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Insurance Amendment Bill,2025:Balancing innovation,capital inflows and policyholder protection
Nirmala Sitharaman,Finance minister Taken together,the Bill, that...
SUD Life launches funds for accessing global wealth creation opportunities through GIFT City
Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co(SUD Life) has announced the...
Insurance companies plan $41 bn trade switch to bond forwards
Insurance companies are in talks with the authorities to convert about Rs 3.5 trillion ($41 billion) worth of rates derivative contracts into bond forwards, people familiar with the matter said. Such contracts offer investors the opportunity to own the securities,...
Canara HSBC Life Insurance files for an IPO, PNB to exit JV
Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company is a joint venture promoted by state-owned Canara Bank, which owns a 51 per cent stake, and HSBC Group's HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holdings, which holds 26 per cent. Punjab National Bank holds the rest of stakes and will exit...
Finmin targets to introduce Insurance Amendment Bill in Parliament during monsoon session
Nirmala Sitharaman,Finance Minister Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in this year's Budget speech proposed to raise the foreign investment limit to 100 per cent from existing 74 per cent in the insurance sector as part of new-generation financial sector reforms New...
SBI Life’s net profit almost remains flat at Rs 814 crore in Q4FY25
Amit Jhingran, MD & CEO of SBI Life stated, ``With a 12% growth in Individual Rated Premium, SBI Life outperformed industry growth of 10.5%. SBI Life has stepped into its 25th year. The company’s 3 key strengths – a highly effective distribution network, one of...
Aditya Birla Capital becomes a corporate agent
After selling its insurance broking unit, Aditya Birla Capital Limited has announced that it has secured approval from the IRDAI to operate as a Corporate Agent (Composite). The license, granted on April 21, 2025, allows the company to solicit Life, General, and...
Life insurers record marginal 5% rise in new premium collection in FY25, no of policies sold fell 7%
LIC's total new business premium rose just two per cent Rs 2.26 lakh crore in for FY25, which included Rs 62,404.58 crore from individual new business New Delhi: Led by state owned Life Insurance Corporation(LIC), domestic life insurers recorded a marginal 5.1 per...
HDFC Life’s net profit rises 15% to Rs 475 crore in Q4 FY 25
``As we enter our 25th year of existence, our aspiration remains, against a backdrop of a stable regulatory regime, to consistently outpace sector topline growth, deliver VNB growth in line with APE growth and double key metrics every 4 to 4.5 years.” Vibha Padalkar,...
Over 1.3 crore get insurance cover through GeM in 2024-25
“GeM remains committed to continuously enhancing its platform to provide seamless, secure and cost-effective procurement solutions. The milestone of 1.3 crore insured persons reflects the growing confidence of government organizations in leveraging GeM for their...
ICICI Pru Life’s net profit more than doubled to Rs 386 crore in Q4
ICICI Prudential's value of new business (VNB), or expected profit from new policies, rose 2.5 per cent to Rs 7.95 billion for the quarter, according to Reuters calculations. ICICI Prudential's VNB margins for the full year deteriorated to 22.8 per cent from 24.6 per...
Bima Sugam achieves financial closure, mops up Rs 340 crore from insurers and GIC Re
The Ministry of Finance has prohibited three PSU general insurers- Oriental Insurance Company , National Insurance Company and United India Insurance- from providing any capital to Bima Sugam as currently, they lack shareholders’ capital and they are not permitted use...