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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...
Amendment of Insurance Laws Bill, 2025:Achieving “Insurance for All” by 2047
The Insurance Act 1938 did not contain any definition of “insurance...
Cargo owners may bear portion of damages from Baltimore Bridge disaster
General average is a maritime legal concept usually written into bills of lading or other contracts signed among parties to shipping transactions. It revolves around the principle of shared sacrifice and dates back to ancient times, before insurance, when ships often...
Clean up begins after at least one dead in heavy UAE rain, floods
Climate scientists say that rising global temperatures, driven by man-made climate change, is leading to more extreme weather events, including intense rainfall like the UAE storm DUBAI: - Authorities and communities across the United Arab Emirates were clearing...
Broker Howden launches Red Sea cargo war insurance as ship risks surge
Howden said the new product was the "first dedicated insurance coverage of its kind to protect cargo vessels within an active conflict zone, which encompasses the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean" LONDON: Howden has started offering war risk...
Middle East crisis: Civil aviation ministry asks airlines to carry out risk assessment on flight ops
Civil Aviation Secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam on Tuesday said that airlines have been asked to make their own risk assessment with respect to their flight operations New Delhi: Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, the civil aviation ministry has asked airlines...
U.S. cyber insurance maintains strong profits; premium growth slows
Chicago/New York: Favorable cyber underwriting results are partly due to prior large increases in premium rates. Insurers are also being more careful in cyber risk selection and the underwriting process. They are requiring that customers maintain proper cyber hygiene...
HDI Global launches `Climate Risk Reporting’
The new service from HDI Risk Consulting GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of HDI Global SE, not only highlights the severity of climate risks but also provides specific data such as water depths, maximum temperatures, and duration of heatwaves, allowing companies to...
GIC Re appoints V. Balkrishna as its chief financial officer
State owned GIC Re has appointed V. Balkrishna, general manager as chief financial officer & Key Managerial Personnel of the corporation in place of Jayashree Ranade, general manager, CFO & KMP of the Corporation, who will be retiring from the service on 30th...
Shailendra Sapra named as CEO of Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions in India
Aon plc has announced that Shailendra Sapra had been named CEO of the firm’s Reinsurance Solutions in India and a member of the APAC region’s reinsurance executive committee, effective June 1st, 2024. Based in Mumbai and reporting to George Attard, CEO of Reinsurance...
Markel appoints Priyanka Gautama as chief underwriting officer for India
Priyanka Gautama, chief underwriting officer, Markel, India Gautama’s arrival underscores the organisation’s commitment to recruiting top-tier talent as it continues to serve brokers locally through superior underwriting, while supporting the business’s overarching...
BJP Manifesto 2024: PM Modi promises to make India a global insurance hub
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Every elderly person above the age of 70 years will be brought under the ambit of Ayushman Yojana Further strengthening the PM Fasal Bima Yojana through more technological interventions to ensure speedy and more accurate assessment, faster...