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AI to transform insurance, strengthen India’s risk management ecosystem: DFS Addl Secy
Dr. Debasish Prusty, Additional Secretary, Department of Financial...
Stop miscommunicating, build trust, not fear, to achieve insurance for All: Seth urges life insurers
R Doraiswamy, MD&CEO, Life Insurance Corporation and Ajay Seth,...
Nagaraju asks LIC to monetise massive data from its 29 crore policies
Lto R- Dinesh Pant, managing director(MD), LIC, R. Doraiswamy, MD and CEO,M Ngaraju, secretary,Department of Financial Services,Ratnakar Patnaik,MD at an event in Mumbai to launch LIC’s Customer App ‘MyLIC’, Nagaraju suggested the four multiline PSU general insurers,...
Net profit of ICICI Pru Life rises 56% to ₹609 cr in Q4FY26
The recent '0 per cent GST reform' in September 2025 has made insurance policies more affordable and our retail protection segment registered a strong 50.9 per cent year-on-year growth in H2-FY2026, Anup Bagchi, MD &CEO, ICICI Pru Life Mumbai:The net profit of...
SC agrees to hear plea to implement disability-sensitive guidelines for welfare insurance schemes
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear the plea which sought a direction to the Centre to exercise policy oversight to ensure that welfare insurance schemes for persons with disabilities are implemented in conformity with the guarantees under...
LIC board approves 1:1 bonus issuance,Govt plans an OFS of corporation
In a regulatory filing, the bonus issue will be done by capitalising Rs 6,325 crore out of reserves and surplus available with LIC as of December 31, 2025. The bonus issue would pave way for further share sale or offer for sale (OFS) of LIC. The government, according...
Closing Indian Protection Gap: Gaining momentum
Protection thrives only when trust is strong and here, too, India is making quiet, steady strides. Claim settlement performance continues to rise, with the latest IRDAI data showing 96.82% of individual death claims settled within 30 days, while private insurers...
LIC,New India and GIC Re remain as Domestic Systemically Important Insurers in FY26:IRDAI
D-Slls refer to insurers of such size, market importance, and domestic and global inter connectedness, whose distress or failure would cause a significant dislocation in the domestic financial system. D-SIIs are subjected to enhanced regulatory supervision...
Insurers have to submit compliance reports on checking “dark patters” in 15 days:IRDAI
Wherever non-compliance is found, an action plan with timelines for removing the dark patterns has to be submitted within one month, said the IRDAI. Dark patterns involve using design and choice architecture to deceive, coerce, or influence consumers into making...
MP urges Sitharaman for easing ‘stringent’ lapse rules in life, health policies in Rajaya Sabha
“It is the ruthless lapse rules governing life and health insurance policies. Today, most insurance policies, including those under LIC, provide a mere 30-day grace period for premium payment. A single list installment caused by sudden job loss, medical emergency,...
IRDAI forms joint expert group under Rajay Sinha for developing Ind As norms
Rajay Kumar Sinha member, Finance & Investments Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) is getting implemented from Apr 1 Hyderabad:In a bid to manage the technicalities for implementing Indian re/insurers to impement Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS), which is...
CBI files case against Anil Ambani, RCom in Rs 3,750 crore LIC case
The case has been registered on the basis of a complaint received from Life Insurance Corporation of India Ltd. for offences of conspiracy, cheating, misappropriation, and offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, according to an official statement. New...