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D&O Market in 2026:Geopolitics and cyber drive risk exposures
For D&O insurers, the US especially is a highly complex market...
Black Sea shipping insurance rates rise after Ukraine attacks tankers
War risk rates for a typical seven-day voyage period, which are set...
Maruti Suzuki may see some increase in costs due to Red Sea crisis
Similarly, the situation in the Red Sea is creating supply chain issues for German luxury carmaker Audi, impacting car deliveries to customers in India in the first quarter but recovery is expected in the coming months, according to a senior company official. New...
Britain’s financial regulators need ‘ambitious mindset’, says industry leader
“At Lloyd’s, we have the capacity and expertise to evaluate and approve a new underwriting syndicate within 30 days, but the external regulators require many months more before making a decision, causing businesses to set up outside the UK,” said Carnegie-Brown,...
Govt and ADB sign $200 million loan to tackle flood and erosion risk along Brahmaputra river
“Through the project, ADB continues to pursue its cost-effective, adaptive, and systematic river stabilisation approach to managing the Brahmaputra river. While deploying riverbank protection technology, ADB will also continue to build the capacity of state agencies...
New India’s net profit at Rs 713 crore in Q3FY24 despite large Nat Cat losses
"FY24 continues to be a challenging year for the company. In the third quarter, the country witnessed catastrophic events like cyclone Michaung and floods in South India, Sikkim West Bengal. The net impact of these events on the company's third-quarter results was...
Govt, exporters, shippers discuss Red Sea crisis; commerce ministry asks FIEO to share specific issues
The exporting community has urged the commerce ministry to intervene in freight rates as the shippers are charging huge amounts.High freight rates are impacting the exporting community. We are at dis-advantageous position as compared to countries which are not getting...
Fosun said to revive sale of Hong Kong’s $1 billion Peak Re
Founded in 2012, Peak Re focuses on insurance including property and casualty, and life and health, its website shows. It has more than 580 clients across 60 markets in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Fosun International Ltd. has...
GIC Re net profit jumps 27% to Rs1,518 crore in Oct-Dec Qtr, further reduces loss making Crop biz
`Our results during the quarter are more or less as per expectations. Domestic premium this quarter has come down due to our decreasing agricultural business. Combined ratios have gone up in domestic due to two natural catastrophic events in the quarter,'' said N...
Premiums for disaster-prone areas need to be subsidised: Parl panel
This may require a specialized insurance business to be set up by one of the PSU general insurance companies with subsidized premiums for disaster-prone areas, the panel said The government may need to consider how to provide insurance for projects that have to deal...
CCI approves Zurich Insurance stake in Kotak Mahindra General Insurance
In November last year, the Switzerland-based Zurich Insurance Group had agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company for about Rs 4,051 crore. The proposed transaction valued Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company at Rs 7,943...
LIC shares cross Rs 1,000 mark, GIC re touches issue price of Rs 433 for the first time
The shares of New India Assurance(NIA) also rose almost 10 per cent and closed at Rs 265.10 in BSE New Delhi: The upward share prices of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and GIC Re, state-owned multinational reinsurer, on Monday brought cheers to the retail...