...