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3 consultants in final race to bag PSU gen insurers merger deal

Three consultants, Boston Consulting Group, Ernst & Young and Oliver Wyman, a part of the Marsh & Mclenan Group, are in a race to prepare strategies for facilitating the proposed merger of three state owned general  insurers-National Insurance Company(NIC), Oriental Insurance Company(OIC) and United India Insurance (UII).

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IDBI bank yet to take call on exiting IDBI Federal Life Insurance

 “We started the sale process in the insurance joint venture, but then the LIC deal occurred. The sale process is on hold now. We will take a decision on IDBI Federal Life Insurance in consultation with LIC once it completes its investment,” said Rakesh Sharma, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of IDBI Bank, in its post-results press conference.

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Apollo Hospitals, a $2 bn health empire, makes a comeback

Health-care is becoming one of India’s largest businesses, with the size of the hospital industry projected to more than double to $133 billion over the next four years, according to the government’s India Brand Equity Foundation. Most patients pay health costs out of pocket, but incomes are rising and the insurance industry is developing. More Indians could be insured over the coming decades as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government expands a new initiative to provide health insurance for the poorer half of the country’s population.

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GI Council reconstituted, IRDA nominates four new members

As the new nominated members by the IRDAI, former additional chief secretary, Andhra Pradesh, C R Biswal has been inducted in the council as the eminent person not connected with insurance.The other nominated members of the council are Vikram Jit Singh Chhatwal¸ whole time director, Medi Assist Insurance TPA as the TPA representative, Saumil Dilip Mehta, director, Mehta & Padamsey Insurance Surveyors & Loss Assessors Pvt as the Surveyors & Loss Assessors representative, V V Venkatasubramanian as the policyholders representative and Y Ramanand Rao as the agents’ representative

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