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Wipro awarded £500m deal from UK insurance giant Phoenix Group
As per the deal, Wipro’s existing FCA-regulated entity Wipro...
Federal Bank increases its stake in Ageas Federal Life Insurance by 4% to 30 %
Federal Bank has increased equity stake in Ageas Federal Life...
Insurers demand longer term assets to fund Govt’s Rs29.7 lakh crore debt pile
The finance ministry has set a record target of Rs 2.5 trillion of debt to be swapped for the fiscal year starting April 1. With the insurance sector expanding at 12%-13% annually, the goal is within reach, according to Vidya Iyer, head of fixed income at ICICI...
Tata AIA’s Swaminathan S. Iyer appointed as Member, Life, IRDAI for 5 yrs
Swaminathan S. Iyer, Member-designate, Life, IRDAI ``The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the Swaminathan to the post of Whole Time Member (Life), Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) for a period of five years from...
Underinsurance Survey 2025: Shifting life insurance trends
Tarun Chugh, MD & CEO, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance The survey by Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, in collaboration with NielsenIQ, reveals a significant shift in life insurance trends, with the average age of first-time buyers dropping from 33 to 28 years. Family...
India’s financial system resilient, diverse: IMF report
The report observed that India's insurance sector is strong and growing, with a significant presence in both life and general insurance. The sector has remained stable, supported by better regulations and digital innovations New Delhi: The Indian financial system has...
Bajaj Finserv shares slip over 4 pc in 6 months amid insurance deal
Bajaj Finserv will spend Rs 13,780 crore to acquire the general insurance business and Rs 10,400 crore for the life insurance arm Mumbai: Shares of Bajaj Finserv continued to decline on Friday by falling 0.53 per cent during intra-day trade to Rs 1,842 on the National...
LIC dispels Rahul Gandhi’s concern over new IRDAI rules making insurance unaffordable for poor and affecting agents
“ We want to clarify that LIC has introduced products that align with the New Product Regulations set by IRDAI, effective from October 1, 2024, keeping policyholders’ interests at the forefront .” said Siddhartha Mohanty, CEO & MD, LIC New Delhi/Mumbai; State...
Need safeguard measures before raising FDI limit to 100 pc in insurance: Par Panel
Bhartruhari Mahtab,chairman, Standing Committee on Finance The Committee would like to emphasise the need for some safeguard measures to be in place to counter concerns like profit repatriation i.e. foreign investors sending earnings back to home countries rather than...
Hinduja group’ IIHL completes acquisition of Reliance Capital; mgmt transfer to take place on Wednesday
The journey for value creation would now begin, Ashok Hinduja said, adding that the value of the Reliance Capital business on a conservative basis would be Rs 20,000 crore. IIHL would complete the review of the entire RCAP business and take a call on the fund infusion...
LIC likely to announce its stake buying in a health insurer by Mar 31, says Mohanty
Siddartha Mohanty, MD & CEO, Life Insurance Corporation `Our plans to get into health insurance have made progress. We are now at the final stage and hopeful that a decision will be taken before March 31. We have to also get regulatory approvals and that take...
Allianz exits 2 Bajaj insurance JVs by selling its 26 % for Rs 24,180 crore, to set up new Indian insurance companies
Allianz, which had invested just Rs 174 crore in both the JVs way back in 2001 , is expected to start new insurance new companies in India soon either by partnering with another Indian company or with full ownership after the government allows 100 per cent FDI in the...