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Piramal Finance to exit Shriram Life, sells its 14.72 pc stake to Sanlam for Rs 600 cr
The transaction is expected to close in the quarter ending March...
Passage of Insurance Bill in Parliament to play catalytic role for sector growth: LIC Chief
The Bill provides a framework for greater operational agility and...
Howden forays into Japanese captive consulting and management markets with acquisition of Foresight
Takuya Aibe as CEO of Howden Japan’s retail business Foresight is headquartered in Tokyo with 17 staff across six offices and a management team that have previously held senior roles at leading Japanese insurance companies; it manages captives for 13 large Japanese...
Covid-19 continues cause excess mortality in US and UK, says Swiss Re
Report suggests potential excess mortality in the general population of up to 3% for the US by 2033 and 2.5% in the UK, the longest period of elevated peacetime excess mortality in the US. Key driver of excess mortality is the lingering impact of COVID-19; both as a...
Infosys to drive LIC’s digital transformation with NextGen platform
Siddhartha Mohanty, CEO and MD, LIC "It will not only enhance our operational capabilities but also enable us to cater to our vast customer, agent and employee base with newer, more personalised experiences. We are committed to leveraging the latest technologies that...
GST Council forms GoM to review tax rate on insurance; report by Oct 30
The Terms of Reference (ToR) of the newly formed panel also include suggesting tax rate of health/medical insurance including individual, group, family floater and other medical insurance for various categories like senior citizens, middle class, persons with mental...
DBS looks for bancassurance partnership in India and Taiwan
The Singapore-based lender is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as an adviser on potential bancassurance agreements for those markets, the people said, asking not to be identified because the deliberations are private DBS Group Holdings Ltd. is considering forming...
GST Council defers any decision on reduction of taxes on Health and Life covers
The council has recommended to constitute a Group of Ministers (GoM) to holistically look into the issues pertaining to GST on the life insurance and health insurance.The GoM members are Bihar, UP, West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya,...
Squatter demands Rs 50 crore to vacate Bima Sugam’s domain name
Details like, when exactly he developed the site, whether he knew about IRDAI’ Bima Sugam project by the time he started developing the website, which is being talked about for almost last two years, what activities he was undertaking through the site, are not known...
Prasun Sikdar set to become the first CEO of Bima Sugam
Prasun Sikdar,MD & CEO designate, Bima Sugam India Federation Sources point out that a formal decision to appoint Sikdar, who is already a board member of the Bima Sugam India Federation, as the CEO of the company has been taken by the IRDAI in consultation with...
Govt takes a host of measures for LGBTQI+ community
Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued an advisory that there are no restrictions for persons of the queer community to open a joint bank account and also to nominate a person in queer relationship as a nominee to receive the balance in the account, in the...
Lenders to Reliance Capital accuse IIHL of using delaying tactics
According to sources, lenders claimed that IIHL's move to seek approval from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) is an afterthought. It was not even a part of conditions set out by the NCLT while approving the resolution plan on February 27, 2024...