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No insurers have revised premiums upward after GST relief announcement:Govt
The IRDAI collected prevailing premium rates as of September 3,...
GIC Re net profit falls 6% to Rs 1,519 cr in Q3,combined ratio improves to a record 105.32 %
Hitesh Joshi, acting CMD, GIC Re. said,```Our strategy is focused...
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...
Religare Enterprises seeks governance review, funding from Burman family
The objective is to review past operating practices, suggest improvements and to identify any potential instances of misconduct by certain current and/or former employees of Religare and its units, the company said in an exchange filing New Delhi: India's Religare...
IDRAI asks insurers to keep their offices opened during Mar 29-31 including Saturday & Sunday
The insurers have to give adequate publicity to the special arrangements made for the last 3 days of the month Hyderabad: Insurance regulator IRDAI has asked all the insurers to keep their offices open as per normal working hours on 29th(Saturday), 30th(Sunday) and...
GFIA urges Sithraman to reconsider rules imposing additional restrictions on insurers with foreign partners
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman In the letter, GFIA noted that foreign insurers play a pivotal role in India’s insurance market since its liberalisation in 1999, with over two-thirds of Indian life and non-life insurers having foreign partners. However, several...
NCLT gives all parties 8 days to complete procedural issues for ownership transfer of RCAP to IIHL
The procedural documentation and filings for the last leg of the transaction for the remaining Rs 4,500 crore is under process. However, due to the upcoming banking holidays, a seven-day extension was considered appropriate by all parties Mumbai: The National Company...
100% FDI: Govt expects insurance industry to grow at 7.1% annually over next 5 years outpacing global and emerging market growth
This enhanced limit will be available to those companies which invest their entire premium in India, said Pankaj Chaudhary, minister of state, Ministry of Finance in the Lok Sabha. New Delhi: By raising foreign direct investment(FDI) in the Indian insurance sector...
GST rates will come down further: Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister Responding to a question ’ on whether it is time to rationalise GST rates and slabs, Sitharaman said ”that work has almost reached a finale”. Mumbai: In an Indication that the GST rates on Health Insurance and Term Life...
LIC emerges as 3rd top global insurance brands: Brand Finance
In terms of overall brand value, LIC holds the 12th position among the most valuableinsurance brands globally, while SBI Life ranks 76th, making them the only two Indianinsurers in the top 100 Sitanshu Swain Mumbai: State owned Life Insurance Corporation of India...
Nippon Life Insurance may pick up minority stake IndusInd Bank
Nippon Life Insurance Co.’s India unit is considering buying a minority stake in IndusInd Bank Ltd., people familiar with the matter said, with the aim of using the lender’s network to expand sales of its insurance products Mumbai: Japanese major Nippon Life Insurance...
Draft Insurance Laws Amendment Bill in advanced stages, to be tabled in Parliament shortly: Minister Pankaj Chaudhary
Pankaj Chaudhary,Minister of State for Finance M Nagaraju, Scretary, DFS, mentioned that to ensure greater consistency, consumer protection, transparency, and grievance redressal, the department is proposing setting up a unified forum where regulators and authorities...