"The digital platforms play a key role throughout the...
Category:
Non-Life
Latest
GIC Re net profit sees a record rise of 70 % to Rs 1,752 crore in Q1FY26
N Ramaswamy, CMD, GIC Re Combined Ratio improves by 2.66% to...
APAC records significant rise in cyber claims driven by rising frequency and sophistication, Aon report
“As cyber threats grow more complex and interconnected, companies...
Impossible to track exact number of COVID cases in China: Chinese health agency
China's top official in charge of the pandemic, Sun Chunlan, while visiting hospitals on Wednesday said that China's capital, Beijing, has for the first time been hit by a significant outbreak. Chunlan explained that the country's focus needs to shift from preventing...
Oil tanker owners show signs of shunning Russia’s Asian crude
Since Dec. 5, buyers of cargoes from Russia have only been allowed to access industry standard insurance and an array of trade-critical services if they pay $60 a barrel or less There are tentative signs that oil tanker companies are avoiding sending their ships to...
Reinsurers to stop covering key war risks related to Russia-Ukraine conflict
Hannover Re and Munich Re are among reinsurers who have warned that they will cease to underwrite any kind of risks — even indirect ones — related to the conflict in Ukraine from the start of next year, according to people familiar with the matter. The major German...
India’s electric vehicles value chain revenue pool expected to reach USD 76-100 billion by 2030: Report
The report indicates that 35–40 per cent of all vehicles sold in India by 2030 will be EVs, up from 2 per cent in 2022. This equates to approximately 14 million to 16 million new EVs sold each year Mumbai: India's electric vehicles (EV) value chain revenue pool is...
RGIC launches new health cover
Reliance General Insurance Company (RGICL), launched first of its kind premium health insurance product – Reliance Health Infinity Policy. The product comes loaded with high sum insured up to Rs5 crores, superior features like MoreGlobal Cover, Maternity Cover, OPD...
Over 1,500 private hospitals empanelled under Ayushman Bharat in last one year: Mandaviya
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Today, 4.5 crore needy people have been empanelled under the scheme, the minister said He said seven-eight lakh beneficiary cards are printed daily and the ministry was working to ensure that 50 crore cards are made available in...
Budget-2023-24: Tax incentive to promote Home Insurance
Rakesh Jain, CEO, Reliance General Insurance In spite of pandemic, the health insurance penetration in our country is very low. Due to such a low coverage, the cost of insurance becomes high. In order to bring down its cost, GST rate should be reduced to 5% from 18%....
Govt notifies IRDA’s new regulations on `Registration of Indian Insurance companies” facilitating larger PE investment
-Investment through Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) has been made optional for Private Equity (PE) Funds enabling them to directly invest in insurance companies, providing more flexibility, Now, subsidiary companies are also allowed to be promotors of insurance...
China’s factories to the world brace for Tsunami of Covid cases
The resulting eruption in infections is set to be a key test for a vast network of factories that account for almost one-third of the world’s manufacturing output. Those plants are now taking extraordinary steps to ward off infections From locking in workers to...
PSU insurers see shrinking workforce as pvt sector ramps up hirings
In 2021-22, the PSU general insurers have reduced their number of employees to 42,500 from 49,149 in 2020-21 while the private sector general insurers including five stand alone health insurers have grown their workforce aggressively to 1,09,000 in 2021-22 from 92,966...