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Aon appoints Nick Fraccalvieri as CEO of global facultative for its Reinsurance Solutions
In his new role, Fraccalvieri will be responsible for setting the...
Bayer proposes $7.25 billion plan for all Roundup cancer cases
The plaintiffs say they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other...
Axis Max Life’s IPQ 7.0: Persistent protection gap in rural India
-Rural India’s Protection Quotient rises to 16, up from 12 in IPQ 5.0 – but urban-rural gap stands at 32 points,-Life insurance ownership remains significantly lower, despite awareness gains,-Rural women lag rural men in all protection indices – Protection Quotient at...
79% of Indians unsure if their insurance policy offers adequate coverage: Survey
Saurabh Vijayvergia, founder & CEO, CoverSure, said, “This survey shows that focusing on insurance penetration alone isn’t enough. What people need is insurance that they can understand and use effectively. If policyholders don’t know what’s covered or how to use...
LIC ranks as 4th most valuable Indian brand, ahead of Reliance Industries and SBI, says Brand Finance India report
Top 10 Indian brands post strong double-digit growth led by Tata, Infosys, LIC, HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries.LIC’s 2025 brand value stood at $ 13.6 billion up 35.1% from 2024 brand value of $ 10.07 billion, the report noted Mumbai: State owned life insurance...
Clean energy assets face climate risks, Zurich Insurance Says
Roughly 46% of Europe’s total renewable generation capacity will be at “critical risk” from the fallout of climate change unless owners do more to protect existing and planned assets, according to a report by Zurich Resilience Solutions, a unit of Zurich Insurance...
India enters top 100 in global SDG rankings for first time
The report's authors flagged that SDG progress has stalled at the global level, with only 17 per cent of the 17 targets projected to be achieved by 2030. New Delhi: India has for the first time secured a place among the top 100 out of 167 countries ranked for their...
Iran-Israel conflict: Re/insurers face complex set of financial, operational, and strategic risks
The Iran-Israel conflict is, in many ways, a stark reminder of the insurance industry's evolving role as an absorber of geopolitical and systemic risk in an increasingly interconnected world, says Morningstar DBRS, a global credit rating agency The hostilities between...
Need for robust data quality to fortify digital governance, cultivate public trust: Niti Aayog report
While India's digital foundation are in place, the challenge now is ensuring that what flows though them is accurate, complete, and trusted New Delhi: Niti Aayog on Tuesday emphasised the urgent need for robust data quality to fortify digital governance, cultivate...
Escalating Hormuz tensions drive up Middle East war risk insurance costs, sources say
War risk insurance premiums for shipments to the Middle East Gulf have jumped to 0.5% from around 0.2-0.3% a week ago, as risks grow to the critical Strait of Hormuz, the sources said LONDON: U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran's reprisals have doubled the...
Indian stock market opens higher as geopolitical tensions ease
"The sharp reactions in the crude oil and stock markets suggest the geopolitical situation limping back to normalcy," said Dr. VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments Limited Mumbai: The Indian benchmark indices opened in green on Tuesday amid...
Asia warming twice as fast as global average: WMO
The sea surface in Asia is also warming at nearly double the global average over the past decades, said the World Meteorological Organization's "State of the Climate in Asia in 2024" report. New Delhi: Asia, the largest continent in the world with around 60 per cent...