The objective is to review past operating practices, suggest...
Category:
Non-Life
Latest
IDRAI asks insurers to keep their offices opened during Mar 29-31 including Saturday & Sunday
The insurers have to give adequate publicity to the special...
GFIA urges Sithraman to reconsider rules imposing additional restrictions on insurers with foreign partners
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman In the letter, GFIA noted that...
IRDA constitutes 2 panels to sort out reinsurance issues in life and non-life insurance industry
Non-life panel headed by Bhargav Dasgupta, MD and CEO, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, to deliberate on issues like Obligatory Cession, Cession cap on cross boarder reinsurers, introduction of emerging risk transfer solutions (ART, ILS, CAT bonds etc.), and...
Delhi HC further adjourns “Singh Vs Government of India” case to Sep 8, NIA CMD appointment to get delayed
Indicating a possible scenario, industry observers say the government will now go ahead and appoint GMDs of PSU general insurers who can be selected by the FSIB and these GMDs( each company has provisions for two GMDs) can be given temporary charge of CMD of the...
8 new Insurance Ombusdmen selected
Atul Sahai, former CMD, New India Assurance has been selected for Lucknow along with Manoj K Parida, a retired IAS officer for Bhubaneswar, Bimbadhar Pradhan, ( retired IAS for Noida), C Vikash Rao (Life Insurance Corporation for Ahemedabad),Sumeet Jarath(Delhi),...
4.4 million are in “serious financial difficulties” and a further 20% are “struggling” to get by in UK
Of those in serious financial difficulty, 71% have reduced the quality of food they eat, 36% have sold or pawned possessions and 27% have canceled or not renewed insurance London: The number of UK households facing acute financial strain has risen by almost 60% since...
IRDAI considers 12 new insurance players for licenses
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI The entities who have applied for the new licenses are Paytm General Insurance, Anzen General Insurance ( R1 filed in July), Ria General Insurance( R1 applied), Kshema General Insurance(Agriculture Insurance, R2 under process),Cosmea...
70 pc of senior citizens didn’t have access to proper healthcare during Covid: Survey
An ageing population in India, along with a growing middle class and enhanced life expectancy, is expected to boost the demand for allied health care services in India, Antara said. New Delhi: Around 70 per cent of senior citizens did not have access to proper...
Flooding affects 7.2mn people in Bangladesh: UN
According to the statement, the Bangladeshi government has evacuated over 472,000 people to some 1,605 shelters Dhaka: An estimated 7.2 million people have been severely affected in Bangladesh following devastating flash floods which began in May with a second wave...
ECB climate stress test flags $71 billion risk to euro zone banks
“Euro area banks must urgently step up efforts to measure and manage climate risk, closing the current data gaps and adopting good practices that are already present in the sector,” said the ECB’s chief supervisor, Andrea Enria A sudden jump in carbon prices coupled...
Australian flood: Insurers receive 8,415 claims for almost $100 million
There are 84 per cent property, 14 per cent motor and two per cent commercial claims Sydney: The Australian insurers have received 8,415 claims with an estimated insurance loss of $97.9 million, said the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) which earlier this week...
Assam floods damaged 30,000 to 40,000 houses, says CM Himanta
Later, talking to journalists, Sarma said since Assam's flood has been labelled ''severe'' by a central team, which made an assessment of the flood situation, he sought an advance fund from the NDRF to enable the state to help the people whose houses were damaged by...