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IFSCA and IRDAI to work together for pulling global re/insurance investment into India: Rajaraman
L to R - PK Arora, Member, IRDAI, T Alamelu, Principal Advisor,...
`IFSCA-IRDAI GIFT IFSC Global Reinsurance Summit’- International reinsurers gather in Mumbai on Monday to brainstorm their India strategies
K Rajaraman,Chairman, International Financial Services Centres...
GIC Re’s Madhulika Bhaskar appointed as acting CMD of New India Assurance
Madhulika Bhaskar Unlike the old practice, where normally two general managers of a PSU general insurance company, where the vacancy is occurring, are given charge as an interim arrangement till a regular CMD is appointed, this is for the first time, a general manager...
Star Health launches exclusive cover for people above 50 years
The Star Health Premier Insurance Policy offers benefits such as Home Care Treatment for specified conditions (up to 10% of the sum insured subject to a maximum of Rs.5 lakhs), cover for inpatient hospitalization expenses and day care treatments under Ayush Treatment,...
GKB Opticals ties up with Toffee Insurance for eyewear-cover
GKB Opticals, India’s oldest and largest retailer of optical products, has partnered with Toffee Insurance to provide innovative vision and eyewear-related insurance solutions for its customers. Insurance solutions will include eyewear theft and damage, and also...
New Zealand enacts a new law to modernise natural hazard insurance
The Bill’s name - Natural Hazards Insurance Bill - recognises the fact that EQC’s mandate extends further than just helping people recover from earthquakes. In fact, its insurance scheme also covers landslips, volcanoes, tsunami and hydrothermal activity. Making this...
Telemedicine booms in S.Korea amid COVID,President-elect Yoon backs practice
A total 2 million people are under home care for COVID in the country. While there are two doctors per 1,000 people on average in South Korea, only six of 17 cities and provinces meet the average, showing how health care is thinner in many parts This gap in...
Boeing’s tenuous recovery shaken by 737 Jet crash in China
It’s too soon to know what caused the China Eastern accident, and investigations can take months or years to unfold. The lost airplane was relatively young, flying commercially for about seven years. Leading causes of such accidents tend to be maintenance issues,...
Govt yet to choose PSU general insurers to be privatised: Karad
Bhagwat Karad, minister of state, ministry of finance As per inputs received from Department of investment and Public Asset Management(DIPAM), the government has not yet decided on the public sector general insurance companies that are to be privatised The government...
Berkshire Hathaway to buy Alleghany for $11.6 bn in return to dealmaking
Warren Buffett, chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Inc Buffett is diving deeper into the world of insurance with the Alleghany deal, an industry that has been key to the growth of Berkshire into a conglomerate with a market value of more than $750 billion With Alleghany,...
Airbus in touch with Tata for providing new aircraft for Air India
According to Airbus India President Remi Maillard said: "We are in talks with all airlines." , India is set to witness a massive growth in outbound passenger traffic As per estimates, India is expected to witness growth of 6.2 per cent in international air traffic,...
Chinese passenger plane with 132 aboard crashes in Guangxi province, no sign of survivors
Broadcaster CCTV said the accident involving a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 and occurred near the city of Wuzhou in Teng county. It said rescuers had been dispatched and there was no immediate word on numbers of dead and injured The twin-engine, single aisle...