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Warren Buffet’s son Howard succeeds him as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Howard G. Buffett, chiarman,Berkshire Hathaway Inc Warren E....
Power infra the biggest risk factor in India’s data centres: Howden report
Between 2016 and 2025, the power consumed by data centres built in...
AI could cut cost of running insurance by eliminating repetitive work: Report
"AI is helping insurers analyze documents and identify missing information before a human ever becomes involved. And importantly, it is not replacing insurance professionals. Instead, these systems are removing repetitive administrative work so employees can focus on...
Bajaj General Insurance launches 2 new motor covers
Bajaj General Insurance today launched ProShield, a packaged motor insurance solution designed for defence personnel, alongside the enhanced VPAY 2.0, its next generation motor insurance offering for today’s connected vehicles and evolving mobility risks. The...
Q1FY 27: GIC Re net profit rises 10% to Rs1922 cr, prm soars 9% to Rs13,475 cr, Combined ratio improves 2.06% to 104.88%
``Our premium growth has came from Health, Life Re and Surety portfolios. We are committed to disciplined underwriting, particularly Fire and Engineering. Fire segment continues to witness intense competitive pressures at both the insurance and reinsurance levels,...
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance makes world’s first earthquake parametric payment triggered by Safehub’s Shake Network
Jean-Christophe Garaix, head of parametrics and agriculture at Liberty Mutual Reinsurance, said: "Parametric insurance is increasingly being used to support natural catastrophe events. We deliver sophisticated parametric solutions which help clients in their times of...
Govt plans insurance reforms to rein in healthcare costs, sources say
"The idea is to benchmark treatment rates, agreed between insurers and hospitals, to reduce disputes and fraudulent claims," said one of the sources. MUMBAI: The government is weighing wide-ranging reforms of health insurance, from benchmarked treatment rates to a...
Private hospital room cost must not exceed 3-star hotel room tariff in cities: Parl panel
The committee noted that households continue to face significant financial stress while accessing private healthcare, with average out-of-pocket expenditure per hospitalisation episode pegged at Rs 34,064. It also flagged medical inflation of 10-13 per cent and...
Oman says spill from grounded shadow oil tanker covers 400 square kilometers
Built in 2001, it is part of the so-called shadow fleet of older oil tankers used by Russia which lack Western insurance cover and sail under the flags of various nations to obscure their true ownership. Leaking crude oil from a tanker grounded off a nature reserve in...
Four crew, two rescuers killed in Red Sea attack; US strikes ship in Gulf of Oman
Traffic is even more disrupted in the Strait of Hormuz with just six passing through on Monday, down from a 10-day average of about 11 and prewar levels of some 130 to 140. Shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb strait and Red Sea has fallen by more than 50% since an...
Changing Hazards:Benign H1 2026 masks rising natural catastrophe risk, finds Swiss Re
Wildfire risk has so far accounted for only a relatively small share of insured losses in Europe. Yet it is the fastest-growing weather peril globally. Insured wildfire losses in Europe have increased by an estimated 8–11% per year in real terms since 1970, Swiss Re...
Key question:Whether reinsurers can maintain underwriting discipline or will irrational competition emerge
“If underwriting discipline and pricing integrity can be maintained despite record levels of capital, the industry may indeed be in the midst of a meaningful evolution of the reinsurance market. If not, history may once again demonstrate that the fundamental dynamics...