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Swiss Re’s digital insurance platform iptiQ gets a new CEO 

In his new role at iptiQ, Carlo Bewersdorf will be focused on driving Swiss Re’s ambition to protect more people and their families by making insurance more accessible and engaging. He will seek to further develop a business model based on forging strong partnerships to sell insurance via trusted brands. At the heart of this effort is the drive to dovetail Swiss Re’s expertise with the smart use of data and technology to create no-fuss, scalable digital insurance solutions.

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Corona Kavach health insurance policy evokes good response: Insurers

“The response has been tremendous as people are quite eager to buy these plans. Since these plans have gone live on the PolicyBazaar’s website, the company has been selling 300-500 policies per day,” said Amut Chhabra, Head-Health Insurance, Policybazaar.com.

Most customers buying these plans are young individuals, he said, adding that “the policies are very much affordable like Rs 208 monthly, which is a fairly cheap amount.” Observing that the response to the Corona Kavach is from across the country, he said, the policy is “following the same trend as the corona situation right now in the country with people from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi NCR showing massive interest in the newly launched plans”.

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Munich Re’s Covid-19 reinsurance losses at €700m in Q2

The largest share of these losses is attributable to cover for major events,with a lower impact reported in life and health business as well as other lines of property-casualty insurance, including business interruption. At this time, Munich Re perceives considerable ongoing uncertainty with respect to the macroeconomic development and the financial impact of COVID-19, and does not expect that uncertainty will subside between now and early 2021

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“Allow the merger of 3 PSU general insurers”:Officers’association urges Sitharaman

The proposed mega company,would have faced the the challenges posed by the private companies,who are indulging in unhealthy trade practices.The competitors – particularly from the private sector,had launched vilified campaign of ‘possible short-comings’ in the services rendered by these PSGI companies on account of proposed merger so as to en-cash the situation for expanding their market, said Confederation

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HC asks govt about compensation for kin of deceased frontline staff

The petitioner had sought direction to the state government to declare frontline workers, including doctors, police personnel and others, who died after contracting the deadly infection on duty, as martyrs and to give their families compensation.

In its response to the petition last week,the state government had said insurance cover is being provided to all healthcare workers in private and government-run hospitals under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package – Insurance Scheme for Health Workers.

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