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Indian general insurance industry misses Rs 2 trillion premium mark, New India shines in Fy 2020-21

The Health portfolio, propelled by Covid 19 Pandemic might have grown by almost 40 per cent but it has not been able to make up the shrinking of overall motor business, that has fallen by 5 per cent, for the industry in 2020-21.

“It was a hugely challenging year. I am happy that we could pull it off like this. As at the end of October 2020, though the business of general insurance industry on an average was down by some 10-12 per cent, we managed to just keep our head over water by showing some business growth in decimal points but then we went into a tizzy and in subsequent five months we managed to grow our business each month by 15 to 22% each month,’’ said Atul Sahai, CMD, NIA.  

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Inflow into gold ETFs climbs over 4-fold to Rs 6,900 crore in FY21

The safe haven asset had witnessed net outflows of Rs 412 crore in 2018-19, Rs 835 crore in 2017-18, Rs 775 crore in 2016-17, Rs 903 crore in 2015-16, Rs 1,475 crore in 2014-15 and Rs 2,293 crore in 2013-14.However, the segment had witnessed an infusion of Rs 1,414 crore in 2012-13.

Over the past few years, retail investors poured more money into equities as compared to gold ETFs, mainly on account of decent returns.

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India records 1,52,879 new Covid-19 cases, highest single-day surge

With 839 new Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the toll in the country has mounted to 1,69,275. Currently, there are 11,08,087 active cases in the country.Five states — Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala — cumulatively account for 70.82 per cent of India’s active COVID-19 cases which have breached the 11-lakh mark for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic.

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