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Indian economy to grow 7% in FY25, robust expansion to drive insurance premium growth, says Moody’s
``India's private sector insurers continue to reinforce their...
IFSCA and IRDAI to work together for pulling global re/insurance investment into India: Rajaraman
L to R - PK Arora, Member, IRDAI, T Alamelu, Principal Advisor,...
LIC emerges as the 9th most valuable and 4th strongest global insurance brand in 2022
In terms of most valuable insurance brand, at $ 11. 1 billion(up 30% from $8.65 billion in 2021), LIC in 2022 has moved one place up in its global ranking to the ninth position from 10th in 2021, However in the global top 10 list which is dominated by Chinese insures(...
Venkatesh Naidu appointed as CEO of Bajaj Capital Insurance Broking
Bajaj Capital Insurance Broking has announced the appointment of Venkatesh Naidu as its chief executive officer. Venkatesh has over 20 years of experience in working and building renowned insurance organisations in India like Exide Life Insurance, Bharti AXA Life...
Munich Re Life US to acquire a health information exchange
In line with Munich Re’s digital strategy and commitment to helping our life insurer clients grow their business intelligently, Munich Re’s acquisition of Clareto will enable Munich Re to structure EHRs for optimal use in life insurance underwriting. NEW YORK: Munich...
IRDAI to hold `Open House’ with various industry players on 15th of every month
Debasish Panda, chairman,IRDAI ``All the regulated entities are requested to make use of this initiative to interact with the chairperson, whole-time members and senior officials of IRDAI and offer pragmatic solutions to reduce significant insurance penetration gap in...
HDFC Life,ICICI Pru Life and Max Life emerge as top Indian life insurance brands: Hansa Research
HDFC Life, ICICI Prudential and Max Life Insurance are in the top three scorers in terms of brand NPS as they have been more successful in providing faster and increased communication and post-sales customer support by adopting digital technology. This shows that...
Jyoti Vaswani appointed as CIO of Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance
Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance today announced the appointment of Jyoti Vaswani as their new Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Vaswani brings over 25 years of rich experience in the mutual fund and life insurance industry having worked in the...
IRDAI to scrap licensing renewals for insurance brokers and other intermediaries: chairman Panda
Debasish Panda, chairman,IRDAI ``We have decided to dispense with renewal of registration for insurance intermediaries and allow their licenses in perpetuity,'' said Debasish Panda, newly appointed chairman of IRDAI while addressing a press conference in Mumbai...
New IRDA chief Panda launches `Reforms 2.0′ for Indian insurance industry
Debasish Panda,chairman, IRDAI ``After two-decades of liberalisation, the Indian industry is matured and have to be given more freedom in fixing market determined pricing and launching innovative products,’’ said Panda, who retired as secretary of the department of...
“Every Indian should have at least one life insurance and a health cover ” says new IRDAI chief unveiling his new industry agenda
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI IRDA chief has hinted that insurers don’t need IRDAI approvals for every product ``Each life insurer has actuaries to design their products that can be approved its own board. You should design product so that you can reach out every...
HDFC Bank’s $40 billion deal may face regulatory hurdles over insurance, analysts say
HDFC Life and HDFC ERGO are among the leading life and general insurance companies in the private sector, and analysts say the RBI is unlikely to be comfortable with the size of the insurance operations the deal will give the bank Mumbai: HDFC Bank's $40 billion deal...