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2026 FM Resilience Index: Navigating volatility & evolving risks
“India’s continued rise across all three regions in the 2026 FM Resilience Index reflects the country’s growing focus on strengthening infrastructure, enhancing digital adoption and improving risk awareness. As global supply chains evolve and climate and cyber risks...
Weight-Loss Drugs: Are new weight-loss drugs key to solving the obesity epidemic
Obesity is a serious medical problem as it is associated with cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, hepatic steatosis, sleep apnea syndrome, metabolic abnormalities like type 2 diabetes or dyslipidemia, musculoskeletal disorders, or even cancer (especially colon,...
India braces for unusually hot March; wheat, rapeseed crops at risk
"Maximum and minimum temperatures in northern and north-western states are likely to be significantly above average in March," said a senior official at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) MUMBAI: India is likely to record one of its warmest Marches on record,...
Platforms must take responsibility for hosted content, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
"Synthetic content should not be generated without the consent of the person whose face or voice or personality has been used to create the content. Time has come to make that big inflectional change. And I will request the platforms to cooperate with this human...
Cut costs, fix mis-selling to make insurance products affordable: IRDAI member to insurers
"The high cost of acquisition and high expenses of management (EoM) need immediate focus from all players. That is critical to improve profitability and deliver affordability and value to customers," Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)...
Govt plans expansion of domestic maritime capabilities: Sanjeev Sanyal
Sanjeev Sanyal, Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister The central government is responding to this challenge by prioritising shipbuilding, port development, and ship flagging as critical thrust areas. Recent legislative changes have already...
India CV industry jumps 27% (YoY) in January; GST cut drives volume surge: ICRA
For the first ten months of the FY 26 r, domestic CV wholesale volumes grew by 11.3 per cent YoY, while retail volumes registered an 8.5 per cent growth during the same period. Looking ahead, ICRA expects the domestic CV industry to register a moderate YoY growth of...
Marsh exploring selling its financial risk manager and life insurance broker for high-net-worth individuals in Asia
PCS provides financial risk management and life insurance services to more than 8,000 clients in about 50 markets, with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Geneva and Zurich, according to its website. Marsh is exploring a sale of its financial risk manager and...
Ecuador contracts first parametric insurance for 10k climate-vulnerable farmers, with Germany, UNDP, ISF and IDF support
The two parametric products — for extreme rainfall and drought-risk — were designed by IDF member insurance organizations AXA Climate, Guy Carpenter México Intermediario de Reaseguro S.A de C.V and Blue Marble, in partnership with the MAGP and with local insurer...
Issue of shortage of actuaries in industry needs to be addressed urgently:IRDAI Chairman
``The United States has more than 40 fellow actuaries per million people and the United Kingdom more than 250, while India has fewer than one per million. Compounding this, IAI's(Institute of Actuaries) total membership has fallen from around 12,000 in 2011 to...