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AM Best revises global reinsurance outlook to Stable from Positive, notes accelerated softening in Property pricing
Although competitive conditions have increased in property...
IFSCA developing regulations for issuing Cat Bonds in GIFT-IFSC
(Lto R)Deepak Sood, member(Non-Life), Ajay Seth, chairman, IRDAI,...
Cyclone Dana impacted 35.95 lakh people in Odisha no human casualty so far Minister
The worst-hit districts include Kendrapara, Balasore and Bhadrak, while the human casualty “still stands at zero”. Whenever there is a disaster, people lose their houses and get compensation. This time, we want to bring a permanent solution to the problem and provide...
Cyclone Dana: Crops on 1.75L acre in Odisha damaged, another 2.80L acre submerged, says Govt
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi during a review meeting on Friday night said the final estimate of the loss in the agriculture sector would be known from the detailed report, on the basis of which the government would decide on compensation for farmers Bhubaneswar:...
Aadhaar Card not valid document for determining age of a road accident victim to grant compensation: SC
The top court was hearing an appeal filed by kin of a man who died in a road accident in 2015.When it came to determining the age, the top court accepted the contention of the claimant-appellants before it and upheld the judgment of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal...
Hack at UnitedHealth’s tech unit impacted 100 mln people, US health dept says
UnitedHealth has previously said that hackers potentially stole a third of Americans' data in one of the worst hacks to hit the U.S. healthcare sector. The company began notifying affected patients in June The February hack at UnitedHealth's tech unit Change affected...
Negligence only if doctor lacks qualification or expertise in treatment: SC
"A medical professional may be held liable for negligence only when he is not possessed with the requisite qualification or skill or when he fails to exercise reasonable skill which he possesses in giving the treatment," the bench said New Delhi: The Supreme Court on...
Global commercial insurance rates show first quarterly fall in seven years, Marsh says
Marsh said the fall in the composite rate - the first since the third quarter of 2017 - was largely driven by increased competition among insurers in the global property market.On average, composite rates decreased in the Pacific by 6%, in the UK by 5%, in Asia by 4%,...
Lloyd’s and UNCDC establish first of its kind disaster resilience vehicle for Small Island Developing States
Initially covering Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Samoa, the vehicle will respond to disasters caused by natural perils including tropical cyclone, earthquake, tsunami and flood – with the long-term aim of scaling and replicating the vehicle throughout the Pacific region...
FSIB selects 5 EDs for PSU general insurance cos
Ayyappan Chakravarty Seshadri, general manager, New India Assurance(NIA) has been kept as a standby candidate for the ED post at Agriculture Insurance Company(AIC) in case Lavanya Mundayur, who has already been recommended for the post CMD of the company(AIC),...
Ambani’s Jio Financial in talks with Allianz SE to set up insurance JVs in India
Mukesh Ambani, chairman, Reliance Industries Jio Financial, helmed by veteran banker K.V. Kamath, already runs a shadow bank and an insurance brokerage and has joined forces with BlackRock Inc. to start an asset management business. Setting up insurance operations...
Allianz to exit 2 insurance JVs with Bajaj Group
Market sources pointed out Allianz plans to exit Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. because its Indian partner isn’t allowing the German insurer to raise its stakes at a discounted price which was agreed upon at the time of...