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June1 Renewals:Softening accelerates against a riskier world as economic returns compress, says Howden Re
The paradox of softening pricing in a demonstrably riskier world is...
Geopolitical and AI-related risks among top concerns for directors and officers worldwide:Willis
Artificial intelligence has seen a significant increase in the...
Allianz and Reliance Group’s Jio Finance float three 50-50 JVs for life,non-life and reinsurance business in India
Jio Financial Services Limited (JFSL) and Allianz Group (Allianz), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Allianz Europe B.V. on Friday entered into a binding agreement to form a 50:50 domestic reinsurance joint venture to serve the dynamic and high-growth insurance...
EU imposes sanctions on Rosneft’s India refinery, lowers oil price cap
"For the first time, we're designating a flag registry and the biggest Rosneft refinery in India," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in a post on X. Other measures adopted by EU include sanctions on dozens more vessels in Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers,...
Global Cat insured losses at least $100 billion for 1H 2025: Aon
According to preliminary estimates, 1H economic losses in the U.S. alone reached at least $126 billion, surpassing 1994 ($115 billion) as the costliest 1H on record and significantly above the 1H average since 2000 ($41 billion). In contrast, economic losses in all...
Cyber security and IT services provider Intersys sets up India operations
Led by Tanmay Gore, director of Intersys India, located in Mumbai, will address a key challenge in the market: the difficulty of assessing and pricing cyber risk for organisations that often lack dedicated IT security resources Mumbai: London based Cyber security and...
July 1 reinsurance renewals confirm downward pricing pressure: Fitch
Pricing across most reinsurance lines continued to gradually fall, as it had at the January and April renewals, and rates for loss-free property programmes fell by 10%–15%. In contrast, US casualty pricing was broadly flat, and retrocession pricing and coverage...
Earlier crop insurance scheme saw cheating as insurers got profits farmers didn’t benefit Minister
"Large-scale irregularities came to light (in the previous scheme). Some insurance companies indulged in irregularities. So a decision had to be taken. So far, crop insurance companies have earned profits of Rs 10,000 crore," Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao...
ICICI Lombard general insurance net profit rises 29% to Rs 747 crore in Q1FY 26
The insurer's Combined Ratio, a key metric that compares claims and expenses to premium income, worsened to 102.9% in Q1FY26 from 102.3% a year ago though, there is fall in the underwriting losses of the company from Rs 346 crore in Q1 FY 25 to Rs 293 crore in Q1Fy...
Irdai forms panels to look into violations by insurers
"As part of enforcement function, to decide on the violations observed as regards the provisions of Insurance Act and Regulations issued there under, with respect to certain Insurers/Insurance Intermediaries, panels of Whole-Time Members were formed," Irdai said....
General insurers rush to become preferred choices for Tesla’s EV customers in India
ACKO General Insurance,Zurich Kotak General Insurance and Liberty General Insurance have already announced their special EV covers on Tuesday for Tesla cars. Mumbai: As Elon Musk's Tesla has set up its first show room in Mumbai for selling its electronic vehicles(EV)...
Rising AI-driven cyber attacks and geopolitical tensions shaping APAC cyber risk landscape, Aon study
"In 2025, global and regional geostrategic tensions remain a key driver of cyber risk for companies in APAC. This trend is likely to accelerate with nation-state-backed threat actors continuing to employ cyber campaigns to facilitate conflicts or instigate grey-zone...