Nagaraju also stressed that high priority should be given to the...
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Natural Disasters in 2025: Alarming rise in floods, severe convective storms and wildfires
Tobias Grimm, Munich Re’s Chief Climatologist: “A warming world...
Bobby Swarup’s Niyam Grp receives Lloyd’s in-principle to establish Syndicate 2047, to focus on India and other high growth Asian and African markets
Bobby Swarup, Founder and CEO of Niyam Group, said “I am grateful...
Govt forms high powered panel to revamp pricing and reinsurance mechanisms for PMFBY
The committee will be chaired by additional secretary (Crop Insurance), Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) and some of the other members are Devesh Srivastava, former CMD, GIC Re, Girija Subramanian, CMD, New India Assurance, Saurabh Mishra,...
Allianz scraps nuclear, military exclusions to back Europe’s rearmament drive
AGI wrote to its clients late last week to advise that its sustainable funds could now buy into companies that earned more than 10% of their revenue from military equipment and services. Germany’s Allianz Global Investors has dropped two exclusions blocking its...
APR 1 Renewals: Indian general insurance industry rejoices with soft pricing, surplus capacity and market discipline
GIC Re and Foreign Reinsurance Branches (FRBs) and IIO reinsurers in GIFT-IFSC came in strong support of the market at Apr 1 renewals ``Yes, we did write more business than last year. Generally, we found the market to be soft with rates either below or same as...
SBI Gen pays its first parametric claim of Rs1.06 cr for Nagaland’s natural disaster losses
“Our parametric insurance model ensures that financial assistance reaches the affected communities and regions without delays, helping strengthen resilience against natural disasters. As climate variabilities increase, parametric insurance plays a vital role in...
200 aircraft leased out from Gift City: Civil Aviation Minister Naidu
India had 340 aircraft in 2014 and that number has increased to 840 and airlines have placed orders for 1,700 planes. "We are bringing a law to ratify Capetown Convention which will reduce the leasing costs by 8-10 per cent. The reduction in leasing costs will trickle...
Insurance industry not expecting any large claims out of earthquake damages in Myanmar and Thailand
This is a significant human tragedy. Unfortunately, there will be a notable protection gap highlighting the continuing need to bring more insurance capital into emerging markets. In comparison to primary perils such as typhoons and floods, earthquake risk in Thailand...
Over 4.6 crore farmers got IDs under digital agri mission :Chouhan in RS
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan As many as 7,708 lakh farmers have so far received insurance cover under the PM Fasal Bima Yojna and farmers have received claims of Rs 1.74 lakh crore since 2016 under the scheme which has now emerged as the world's...
IRDAI rejects appeal of general insurers and CBRs to review its collateral based cross border reinsurance norms
Indian general insurers, which will be generating a premium of over three lakh crore rupees in Fy 25, in their detailed representation to the IRDAI, explained that the proposed regulations are reducing choice for the insurers, reducing reinsurance capacity for the...
India denies entry to Russian oil loaded ship over documentation, sources say
The vessel has protection and indemnity (P&I) insurance cover from Russian company Soglasie.Indian refiners buy Russian oil on delivered basis with ship, insurance and other servics arranged by the seller. NEW DELHI: Indian port authorities denied entry to an...
Insurers increasingly tap AI to tackle surging Cat losses
Risk experts are increasingly using AI to crack an especially intractable challenge: modeling hailstorms, thunderstorms and tornadoes, collectively known as severe convective storms, or SCS. Insured losses from SCS events totaled $61 billion in 2024, the...