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Universal Coverage:Rebuilding India’s Health Insurance Architecture
Health insurance sector itself is facing headwinds with 12-15%...
Life Insurance:Driving Product Innovation and Long-Term Sustainability
Along with changing customer needs, expanded datasets and...
India’s most innovative cities are running out of water
Tech professionals are leaving India’s IT hub of Bengaluru amid an intensifying drought that has gripped the city as it sweats through another torrid pre-monsoon season, the Deccan Herald reported this month. More than half of the wells the city depends on for...
Policy Revolution: Empowering insurers with flexibility in Corporate Policies
Ashwani Dhanawat,Chief Investment Officer, Shriram General Insurance Historically, insurers were bound by rigid formatting requirements for policy wordings, limiting their ability to tailor insurance products to the unique needs and risk profiles of their clients.. By...
2024 Geopolitical Risk: Increasingly complex global risk landscape in landmark election year
Insured losses from civil unrest by 4-year period – 2012 to 2023 (Source: Howden, NOVA) Howden data shows that insured losses from civil unrest have risen significantly over the last decade to total USD 7 billion in 2020-23. Rather than a series of random acts, recent...
M&A activities: Private Equity dry powder set to stimulate deals in 2024
Asia, the Middle East, and India were the most stable markets. Asia saw an influx of new insurers and exhibited a broader risk appetite, and while the Middle East and India saw a decrease in the overall number of deals, an increase in $1bn+ enterprise value deals saw...
AI: Firms face growing list of lawsuits
Elon Musk,CEO, Tesla Elon Musk became the latest power player to sue OpenAI, alleging the company and its chief executive officer, Sam Altman, have strayed from their original mission by prioritizing profit over the benefit of humanity. Artificial intelligence firms...
IFRS 17: Successful Strategies
It is important to note that IFRS 17 or Ind AS 117 do not alter the fundamentals of business. Good underwriting, expense efficiencies, good risk management and customer satisfaction will remain the core of business. The expected aim of the standard is to bring in more...
Cyber Insurance: Heightened Indian Risk
Cyber insurance premium costs have increased by over 50% over the past year. Several factors have contributed to the considerable increase in cyber insurance premium in India. This include the surge, sophistication and severity of cyber-attacks that have significantly...
Indian Fintech: Fast, Furious — and Fraudulent?
Media reports suggest that more non-bank intermediaries after Paytm Payments Bank may expect a rap on the knuckles. Just what has made the Reserve Bank of India so cranky all of a sudden? Andy MukherjeeFirst, Paytm was asked to freeze its banking business, a crackdown...
Protection Gap: Rising life insurance demands from Urban India, says Max Life Study
-Max Life's India’s Protection Quotient (IPQ) reveals that 3 in 4 urban Indians now own life insurance, -Higher importance being ascribed to Cover and Riders while buying Term Life Insurance, -The South Zone most financially prepared; West India has the highest...
The Agent Advantage: Fulfilling Financial Goals
Sameer Joshi, Chief Agency Officer, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance In this digital age, where information is at our fingertips, why should one buy life insurance from agents? As we embark on a new year filled with promises, resolutions, and aspirations, we often have a...