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HDFC Pension aims to double its subscriber base in next few years: CEO
"PFRDA has reduced the vesting period to 15 years or retirement, whichever is earlier, and permitted 100% equity allocation under the Multiple Scheme Framework (MSF), compared to the earlier 75% cap. These steps have made NPS far more flexible and appealing to a...
Equal work, unequal wages: pay gap persists for gig workers
Over 56 per cent of employers cited the absence of long-term benefits or obligations as the main reason, followed by 24 per cent who pointed to short-term employment duration and 10 per cent who attributed it to perceived lower skill or training levels Mumbai: Even as...
EU adopts a new package of sanctions targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure
Along with a full transaction ban on two major Russian oil companies, Rosneft PJSC and Gazprom Neft PJSC, and sanction 117 additional so-called shadow fleet vessels, which have enabled Russia to evade previous measures, the EU package goes after 45 entities that have...
Apple loses landmark UK lawsuit over app store commissions
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled against Apple after a trial of the lawsuit, which was brought on behalf of millions of iPhone and iPad users in the United Kingdom.The CAT ruled that Apple had abused its dominant position from October 2015 until the end of...
Gold braces for turbulence ahead of central bank, geopolitical triggers: Analysts
"Gold witnessed its sharpest one-day decline in over a decade this week, retreating more than 6 per cent as investors booked profits following a prolonged record-setting rally. The sell-off was largely technical, with prices failing to hold above the USD 4,300 an...
Global banks and US insurer, not LIC, led recent Adani investments
In June 2025, a month after $570 million (Rs 5,000 crore) investment by Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) in Adani Ports & SEZ, US-based Athene Insurance led a Rs 6,650 crore ($750 million) debt investment in Adani's Mumbai International Airport, joined by several...
Re/insurance industry needs to push boundaries of risk taking in a fragmenting world: Experts
“While the universe of risks is expanding, the world is fragmenting. Organizations are seeking new opportunities while having to navigate the most complex set of risk challenges in a generation. For the (re)insurance industry, this is a moment to step up, to create...
Beyond Balance Sheet: Strategic role of CFOs in insurance industry
True leadership in finance is not just about preserving value, it is about having the courage to create it. Today, the insurance CFO operates at a rare intersection where capital meets complexity and strategy meets disruption. In an era of heightened volatility and...
Bajaj Life launches its new customer app
Bajaj Life launched of its upgraded and enhanced customer app – Bajaj Life Insurance App. The app integrates an extensive suite of features to simplify policy management, personalised product offering, pre-approved insurance offers, and health tracking, all within a...
Aon’s advanced AI-powered supply chain offering to help businesses anticipate & mitigate hidden risks
Using AI and advanced data modelling, the solution analyses frequency and severity of supply chain events over time from more than 80,000 sources in over 200 countries DUBLIN: Aon plc, a global professional services firm, announced the launch of a new AI-powered...
LIC denies Washington Post report, says made investments in Adani firms independently
The statement was in response to a report in The Washington Post alleging officials orchestrated a plan to steer LIC into investing in the Adani group earlier this year, when the ports-to-energy conglomerate was facing a debt pile and scrutiny in the US. Mumbai:State...
Insurance loss estimated for outage at AWS can range from $38 million-$581 million, says CyberCube
CyberCube’s analysis shows that the outage is likely to have affected over 2,000 large organizations and nearly 70,000 organizations in total. The analysis is based on Portfolio Manager Version 6, which was released earlier this year. It allows users to assess...
Govt appoints Hitesh Joshi as acting CMD of GIC Re
Hitesh Joshi, acting CMD, GIC Re ``The competent authority has approved the entrustment of the financial and administrative powers and functions of the Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC-Re) to Hitesh Ramesh Chandra...
SBI Life’s net profit falls 7% to Rs 495 crore in Q2FY26 as costs rise amid competition
Its net premium income jumped 22.6% to Rs 24,848, driven by a near 20% rise in premiums from old policies that were renewed Mumbai:SBI Life Insurance, the second largest life insurer next to Life Insurance Corporation, reported a 7% fall in second-quarter profit on...
World Bank approves $280 million program for Kerala’s 11 million elderly and vulnerable people
According to a statement from the multilateral institution on Friday, the USD 280 million Kerala Health System Improvement Program will build a more comprehensive health system resistant to climate shocks. It will also strengthen Kerala's digital health systems...
Jaguar Land Rover hack cost UK economy $2.5 billion, report says
"This incident appears to be the most economically damaging cyber event to hit the UK, with the vast majority of the financial impact being due to the loss of manufacturing output at JLR and its suppliers," the CMC report said. LONDON: The August hack of Jaguar Land...
US sanctions Russian oil majors over Ukraine, prompting jitters in India and China
The sanctions target oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, which between them account for more than 5% of global oil output In another bid to starve Moscow of revenue, the EU also approved a 19th package of sanctions that includes a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas...
India’s Cloudburst Challenges:Insurance gaps & Future safeguards
The entire Himalayan belt is increasingly vulnerable to cloudbursts, flash floods, landslides, and potential glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), all driven by changing monsoon patterns and accelerated warming in the region. These risks are not onlybecoming more...