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Iran reviews U.S. proposal to end Gulf war with initial negative response
Publicly, Iranian officials poured withering scorn on the prospect...
US jury finds Meta and Google liable for damages in social media addiction trial, to pay $3 million
The case involves a 20-year-old woman who said she became addicted...
Small cars, bikes up to 350 cc to get cheaper as GST reforms kick in
GST rates on small cars and motorcycles up to 350 cc, three-wheelers, buses, trucks, and ambulances has been reduced from 28 percent to 18 percent. New Delhi: Small cars and entry-level bikes are set to get cheaper as the GST Council on Wednesday approved a complete...
18% GST on re/insurance premiums of retail Life and Health covers removed from Sept 22, insurers have to pass on benefits to customers: Sitharaman
``We have decided to remove 18 per cent GST from all individual Life and Health Insurance to make them affordable for common man and widen country' insurance coverage. The exemption on Health Insurance will also cover family floater. The reinsurance premium of these...
Tamil Nadu among India’s most insurance-aware markets: IMRB Kantar
Key insights revealed by a study initiated by Insurance Awareness Committee (IAC-Life) in collaboration with IMRB Kantar • 100% awareness of life insurance among respondents • 70% of non-policyholders intend to invest in life insurance within the next 3–6 months • 63%...
GST Council meet on rate reform begins; TDP supports, opposition bloc seeks revenue protection
The government had proposed completely exempting life and health insurance premium from Goods and Services Tax (GST), Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and convenor of insurance GoM Samrat Choudhary had said earlier. Health and term insurance premiums may become cheaper if...
Global reinsurance dedicated capital increases 5% to $805 billion in H12025: Gallagher Re
Gallagher Re estimated that the private insurance market and public insurance entities covered at least USD84B38 in losses from natural perils in 2025 HY, increasing from USD61B39 as originally reported for 2024 HY. This represents the costliest H1 for the industry...
Britain’s JLR hit by cyber incident that disrupts production, sales
The automaker is the latest British company to be hit by a cyber security incident in recent months amid a surge in cyber and ransomware attacks globally, as increasingly sophisticated threat actors disrupt operations and compromise sensitive data. London: Jaguar Land...
$152 Billion and Rising: Insurance industry facing growing average annual losses from natural catastrophes
The 2025 Global Modeled Catastrophe Losses Report notes a $32 billion increase in non-crop global modeled insured AAL over 2024, which reflects the upward trend in catastrophe losses experienced on a global scale. Over the past five years, insured losses have averaged...
Next gen GST reforms will set economy open and transparent: Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced the creation of a Task Force for next generation reforms with a clearer mandate to simplify regulations, lower compliance costs and also build a more enabling ecosystems for...
La Nina may return in September but temperatures to stay above normal WMO
WMO says that naturally occurring climate events such as La Nina and El Nino are taking place in the broader context of human-induced climate change, which is raising global temperatures, intensifying extreme weather and altering seasonal rainfall and temperature...
Insurers should learn to innovate using powerful Digital Public Infrastructure platform: New IRDAI chairman Seth
Ajay Seth, chairman,IRDAI ``We see the Accounts Aggregator Framework promoting the use of data, analytics and technology for designing insurance products that are more affordable, accessible, and tailored to people’s needs. We encourage more insurance companies to...