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Insurance rates in India, Middle East and Africa decline in Q42025: Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index
Property rates in India experienced decreases between 15% to...
Lloyd’s of London plans overhaul of ‘unclear’ conduct rules
Lloyd’s also said it proposed a new category of misconduct aimed at those who mistreat witnesses and whistleblowers. Other categories of misconduct include dishonesty and bullying and harassment London: Lloyd’s of London said it plans to overhaul its rules on dealing...
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...
Strongest typhoon since 1949 hits Shanghai and knocks out power to some homes
Typhoon Yagi hit China’s southern Hainan island earlier this month and has caused devastation in Southeast Asia. In Myanmar, Yagi caused at least 74 deaths with dozens missing. Four deaths were reported in Hainan, at least 10 have died in Thailand and 20 in the...
Modi 3.0: PM Modi govt marks 100 days with disaster management initiatives and other reforms
Prime Minister Narendra Modi An allocation of Rs 6,350 crore was made for Urban Flood Management and Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Projects. Additionally, Rs 12,554 crore was approved for a range of services, including firefighting, managing glacial lake...
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...
Combination of EVs, hybrids, plug-in-hybrids will drive India’s clean energy auto sector: Report
As per the report, the Indian EV market has seen tremendous growth. Global EV sales reached 14 million in 2023, with India experiencing a 90 per cent growth rate. By 2030, the Indian government aims for 30 per cent EV penetration, with key enablers like expanded...
India jumps to Tier 1 in Global Cybersecurity Index 2024
India topped the chart for adopting measures like legal, technical, capacity development and cooperation as areas of relative strength. Organisational measures was a listed as an area of potential growth for the country New Delhi: India has jumped to Tier 1 in the...
Buffett’s insurance leader Ajit Jain sells large part of Berkshire stake
Ajait Jain, vice chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Jain’s selling occurred five days after Berkshire’s share price peaked above $727,000, and less than two weeks after its market valuation first topped $1 trillion Ajit Jain, the longtime top insurance executive at Warren...
Marsh looks for a new president for its Broking vertical in India
It is reliably learnt that the company is keen to have an insider from the Indian insurance industry to be appointed as a president of Marsh India Insurance Brokers and has hired a headhunter for the exercise Singapore: US based Marsh McLennan, the largest...
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...