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Draft bill seeking 100 pc FDI in insurance to be sent for Cabinet nod soon: DFS Secretary
Finance Minister has already given her approval and announced in...
Budget 2025: Insurers and experts hail game changing moves
The FDI limit being raised from 74% to 100% will prove to be a...
HDFC Life invests in ‘Z3Partners Tech Fund’
HDFC Life has invested in Z3Partners’ new fund named ‘Z3Partners Tech Fund’ which is a tech and digital investment focused Venture Capital (VC) fund. Z3 Partners, which is currently raising this Fund of Rs. 500 crore, has already backed best quality startups like...
IRDA constitutes 2 panels to sort out reinsurance issues in life and non-life insurance industry
Non-life panel headed by Bhargav Dasgupta, MD and CEO, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, to deliberate on issues like Obligatory Cession, Cession cap on cross boarder reinsurers, introduction of emerging risk transfer solutions (ART, ILS, CAT bonds etc.), and...
8 new Insurance Ombusdmen selected
Atul Sahai, former CMD, New India Assurance has been selected for Lucknow along with Manoj K Parida, a retired IAS officer for Bhubaneswar, Bimbadhar Pradhan, ( retired IAS for Noida), C Vikash Rao (Life Insurance Corporation for Ahemedabad),Sumeet Jarath(Delhi),...
4.4 million are in “serious financial difficulties” and a further 20% are “struggling” to get by in UK
Of those in serious financial difficulty, 71% have reduced the quality of food they eat, 36% have sold or pawned possessions and 27% have canceled or not renewed insurance London: The number of UK households facing acute financial strain has risen by almost 60% since...
PNB to select an actuarial firm for 23% stake sale in Canara HSBC Life Insurance to HSBC
At present, PNB has stakes in two insurance firms -- PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited (PNB MetLife) and Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Ltd (CHOICE) HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holdings Limited, that holds 26 percent in Canara HSBC Life Insurance,...
IRDAI considers 12 new insurance players for licenses
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI The entities who have applied for the new licenses are Paytm General Insurance, Anzen General Insurance ( R1 filed in July), Ria General Insurance( R1 applied), Kshema General Insurance(Agriculture Insurance, R2 under process),Cosmea...
Insurance agents association urge IRDAI not to display commission on policies
The policyholders will bargain hard with agents to part with their due earnings without considering any kind of administration, technology development and other recurring and daily growing expenses including the sky-high rentals and salaries which would soon and...
Life insurance premiums rise by 40% to Rs 73,674 crore in Q1 Fy 2022-23
Recently listed LIC posted a 35.39 per cent growth in its new premium collection to Rs 48,201 crore in the June quarter 23 private sector life insurers led by SBI Life, at Rs 25,473 crore, registered a 48.75 percent growth in their new premium collection in the June...
Bajaj Allianz Life launches QR Code enabled services for its customers
Pune: In an industry-first initiative, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance has launched QR Code Enabled Services, that provides customers access to 15 popular services on their phone After scanning the QR Code available in the company’s 509 branches, they can make premium...
Inflationary recession, a key concern for global re/insurance industry: economists and strategist at Geneva Association meeting
Given the instability and distortions that come with protracted high inflation, it could have a negative impact on the growth of insurance markets and insurance penetration. Insurers have a big tool kit at their disposal to respond to inflation, for example through...