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Gold ETFs record 6-fold jump in Sep inflows amid geopolitical tensions, price rise: Report
Net assets under management for Gold ETFs surged to Rs 90,135.98...
DPIIT launches PM GatiShakti Offshore for integrated planning
The portal would have detailed data sets on offshore wind, solar,...
Inflation worries continue for US Fed; No policy rate cut for seventh time
Jerome Powell, US Fed Chair "We are maintaining our restrictive stance of monetary policy in order to keep demand in line with supply and reduce inflationary pressures. I will have more to say about monetary policy after briefly reviewing economic developments," US...
Life Insurance: Surrender charges to reduce finally, hit insurance companies
The Indian life sector has been marred with tax-rate changes (on high-ticket non-par policies) in the budget last year (2023). Investments in smaller tickets, growth in interiors, higher payouts and the ULIP wave (over non-par) have kept margins muted. In this...
Fizzling monsoon could prolong heatwave in north, says IMD
"The monsoon has slowed down after reaching Maharashtra and may take a week to regain momentum," an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) told Reuters New Delhi: India's monsoon rains have lost momentum after covering western regions ahead of schedule,...
Parametric Play: Insurance helps 46,000 Indian women avoid deadly work during heat waves
As soon as temperatures breached 43.6C in Ahmedabad, Makwana and thousands of other women were told that ICICI Lombard, an insurance company, would pay them a portion of their daily wages. The Self-Employed Women’s Association labour union runs the insurance...
Major world economies seek to halt new private sector coal financing
If approved, the draft proposal by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, would be the first move by a multilateral institution to curb financing for coal, one of the biggest causes of climate change, which produces more carbon dioxide emissions...
Singapore Airlines offers compensation for flight hit by turbulence
“Passengers medically assessed as having sustained serious injuries, requiring long-term medical care, and requesting financial assistance are offered an advance payment of $25,000 to address their immediate needs,” that will form part of any final settlement, the...
GI Council to develop a tech platform auto-generating jobs seamlessly to surveyors for retail claims: IRDAI
The system should be developed in such a manner that whenever a claim is reported by the customer and registered by the insurer, the assignment of surveyor should happen automatically on a random basis by the new digital platform. The system will also seamlessly...
Russian Oil tanker does secret cargo switch near Singapore to dodge US sanctions
Russia has shipped about 3.4 million barrels a day of crude so far this year, valued at about $37 billion at the point of export, and working around western sanctions has been part of that The first Russian oil tanker attempting to deliver crude while under US...
Former Allianz employee pleads guilty to fraud over $7-billion funds collapse
The case stemmed from the March 2020 collapse of the German insurer’s now-defunct Structured Alpha funds, which Tournant had created and oversaw as chief investment officer A former Allianz fund manager pleaded guilty on Friday over his role in a meltdown of private...
AM Best revises outlook for global reinsurance industry to positive
"Demand for coverage remains strong due to heightened natural catastrophe loss activity and general economic uncertainty," said Carlos Wong-Fupuy, senior director, AM Best OLDWICK, N.J: International rating agency AM Best has revised its market segment outlook for the...