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Star Health insures 30 lakh sr citizens, settles over Rs 11,500 cr worth of claims in past 18 yrs
Star Health company has insured 30 lakh active senior citizens and...
Nayara turns to dark-fleet tankers and Russian oil for survival
The refiner, part-owned by Russian oil major Rosneft PJSC, is an...
After attacking Ukraine wheat exports, Russia faces own shipping challenge
Insurance for ships heading to Russia’s Black Sea ports currently costs tens of thousands of dollars in additional premiums daily, the three sources said, with rates ticking higher following Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s other waterways through the Danube in recent...
WHO classifies EG.5 as COVID-19 ‘variant of interest’
"We don't detect a change in severity of EG.5 compared to other sublineages of Omicron that have been in circulation since late 2021.Collectively, available evidence does not suggest that EG.5 has additional public health risks relative to the other currently...
Govt doubles down on safeguarding Indians from rising cyber crimes: MoS IT
Rajeev Chandrasekhar,Minister of State for Electronics and IT “On being notified by the customer, the bank shall credit (shadow reversal) the amount involved in the unauthorised electronic transaction to the customer’s account within 10 working days from the date of...
ICICI Lombard Gen gets Rs 273 cr GST demand notice
The company has already deposited an amount of Rs 104 crore as GST under protest, without accepting any liability in this regard and would be filing its response against the notice within the prescribed timelines New Delhi: ICICI Lombard General Insurance has become...
Severe thunderstorms account for up to 70% of all insured natural catastrophe losses in 1H2023, Swiss Re
Severe convective storms – storms associated with thunder, lightning, heavy rain, hail, strong winds and sudden temperature changes – caused USD 35 billion (nearly 70%) in insured losses worldwide in the first half of 2023. This means that insured losses are almost...
Heatwaves and high temperatures threatening young lives in South Asia: UNICEF
UNICEF estimates that 76 per cent of children under 18 in the region - 460 million - are exposed to extreme high temperatures where 83 or more days in a year exceed 35° Celsius UN News: Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already exposed to extreme high...
Govt says crop insurance claims worth Rs 2,761.10 cr pending under PMFBY till 2021-22
Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture Minister Out of the pendency of claims, the maximum was in Rajasthan (Rs 1,387.34 crore), followed by Maharashtra (Rs 336.22 crore), Gujarat (Rs 258.87 crore), Karnataka (Rs 132.25 crore) and Jharkhand (Rs 128.24 crore), the...
AB-PMJAY: BAGI wins Gujarat, RGI bags Meghalaya, NIC retains Jharkand
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has outbid Oriental Insurance Company to win the mandate for Gujarat and Reliance General Insurance has pushed out National Insurance Company(NIC) for Meghalaya in competitive bidding Reliance General Insurance will be earning a premium...
Ukraine’s drone attack yet to jolt insurance for Black Sea oil carriers
As of Monday, the extra insurance premium ships pay when entering risky areas was stable compared with levels prior to the weekend attack, according to two people familiar with the market. The figure is closely watched by traders and shipowners alike for whether it...
General insurance industry’s premium grows 14% to Rs 26,629 crore in July, Pvt sector cos lead
Bajaj Allianz General Insurer with a premium base of Rs3762 crore , a y-o-y growth of 51 per cent, has overtaken ICICI Lombard General insurance in garnering the largest premium in the month of July Mumbai: The Indian general insurance industry has...