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EU moves to ban AI that creates nonconsensual sexual images
While Europe has a number of rules that make it illegal to produce...
Govt’s proposal to preload national ID app Aadhaar on phones opposed by smartphone firms
MAIT also wrote to Indian IT ministry official Ravinder Kumar Meena...
Moody’s expects India’s 7.3% economic growth in FY26 to push premium surge
Moody's said India's robust economic growth contributed to a 17 per cent increase in total insurance premium revenue to Rs 10.9 lakh crore in the first eight months (April-November) of 2025-26, with health premiums up 14 per cent and life new business premiums...
Zurich Insurance offers $10 billion to buy UK insurer Beazley
Switzerland's Zurich said the offer it had gone public with on Monday was an improved bid, after Beazley's management rejected on Friday its initial offer, made on January 4. LONDON: Zurich Insurance Group announced a 7.67 billion pound ($10.3 billion) all-cash offer...
Factory Mutual opens its Mumbai office
Lto R- Srini Krishnamurthy, senior Vice President, FM operations India, Malcom C. Roberts, Chairman & CEO at the Mumbai Office Opening “Our growing operations in India reflect both a global and local commitment. By combining world-class expertise with...
India’s insurance market to grow at higher than major emerging and advanced countries in next 4 yrs, says Swiss Re
“India is a true bright spot for insurance growth in the mid-term as opportunities emerge, especially in health and motor insurance. We are set to benefit from forward-looking regulatory reform, digital innovation and a disciplined but attractive product mix for...
Saudi Re launches operations in GIFT-City
```We have a national expansion strategy, and that's where we identify India to be a key growth engine for us.Indian market could be also be a hub to serve the region,’’ said Ahmed Al-Jabr, Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Re while addressing the industry players...
LIC should continue focus on digital marketing: Nagaraju
M Nagaraju,Secretary,Financial Services Nagaraju expressed satisfaction with LIC’s consolidated AUM of ₹57.23 lakh crore and a yield of 8.9% on policyholders’ funds, supported by a strong solvency ratio of 2.13. This corpus may be used for incentivising growth of...
2025 among world’s three hottest years on record,WMO says
The WMO, which consolidates eight climate datasets from around the world, said six of them – including the European Union’s European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the British national weather service – had ranked 2025 as the third warmest,...
Denmark-US rift triggers NATO deployment of forces in Greenland
“For us, ideas that would not respect territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right of self-determination of the Greenland people are of course totally unacceptable and we therefore still have a fundamental disagreement,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars...
Surging oil tanker insurance points to growing Black Sea chaos
Underwriters are now charging about 1% of the value of a ship for calls at any port in the region, according to people involved in the market. That’s up from about 0.7% at the end of last month. The cost of insuring ships sailing through the Black Sea is surging...
Global risks enter “Age of Competition” as geoeconomic tensions dominate 2026 outlook: WEF
Societal pressures remain deeply interconnected with these economic and geopolitical stresses. Inequality was identified as the most interconnected global risk for the second consecutive year, closely linked to economic instability, misinformation and declining trust...