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FM calls for exceptional vigilance on cybersecurity risks in financial system
Nirmala Sitharaman,Union Finance Minister "…not just Sebi but all...
Policybazar grows its NRI biz in GIFT City
Bimal Menon, principal officer, Policybazaar’s GIFT City Branch,...
Global insurance premiums from data centres expected to rise to $24.2 billion by 2030 from $10.6 billion, Swiss Re says
"They're not just buildings, they are highly integrated systems where you have power, cooling, hardware, and software that all depend on each other," said Swiss Re's Head of Engineering and Nuclear Jimmy Keime Fast growth in data centre construction is pushing up...
RBI mulling e-cheques, widening regulatory ambit to include digital payment cos
As part of its efforts to prevent fraud, the RBI is also planning to implement a uniform Domestic Legal Entity Identifier (DLEI) framework that would enable the identification of parties to a transaction. Mumbai:The Reserve Bank on Friday introduced the 'Payments...
Mule networks biggest fraud threat for Indian firms: India Fraud Report 2026
Commenting on the findings, Sandesh GS, CTO, Bureau, said, "What gives us a real edge today is the network effect at scale. When you analyse identities and devices across ecosystems, you begin to see how the same fraud patterns, tools and behaviours repeat across...
West Asia Conflict: Risks extend beyond marine into energy, political violence, aviation, trade credit says Howden
Demand for Political Violence and Terrorism cover has risen sharply, particularly among Western operated assets in the Gulf, with pricing multiples increasing and underwriting becoming more selective. Aviation, cyber and trade related lines are also seeing elevated...
Insurtech startup Plum nets $20 million in Peak XV-led Series B round
The Bengaluru-based company plans to use the fresh capital to scale marketing and sales efforts to expand its presence in India's corporate insurance market, deepen technology investments - particularly in AI-driven claims operations - and expand into preventive...
Chaucer and Ceto launch Lloyd’s marine MGA, integrating real-time vessel data into underwriting
With the global fleet now averaging more than 22 years of service, vessel age and other uniform parameters in isolation are an increasingly blunt indicator of risk. The MGA's underwriting method aligns insurance capacity more closely with demonstrated performance and...
US jury finds Meta and Google liable for damages in social media addiction trial, to pay $3 million
The case involves a 20-year-old woman who said she became addicted to Google's YouTube and Meta's Instagram at a young age because of their attention-grabbing design. The jury found Google and Meta were negligent in the design of both apps and failed to warn about...
Building Risk Resilience: An update for India Inc
Indian companies today are dealing with a very different risk landscape. Supply chains that break without warning, weather disruptions that are no longer rare events, growing cyber incidents, and constantly evolving compliance expectations.Add to that the pressure of...
Musk found liable to Twitter shareholders in fraud lawsuit over $44 billion takeover
The verdict from a jury in San Francisco federal court came in a closely watched civil trial where Musk, the world's richest person, was accused of falsely claiming on social media that Twitter underreported how many fake and spam accounts, known as bots, were on its...
Govt launches carbon market portal,domestic market to start within next 4 months
Manohar Lal the Union Minister for Power & Housing and Urban Affairs said the carbon market would function as a mechanism to balance emissions by allowing entities with surplus carbon credits to sell them to those falling short of compliance targets. New Delhi:The...