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Hong Kong’s $200 million fire claims manageable for China Taiping Insurance Grp, says Fitch
The incident will trigger multiple coverage types, including...
Nearly 20 pc cashless treatment requests of road accident victims rejected since March 2024
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Under...
Hinduja group’s IIHL to revive health insurance company after acquiring Reliance Capital
Ashok Hinduja, chairman, IndusInd International Holdings IIHL has received clearance from Sebi, CCI (Competition Commission of India) and RBI and is awaiting the green signal from insurance sector regulator IRDAI for the Reliance Capital acquisition Mumbai: Apart from...
Oral cancer costs India $5.6 Billion in lost productivity in 2022: Tata Memorial Centre
India contributes two-thirds of the global mortality due to oral cancer and has a younger population at risk, said the study, which analysed how the disease affected 100 patients treated between 2019 and 2020 with a follow-up of 36 months Mumbai: A study by the Tata...
Chubb to pay $350 million to Maryland govt for Baltimore Bridge collapse
Lloyd’s of London insurers Hiscox and Lancashire do not expect large insurance claims Grace Ocean Private Ltd., the owner of the Dali container ship that hit the bridge, and its manager Synergy Marine Pte petitioned to limit their liability to a maximum of $43.6...
India must expand Universal Health Coverage for ageing population, maintain economic growth: ADB Report
While the South Korea and Thailand have achieved universal health coverage, others lag behind with India having the lowest health insurance coverage among older people at 21 per cent, a report titled 'Aging Well In Asia' prepared by ADB said Tbilisi:India is one of...
Global microinsurance premiums touch $5.8 billion in 2023, cover only 15% of market: Report
The 2023 Study, drawing on from 294 insurers covering 1,040 products across diverse sectors, including health, life, agriculture, and property, estimates the value of the microinsurance market across 36 countries at USD 41.4 billion. With only 15 per cent of that...
Bermuda insurer credit profiles supported by BMA regulatory reforms: Fitch
The Bermuda life insurance market has grown rapidly. Assets increased to $1.1 billion as of YE2022 from $496 million in 2018, and the number of life insurance licenses increased 10% over the same period to 180. This growth has been driven by its economic-based regime,...
Africa Specialty Risks launches ASR Syndicate 2454 at Lloyd’s
Currently, only 2% of Lloyd’s business comes from Africa, something which ASR Syndicate 2454 is strategically placed to expand. ASR began underwriting in February 2021, with the explicit aim of closing the insurance gap in Africa and facilitating international...
Self-driving trucks could become reality despite doubts from safety advocates
Within three or four years, Aurora and its competitors expect to put thousands such self-driving trucks on America’s public freeways. The goal is for the trucks, which can run nearly around the clock without any breaks, to speed the flow of goods, accelerating...
UK’s Nationwide stops lending to some homes over flood risk
Nationwide Building Society uses mapping technology to identify which individual homes are vulnerable to flooding, Nationwide Head of Property Risk Rob Stevens said in an interview. The company will decline to make a loan to purchase a property it deems to be at high...
Domestic PV sales growth flat in April due to high base effect, elections
Dispatches of passenger vehicles from manufacturers to dealers were at 3,38,341 units in April 2024 as compared to 3,32,468 units in the same month last year, a growth of 1.77 per cent with major players Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and Tata Motors reporting marginal...