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“Competition in the group health insurance segment is intense”
Nilanjan Roy, Head of Group Business, ManipalCigna Health...
India’s toxic smog cuts off visibility in several areas
The minimum temperature in Delhi fell to 16.1 degrees Celsius (61°F) on Thursday from 17 degrees C the previous day, weather officials said. Its pollution ranked in the 'severe' category for the second day in a row, with a score of 430 on an index of air quality...
Galaxy Health launches its first products with sum insured options from Rs 3 lakhs to Rs 1 crore
(Lto R) S Guruprakash, chief marketing officer, G Srinivasan, MD & CEO, and V Jagannathan, Chief Mentor at the product launching event of Galaxy Health Insurance in Chennai G. Srinivasan, managing director and CEO of Galaxy Health Insurance said, “ We are...
Over 5 lakh elderly above 70 enroll for Ayushman cards; highest from MP, Kerala
Madhya Pradesh had the highest number of applications for enrollment (1.66 lakh) followed by Kerala (1.28 lakh), Uttar Pradesh (69,044), and Gujarat (25,491) New Delhi: More than five lakh senior citizens who are 70 and above have been enrolled for Ayushman cards...
Next GST Council meet on Dec 21-22, Decision on lower GST rate on health and life insurance
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman The 55th GST Council meeting would be held during one of these two days in which the much awaited decision on exemption or lower GST rate on health and life insurance would be taken New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala...
Net profit of National Insurance Company rises 80% to Rs 81 cr in Q2FY25
Going ahead, NIC is committed to its stake holders and the improved financial performance is an indicator for the company to achieve profitable growth, T Babu Paul, executive director, NIC Kolkata: State owned National Insurance Company(NIC) has recorded a 80 per cent...
IFRS Ready: IRDAI to meet industry honchoes to finalise norms at 2-day Bima Manthan
Debasish Panda, chairman,IRDAI ``It is our endeavour to implement Ind AS (including Ind AS 117) for insurers in India from 1st April, 2027 based on our experience and learnings from the proforma submissions and the communication in this regard will be circulated at an...
Prasun Sikdar joins as Bima Sugam CEO
IRDAI has fixed Apr 19,2025 as the date of the launch of Bima Sugam. E&Y has been roped as a consultant to execute Bima Sugam Mumbai: Prasun Sikdar, the first MD & CEO of Bima Sugam India Federation, has assumed his new charge recently. Sikdar, who was earlier...
COP29: WHO demands urgent integration of health in climate negotiations
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, said,``The climate crisis is also a health crisis. Human health and planetary health are intertwined. Countries must take meaningful action to protect their people, boost resources, cut emissions, phase out...
Food companies sell products that are less healthy in poorer countries, says report
“It’s a very clear picture that what these companies are selling in the poorest countries in the world, where they are more and more active, are not healthy products.It’s a wake-up call for governments in these countries to be vigilant,” said Mark Wijne, research...
50-60 pc cancer cases detected in India annually are preventable, say oncologists
“We have an average of about 1.4 million new cancer patients being diagnosed every year. But 50-60 per cent of those can be prevented through government policies that bans tobacco, betel nut or areca nut, awareness and education of both clinicians as well as people...