by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 23, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
Mukesh Ambani, chairman, Reliance Industries Jio Financial, helmed by veteran banker K.V. Kamath, already runs a shadow bank and an insurance brokerage and has joined forces with BlackRock Inc. to start an asset management business. Setting up insurance operations...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 22, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
Market sources pointed out Allianz plans to exit Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. because its Indian partner isn’t allowing the German insurer to raise its stakes at a discounted price which was agreed upon at the time of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 18, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Policy, Regulation, Workplace/Employee Benefits
The move comes two days after the government — in a rare move — said it wouldn’t be in the public interest for the Income Insurance Ltd. transaction to go ahead in its current form. It wasn’t satisfied the firm can continue to fulfill its social mission as a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 9, 2024 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Worldwide, the average cost of a data breach reached an all-time high in 2024 of $4.9mn. In comparison, the average data breach costs in Japan, South Korea, ASEAN, and India are $4.19mn, $3.62mn, $3.23mn, and $2.35mn respectively, according to IBM’s Cost of a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Analysis of more than 32,000 industry claims from 2019 – 2024 with a total value of US$15bn (€14bn) shows that collision or crash incidents (63%) and faulty workmanship or defective products (22%) are accountable for 85% of the value. Other incidents like...
