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Closing the Gender Gap

by | Mar 13, 2019 | , , ,

Women make up almost half of the world’s working-age population of nearly 5 billion people. But only about 50 percent of those women participate in the labor force, compared with 80 percent of men. The losses to an economy from economic disempowerment of women were estimated to range from 10 percent of GDP in advanced economies to more than 30 percent in South Asia and in the Middle East and North Africa.

Binny Bansal and others invest $ 65 mn in Acko general insurance

by | Mar 13, 2019 | , ,

The company is backed by Amazon, Accel, SAIF, Intact Ventures, RPS Ventures, Binny Bansal -co-founder of Flipkart,Narayan Murthy’s Catamaran Ventures, Swiss Re, Transamerica Ventures, Kris Gopalakrishnan – Co-founder of Infosys,AtulNishar – Founder & Chairman of Hexaware Technologies,Ashish Dhawan of ChrysCapital, Hemendra Kothari of DSP Blackrock, Rajeev Gupta, veteran investment banker and Founder of Arpwood Capital, Subba Rao of NuVentures and Venk Krishnan.

MR Kumar appointed LIC chairman, Susheel K and Vipin A as MDs

by | Mar 13, 2019 | ,

In a late evening move the Department of Personnel and Training( DOPT) has also notified the appointment of TC Suseelkumar, ZM, Hyderabad, Vipin Anand as the managing directors of the corporations.This is the second time in the last 18 years when an executive director has been directly appointed as the chairman, on par with a secretary of the Government of India, of the corporation.

Insurers face large claims after second Boeing 737 MAX crash

by | Mar 12, 2019 | , ,

Willis Towers Watson was the insurance broker for Ethiopian Airlines, while Chubb was the lead insurer, a Willis spokeswoman said on Monday. A Chubb spokesman declined to comment.Britain’s Global Aerospace was the lead insurer for Boeing and also for Lion Air, which operated the plane that crashed in October, said Global Aerospace Chief Executive Nick Brown.’Insurers typically form a consortium to share the risks of large claims, with the lead insurer taking a larger proportion of the risk. The insured value of the plane itself was likely around $50 million (£38 million), according to industry sources.

MARSH increases stake in MARSH India to  49%

by | Mar 12, 2019 | ,

Alex Moczarski, Chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies International and chairman of the board of Marsh India, said: “As companies in India look to expand both domestically and into international markets, they need the very best risk and insurance advice to help them navigate an increasingly complex global risk landscape. We are committed to working closely with our colleagues in India as they continue to bring the very best global expertise to local clients.”

Standard Life to sell 4.93% stake in HDFC Life for Rs 3,500 crore

by | Mar 11, 2019 | ,

A sell down of  4.93 per cent by the Standard Life would help the HDFC Life increase it’s public float to 24.2 per cent which is a step closer to IT achieving Minimum Public Shareholding (MPS) prescribed by SEBI. The SEBI Listing Regulations mandates all listed companies to achieve MPS of 25 per cent within 3 years of listing. At present, Standard Life holds 29.2 per cent stake in the life insurance company while HDFC, the majority stakeholder, has 51.5 per cent stake. After the stake sale, Standard Life’s shareholding in HDFC Life will come down to 24.27 per cent.

Bharti AXA Life Insurance hires 10,000 insurance advisors and sets up 50 new branches across India

by | Mar 11, 2019 | , ,

The annualised new business premium grew 48 per cent to Rs 422 crore in the first nine months of 2018-19 against Rs 286 crore in the similar period of 2017-18. The company posted 19 per cent growth in its renewal premium Rs 742 crore in the first three quarters of this fiscal, as compared to Rs 623 crore in the same period during the financial year 2017-18