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Young Indians: From aspirational spending to aspirational planning
The shift is evident on social media, where conversations...
Wartime Marine Risks: Navigating insurance & supply chain disruptions
One of the most common misconceptions during times of crisis is...
India Risk Report 2025: Resilience in the age of AI & shifting geopolitics
``While cyber, legal and technoligical risk remain top concern, the findings highlight rising preparedness and maturity in risk management practices. Yet one insight stands out -true resilience demands a culture that value adaptability , foresight and learning....
DPDP Rules: From prompt data breach reporting to annual audits Indian firms’ new obligations
The DPDP rules require companies (those collecting/ seeking the personal data and termed as data fiduciaries) to undertake reasonable security safeguards to protect personal data, including use of appropriate measures like encryption, obfuscation, masking, or virtual...
Managing Customers: Banks and insurers deploy AI agents to fight fraud and process applications
-Three in five banks and insurers cite customer onboarding among top reasons for AI agent adoption,-33% of firms are actively developing proprietary AI agents in-house, though only 10% have deployed at scale,-Nearly half of banks and insurers are creating new jobs to...
Data Centers: AI and cloud computing drive global construction boom
According to market research, up to $7 trillion will be spent on data centers by 2030 – a huge sum driven largely by technology companies in the US and China, while Europe lags a few paces behind. The tech industry’s big three, Amazon, Microsoft and Google Cloud,...
Changing Asian Risks: Increasing Competition,Economic Slowdown and Cyber Threats reshape business landscape
“Cyber Attacks/Data Breach” remains the number one risk across Asia. However, in 2025 “Increasing Competition” and “Exchange Rate Fluctuation” have risen sharply, reflecting the region’s dynamic markets and heightened exposure to global financial volatility, finds out...
Reimagining Insurance:AI set to unlock next $4 billion profit opportunity in India
India’s Insurtech ecosystem is at a sizeable scale, with cumulative valuations crossing USD 15.8 billion and revenues growing reaching USD 0.9 billion in 2024 - a 10x increase since 2019. The sector has 2 unicorns, 8 players between USD 100 million to USD 1 billion...
India Retirement Index Study: Balancing finance, health, and emotion
Sumit Madan, MD and CEO, Axis Max Life said, “IRIS 5.0 signals a clear shift towards smarter and more holistic retirement planning. Today’s consumers are showing greater health consciousness, higher product awareness, and sustained financial confidence. As health...
Demographic Transition: India’s Emerging Silver Economy
The approach towards elderly support that prioritises family and community-led initiatives while ensuring financial security, digital literacy training, long-term care insurance, digital healthcare access, assistive technologies, and engagement platforms are crucial...
Beyond Balance Sheet: Strategic role of CFOs in insurance industry
True leadership in finance is not just about preserving value, it is about having the courage to create it. Today, the insurance CFO operates at a rare intersection where capital meets complexity and strategy meets disruption. In an era of heightened volatility and...
India’s Cloudburst Challenges:Insurance gaps & Future safeguards
The entire Himalayan belt is increasingly vulnerable to cloudbursts, flash floods, landslides, and potential glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), all driven by changing monsoon patterns and accelerated warming in the region. These risks are not onlybecoming more...