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Data centre coverage could reach $10 billion in premiums in 2026:S&P
As individual projects keep growing in size, they may eventually...
SC agrees to hear plea to implement disability-sensitive guidelines for welfare insurance schemes
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear...
China plans infusing $29 billion of capital into large insurers
The proceeds will be injected into state-controlled firms including China Life Insurance Group Co., the People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd., and China Taiping Insurance Group Co., the people said.It would be the first time Beijing has used special bonds to...
AI171 crash probe: AAIB assessing various aspects; nothing has been ruled out, says source
All aspects related to technical, operational, organisational and human factors are being looked into, and it is a very complex process. Certain components of the aircraft are also being examined by AAIB, the source said New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation...
Eco Survey 2025-26: Rising lifestyle diseases due to nutrition gap
The survey noted that concerns of rising lifestyle diseases, rising burden of cancers, increasing antibiotic resistance, and falling general immunity levels have exacerbated as a consequence of nutritional deficiencies Dietary reforms should be treated as a public...
Geopolitical tensions raise emerging market credit risks in 2026
``Potential pressures stemming from geopolitical events are among the risks to our base-case expectation that the macro-credit environment for emerging markets this year will be net neutral relative to last year,'' observed Fitch. London: Geopolitical risks, including...
India’s vast internet, social media apps market
Alphabet and Meta do not officially disclose country-specific figures, but DataReportal pegs YouTube users in India at 500 million, Facebook 403 million, Instagram at 481 million, and Snapchat at 213 million. Bengaluru:India is one of the most critical growth markets...
WHO sees low risk of Nipah virus spreading beyond India
"The WHO considers the risk of further spread of infection from these two cases is low," the agency told Reuters in an email on Friday, adding that India had the capacity to contain such outbreaks.There is no evidence yet of increased human to human transmission,''...
Economic Survey 2025-26:Towards a healthy India
Obesity is rising at an alarming rate and is today a major public health challenge in India. Driven by unhealthy diets, lifestyle changes, including sedentary lifestyles, increased consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs), it is affecting people across all age...
Southeast Asia faces intensifying compound catastrophes and escalating flood impacts
In Southeast Asia, this phenomenon is increasingly evident. Events such as earthquakes occurring on rain‑soaked ground or typhoons following seismic activity can escalate losses, often complicating claims processes and creating friction between insurers and...
IRDAI’s Reinsurance Advisory Committe reconstituted with A.V. Girija Kumar as chairman
The other members of the committee are- T. L. Alamelu,former, member, IRDAI, Praveen Vashishta,former CEO & MD at Howden Insurance Brokers India, Roopam Asthana,former CEO at Liberty General Insurance Hyderabad:The Indian insurance regulator IRDAI has...
Insurance sector remains constrained by a high-cost distribution model inflating protection cost:Economic Survey
Nirmala Sitharaman Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs The insurance sector stands at a pivotal juncture, as it remains constrained by a ‘low-penetration, high-cost’ equilibrium driven by a high-cost distribution model that has inflated the cost of...