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2nd Edition of IFSCA-IRDAI GIFT IFSC Global Reinsurance Summit in Mumbai on Jan 20
2nd Edition of IFSCA-IRDAI GIFT IFSC Global Reinsurance...
SBI Life Insurance reports a 71% rise in net profit at Rs 551 crore for Q3FY25
SBI Life's expense of management increased during the quarter to Rs...
Pandemic hits Profitability of life insurers in Q1 FY2022, New Business to resume growth in H2 FY2022:Icra
While the profitability for select private players remains at similar levels in FY2021 with PAT of Rs. 59.6 billion (Rs. 55.4 billion in FY2020), the median ROE for select private players had been declining since FY2018 due to losses at certain smaller players, and a...
Australia Sues life insurer for causing financial harm to customers
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accused MLC, a part of Nippon Life Insurance, Japan’s biggest insurer, of service failures resulting from poor systems and controls over a period from 1999 to 2020, which caused financial harm to over...
Allianz Becomes China’s First Wholly Foreign-Owned Life Insurer
Many foreign financial institutions are looking to expand their onshore presence in China, taking advantage of a relaxation of ownership restrictions for foreign players in the asset management, insurance and securities broking sectors. Allianz said on Wednesday that...
Majority of insurance buyers prefer physical copies of policy document: Survey
Most companies still ask for the original paper document while processing the claim. The insurance regulator must consider restoring section 4 and mandating issuing physical copies of the policy document at the earliest in the interest of buyers, it said. As per...
Global reinsurers remain bullish on Asian markets
With Asia leading the charge, the future of the global (re)insurance industry to be robust, driven by a rapidly changing risk landscape that includes socioeconomic and behavioural changes on top of climate change Singapore: The global reinsurance industry has remained...
Number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 surpasses those partially vaccinated
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Eligible people across India with a special focus on districts where less than 50 per cent of the eligible population has been vaccinated, the statement said New Delhi: The number of fully vaccinated individuals against COVID-19...
Swiss Re remains positive on global insurance premiums and profitability,expects higher inflation
Jerome Haegeli, group chief economist, Swiss Re Market conditions suggest that positive pricing momentum will continue across all lines and regions. Inflation-driven higher claims development in all lines of business, continued social inflation in the US and...
Anchor investor talks for mega LIC IPO to start next week: Report
Banks plan to file the draft IPO prospectus with the markets regulator by the first week of December, once the embedded value of the firm is finalised, the people said. The government may also allow foreign direct investment in LIC to ensure a diversified and strong...
Big four global reinsurers improve earnings despite high nat cat losses:Fitch
Sharply lower non-life claims related to the coronavirus pandemic more than offset high, and above-budget, natural catastrophe losses, Fitch Ratings says. The pandemic had a strong impact on the life and health reinsurance activities of the major reinsurers, which had...
Every additional year of education in India increases person’s avg income by about 6.7 pc: Study
The study also found that every rupee invested towards the completion of school education is expected to bring an economic benefit between Rs 4.5 and Rs 8.2 in terms of future earnings of each individual The study pegs the total cost of establishing adequate mental...