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Indian auto industry posts highest annual sales across all segments in FY 2025-26, first in seven years
Electric vehicle adoption added further fuel to the rally, with...
West Asia conflict: India faces 2.5 million poverty risk, UN warns
On trade and supply chain disruptions, UNDP country-level analysis...
Air pollution is India’s biggest public health crisis since Covid, warns UK doctors
The Indian government's renewed focus on controlling air pollution is necessary and overdue. However, it is time to confront an uncomfortable truth: for millions living in North India, the damage has already been done. What is currently being managed represents only...
Delhi Police bust Tata AIG’s Rs 30 cr motor accident claim fraud, arrest a garage owner and insurer’s 2 employees
The case involves serious charges of insurance fraud, forgery, conspiracy, and money laundering under various legal provisions. Two Tata AIG employees have already been arrested, according to a statement issued by Amrutha Guguloth, additional police commissioner,...
Healthcare must move towards hyper-personalisation: NHA CEO
Sunil Kumar Barnwal, chief executive officer, National Health Authority, highlighted how initiatives such as NHM, ABDM, and Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY, which currently covers over 12 crore families, are leveraging data analytics, AI, and digital platforms to improve health...
Rising 3rd-party risks and persistent ransomware threats drive increased cybersecurity investments in 2026: Marsh
Among the key findings, nearly 75% of organizations globally express high confidence in their overall cyber risk management strategies. Confidence varies by regions, with organizations in India, Middle East and Africa region expressing the most confidence at 83%,...
Hong Kong plans new crypto,infrastructure rules for insurers
The insurance regulator would impose a 100% risk charge on cryptoassets, according to a presentation on Dec. 4 seen by Bloomberg News. Stablecoin investments would attract risk charges based on the fiat currency the Hong Kong-regulated stablecoin is pegged to, the...
AI,cyber, and climate change will be key insurance themes in 2026, predicts GlobalData
Cyber and climate change/natural catastrophes are also key themes. Cyber insurance is continuing to see rapid growth, and this is forecast that to continue through 2030. GlobalData estimates the global cyber insurance market to be worth $22.2 billion in 2025 and $35.4...
Govt notifies new Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, IRDAI to frame new regulations
Now, insurance regulator IRDAI will come out with new set of regulations in accordance with the new Act which provides a host of changes including hiking FDI from 74 per cent to 100 per cent for the Indian insurance companies The new Act introduces one-time...
Amendment of Insurance Laws Bill, 2025:Achieving “Insurance for All” by 2047
The Insurance Act 1938 did not contain any definition of “insurance business”. The Bill now seeks to define this term to mean the business of effecting insurance contracts, as well as any other form of contract that may be notified by the Central Government in...
President grants assent to SHANTI bill that opens up nuclear sector for private participation
President Droupadi Murmu The Bill introduces an elaborate framework on duties and liabilities, including civil liability for nuclear damage. It caps the maximum liability for each nuclear incident at the rupee equivalent of 300 million Special Drawing Rights, with the...
Catastrophe bonds linked to wildfires lose ‘untouchable’ status
More than $5 billion of cat bonds with some level of exposure to wildfire risk were issued by insurers and sold to investors this year, according to Artemis, a specialist in insurance-linked securities that tracks market trends. That’s more than twice the level in...