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New India slapped with a GST demand of Rs 2,298 cr
New India Assurance believes that it has strong case on merit....
CTI raises concern over rising health insurance premiums, writes to FM
In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, CTI chairman...
Ransomware cyber attacks spike to over 1.2 mn per month in H12022
The dominant targets are still five key industries: education, municipalities, healthcare, infrastructure and finance. Researchers also saw a spike in the number of service providers that have been hit with a ransomware attack Ransomware attackers remain defiant and...
Wage Revision: Deadlock continues as PSU general insurance unions insist pay parity with LIC
In a meeting convened by the GIPSA on Saturday to discuss about the restructuring of four PSU general insurance companies, Suchita Gupta, CMD, National Insurance Company and chairperson, GIPSA, had informed the unions that the offering of 12 per cent wage hike to the...
Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech for patent infringement over COVID vaccine
Early in the pandemic, Moderna said it would not enforce its COVID-19 patents to help others develop their own vaccines, particularly for low- and middle-income countries. But in March 2022 Moderna said it expected companies such as Pfizer and BioNTech to respect its...
Bimaplan and Niyo Bharat tie-up to make insurance accessible to contractual factory workers
Bimaplan, a Y Combinator-backed insurtech startup has recently announced a partnership with Niyo Bharat, to provide contractual factory workers with vital microinsurance protection plans. Bimaplan and Niyo Bharat’s partnership will provide financial inclusion to...
“Use & File’- ICICI Lombard revamps its product portfolio
Sanjeev Mantri,executive director, ICICI Lombard General Insurance ` The new offerings were propelled by the recent announcement of ‘Use and File’ framework from the IRDAI. Fuelled by regulatory reforms, we have accelerated our pace of developing and launching new...
World reaches ‘tragic milestone’ of one million COVID-19 deaths so far in 2022
In January, WHO and partners launched the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership, focused mainly on the 34 countries that were at or below 10 per cent coverage. All but six are on the continent Today, only 10 countries still have less than 10 per cent coverage, most of...
Russian coal exports face European insurance ban
While Russian coal miners started re-directing volumes to Asia long before the ban came into force, the shipowners typically reinsure their risks with bigger providers that can no longer cover such exports. The companies are looking at other options, but those will be...
Indian Ocean coastline off Somalia declassified as a “high-risk area”
The change was approved by marine groups including the International Chamber of Shipping and will be operational from January next year, they said in an emailed statement on Monday “No piracy attacks against merchant ships have occurred off Somalia since 2018,”...
Flexible work places can encourage more women to join labour force, Modi says
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Reiterating that the future needs flexible workplaces, a work-from-home ecosystem, and flexible work hours, the Prime Minister said,`` we can use systems like flexible workplaces as opportunities for women's labour force participation.''...
Indian insurance industry providing a higher return on equity than developed markets: IRDAI Chairman
Debasish Panda,chairman,IRDAI ``Indian insurance companies on an average have provided a return of 23 per cent while US insurance industry’s return has been at 13 per cent, a point to note for our American counterparts,’’ said Panda, while addressing a webinar...