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True North acquires 51 % in Max Bupa Health Insurance from Max India
The all cash transaction values Max Bupa at an enterprise value of Rs. 1,001 crore and is subject to requisite regulatory approvals. Bupa, the existing joint venture partner in Max Bupa, remains committed to the joint venture and will continue to play an active role in the company as before through its Board positions and knowledge exchange initiatives.
At the conclusion of the transaction,True North will nominate directors on Max Bupa’s Board, while Max India’s nominated directors will step down. The use of the Max brand will be phased out over a period of two years and replaced with a suitable name. The Bupa brand name will continue as before.
Automation has SBI leaving 25% retirement vacancies open for tech
The board has come out with a five-year roadmap in 2018 to replace only 75 percent of the retiring employees every year, he said, adding an average of up to 10,000, including 8,000 clerks and 2,000 officers are being hired annually as replacements.
Relief to e-wallets: RBI extends KYC compliance norms by six months
“Based on requests received from various stakeholders to increase the above timeline on account of difficulties in undertaking Aadhaar e-KYC and time necessary to put in place alternative systems for completing the KYC process, it has been decided to allow PPI issuers additional time of six months for completion of the KYC process,” the RBI said in a statement.
Minimum assured return scheme for NPS subscribers soon
EOI has been invited from actuarial firms to design, develop and recommend minimum assured return scheme (MARS) under the National Pension System that can be implemented under NPS architecture
From the best to worst, India’s stock market sets off alarm bells
Overall, stock funds took in a net 61.6 billion rupees ($866 million) in January, the least in two years and down 7 per cent from the previous month, figures from the Association of Mutual Funds in India showed. After withdrawing money to start the year, foreign investors have only dipped their toes back in, with $117 million of inflows in February so far, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
People are paying too much out of their own pockets globally:WHO
In middle-income countries, government health expenditure per capita has doubled since the year 2000. On average, governments spend US$60 per person on health in lower-middle income countries and close to US$270 per person in upper-middle income countries.
Ayushman Bharat CEO says over 12 lakh people availed free treatment under scheme
“For the first time in the history of independent India, health sector has become a political commitment. The government of India has shown its commitment towards strengthening the healthcare eco-system in the country by increasing the investments to 2.5
‘Unregulated deposit ordinance to lead to creation of central repository of registered firms
The Ordinance makes it absolutely necessary for everyone to register before taking a deposit and creating a central repository of all the registered entities which can take deposits. So, whosoever are not registered are not regulated entities,” said Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar.
From now on, there is a complete ban on unregulated deposit and anyone promoting this will be punished, he said. “It also says you cannot dupe anybody as an agent or even as advertisement, you cannot give face to that scheme which is not regulated by any agency,” he added.
Regulatory cost weighs on India’s CEOs as Modi fights corruption
Modi aims to take India into the top 50 countries in terms of ease of doing business. India climbed 23 places to 77 among 190 countries surveyed in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2019 rankings.
IRDA asks insurers to launch standard health insurance covers with no add-ons
This standard product should have the basic mandatory covers as specified in the proposed norms which has to be uniform across the market. No additional add-ons or optional covers allowed to be proposed to offer along with the standard product.