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Monsoon 2023 ends with ‘below-normal’ rains with 6% shortfall, says IMD
IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said with positive...
Bupa to buy 20% in Indian health JV Niva Bupa from True North for Rs 2700 crore
True North is set to sell around 20 per cent of its stake in the...
Safer skies but claims and risks grow
The report, which analyzes more than 50,000 aviation insurance industry claims worth more than €14.8bn ($16.3bn) from 2013 to 2018[1], reveals that collision/crash incidents currently account for over half the value of all claims (57%) equivalent to €8.4bn ($9.3bn) – and over a quarter of claims by number (27%). In future, more costly grounding incidents, business interruption incidents resulting from cyber and drone events, and more incidences of turbulence are just some of the trends expected to have an influence on the loss landscape, the report notes.
AIR Worldwide launches Multi-peril Crop Insurance Model for India
It also features a historical catalog of losses based on a recast of the years 1979 through 2017. Both the stochastic and historic recast yield and loss catalogs reflect current crop “technology” levels (for example, current crop genetics, farmer skill, availability of chemical inputs), insurable exposure by district, and PMFBY (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana) policy conditions as revised in late 2018
Q3 non-life ILS capacity at near-record high of $27.3 billion:Willis Re
The ILS sector has reached a dynamic equilibrium and is well positioned for growth. Alternative capital in all its forms is clearly growing again, notwithstanding the losses and related loss creep of the past several years. This rising tide will not raise all ships, however. Some managers, sectors, and strategies have outperformed, and are now benefitting as a result, while others remain under stress
India pulls out of RCEP, paves way for 15 nations to sign China-backed deal
India conveyed its decision to exit the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, foreign ministry official Vijay Thakur Singh told reporters in Bangkok on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted that he was guided by the impact it would have on the lives and livelihoods of all Indians, especially vulnerable sections of society, she said.
Maharashtra sanctions Rs 10,000 cr immediate aid for rain-hit farmers
“It was also decided to provide help to farmers through insurance companies. The government is in touch with insurance companies. The process of conducting ‘panchnamas’ (on-the-spot assessment of crops) is being expedited and mobile photographs have been permitted.
Will enter BS-VI emission norms with only petrol vehicles, says Audi India
“Going forward we will launch only petrol and we will also have electric cars coming to India. Whether we will completely exit diesel is something we are still on our drawing board,” Audi India Head Balbir Singh Dhillon.
IRDAI to get two full-time members soon
The particulars of the post and eligibility conditions and details related to the application process are given on the Ministry’s website http://financialservices.gov.in/ and IRDAI’s website https://www.irdai.gov.in/.
Swiss Re to offer telematics solution for insurers in 2020
The new telematics solution provides “instant safety information and hardware-enabled features, like automatic accident detection, first notice of loss and fast claim settlement, as well as advanced claims reconstruction, via a dedicated portal available to insurers,” Bongers added.
Car buyers not as price-conscious; more emphasis over styling: JD Power
New Delhi: India's largest selling car for 15 straight years, which is also its bestselling car historically, witnessed a steep 54.5 per cent fall in sales in August 2019 at just 10,123 units. This was Alto's lowest tally in a month since April 2004...
Govt appoints Raj Kumar and Gupta as MDs of LIC
The Bureau of Banking Board(BBB), an exclusive body to choose the CEOs of public sector banks and insurance companies, on Aug 27,. had conducted the interviews of senior officialsof the LIC and public sector general insurance industry, for selecting CMDs of GIC Re , Agriculture Insurance Company(AIC) and two MDs of LIC and had selected Raj Kumar and Gupta as the MDS of LIC and Devesh Srivastav and Malay Podday as the CMD of GIC Re and AIC respectively.