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The head hunting institution of the government interfaced with...
Social security coverage rises to 64% from 19% in 2014: Mansukh Mandaviya
Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya noted that 94...
Health Insurance: IRDAI bans hike in premium for an individual policy holder due to higher claims
In another major decision, the IRDAI's new regulations have clarified that after completion of sixty continuous months of coverage (including portability and migration) in health insurance policy, no policy and claim can be contestable by the insurer on grounds of...
Health Insurance: IRDAI removes age cap on policies since Apr 1
“Insurers must ensure they offer health insurance products catering to all age groups. They may design products specifically for senior citizens, students, children, maternity, and other groups as specified by the Competent Authority,” stated a notification issued by...
Investor climate group to go for assets in private equity, debt
The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, whose pension fund and insurer signatories manage $9.5 trillion in assets, said the new Target-Setting Protocol was its most ambitious yet to help halve emissions by 2030 and get to net-zero emissions by mid-century The world’s...
El Niño to trigger drought insurance payouts in four southern African states
El Nino, which brings dry and hot weather to Southern Africa, has decimated harvests of corn across the region. Zimbabwe is expected to harvest about 60% less of the regional staple this year than it did in 2023 and together with Malawi and Zambia has declared a...
Dubai faces heavy disruption as flooding worsens
The heavy rains across the desert nation came after cloud seeding. The UAE has been carrying out seeding operations since 2002 to address water security issues, but the lack of drainage in many areas can trigger flooding, including in cities such as Dubai that’s a...
Generali undertakes restructuring to focus on Insurance and and Asset management
Philippe Donnet,group CEO,Generali Thanks to a simpler and leaner approach, the new group’s organizational structure centering on insurance and asset management will accelerate the group’s transformation, and it will support the definition of the plan for the next...
With Rs 1,09 trillion prm, Health retains its No 1 position in Indian general insurance industry in FY24
Crop insurance has seen a dip in the premium by 4 per cent to Rs 30.715 crore in Fy 24. Mumbai:With a total premium of Rs 1,09,006 crore, showing a growth of 20 per cent, Health Insurance continues to be no 1 portfolio in Rs 2.89 trillion Indian general insurance...
Surbhi Goel to be appointed CEO Munich Re, India
Surbhi Goel, CEO designate, India Branch, Munich Re Munich Re, is the largest foreign reinsurance branch(FRB) in the India with over Rs 10,000 crore of premium in FY23-24.It set up its operations in 2017. Mumbai: Munich Re, the largest global reinsurer, today...
Munich Re rejigs top APAC team, Hitesh Kotak to lead Japan, India, Korea and South-East Asia
Hitesh Kotak will lead Munich Re's Property & Causality (P&C) business in Japan, India, Korea and South-East Asia Surbhi Goel will be relocate to Mumbai from Singapore to be CEO India with effect from October 2024. Florian Gruson will be appointed CEO Japan...
Cargo owners may bear portion of damages from Baltimore Bridge disaster
General average is a maritime legal concept usually written into bills of lading or other contracts signed among parties to shipping transactions. It revolves around the principle of shared sacrifice and dates back to ancient times, before insurance, when ships often...