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Punjab to roll out Rs 10 lakh universal healthcare cover for 65 lakh families,UII to provide Rs 1lakh health insurance
Mathew George,executive director, United Indian Insurance and...
Labour Ministry proposes 90-day annual work threshold for gig worker social security
It explained that a gig worker, or a platform worker, will be...
Foreign investors continue selling in Indian stocks, equities worth Rs 19,759 crore sold this week: NSDL Data
Akshay Chinchalkar, Head of Research at Axis Securities, told ANI that about $7 billion has been retracted year-to-date. He highlighted several factors including Trump's expected second term, high U.S. treasury yields, and a thriving dollar as key reasons for the...
Budget 2025-Insurers expect tax benefits, concessions for healthcare
Sameer Bansal, MD & CEO, PNB MetLife, said that while India is a fast-growing economy fuelled by its rising middle-class population of 25-45-year-olds, the proportion of people above the age of 60 is equally increasing at a rapid pace New Delhi: Insurers are...
Govt says sanctioned Russian oil tankers can discharge before Feb 27
India's oil secretary Pankaj Jain said the deadline, as outlined by the US sanctions, for completing financial transactions was March 12. India follows United Nations sanctions, rather than those imposed by individual countries, but fears of secondary sanctions by the...
Despite Trump order, abandoning DEI could land companies in legal trouble
“When companies are sued by women or people of color and they're held liable for discrimination … the Trump administration can't save them and nothing in this executive order can save them," said Jason Solomon, director of the National Institute for Workers' Rights, a...
LA wildfires may use up over 30% of Cat budgets of Europe’s largest reinsurers for 2025
The impact of the fires on European reinsurers’ natural catastrophe budgets will clearly be significant, but the implications for their earnings and capital are not likely to be material. Paris/London: The recent Los Angeles wildfires may use up over 30% of the...
China guides mutual funds, insurers to invest more in stocks
China will commence the second stage of a trial program for insurers’ long-term equity investments in the first half of this year, with an amount of at least 100 billion yuan ($13.7 billion), Wu also said at the briefing. China is guiding local mutual funds and...
MFs, insurers and retail investors buy $8 billion of Indian equities in Jan as FIIs sell
A greater participation of mutual funds, insurance firms and retail investors in the Indian stock market has made India one of the top five markets globally despite waning ownership of foreigners New Delhi: The Indian equity market’s reliance on domestic investors has...
Employee medical plan costs: Aon forecasts 11.1% increase for businesses in Asia Pacific
"The high medical trend rate can also be attributed to a higher incidence of cancer and chronic conditions than before the COVID-19 pandemic. Managing the impact of medical inflation therefore should be a top priority for all southeast Asia markets and especially...
India expands Russian insurers’ pool after US sanctions
As well as extending approvals for some sanctioned providers, India’s Directorate General of Shipping authorized Soglasie Insurance Co. to provide insurance for vessels entering Indian ports until February 2026, according to to the regulator’s website. As Soglasie...
Budget FY25-26 : Taxpayers seek income tax cuts – Survey
Grant Thornton Bharat, Partner, Akhil Chandna said an increase in NPS tax deduction limits and more flexible NPS withdrawal rules would certainly promote retirement savings in the hands of taxpayers New Delhi: As many as 57 per cent of individual taxpayers want taxes...