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Bankers look for insurance for meeting litigation costs

Though, there are insurance products available to cover the various risks faced by the bankers while in discharging their duties, a ready-made packaged product,the way IBA wants, may not be available right now. To design such products, the reinsurers have to be roped in and a lot of information have to be provided and the bankers may not be willing to part with such informations, said R Chandrasekaran, secretary general, General Insurance Council.

Power ministry may make 24 degree as default setting ACs

At a meeting with Singh, AC makers were also advised to have labelling indicating the optimum temperature setting for the benefits of consumers both from financial and their health points of view, The new campaign will result in substantial energy savings and also reduce greenhouse gas emission,,the power ministry said in a statement.

Estimating Cyber Risk for the Financial Sector

Taken at face value, they suggest that average annual potential losses from cyber-attacks may be large, close to 9 percent of banks’ net income globally, or around $100 billion. In a severe scenario—in which the frequency of cyber-attacks would be twice as high as in the past with greater contagion— losses could be 2½–3½ times as high as this, or $270 billion to $350 billion.

Young Consumers Willing to Let Insurers Spy on Digital Data – If It Cuts Premiums

The report also says that insurance providers could do a lot more to improve their existing processes (from start to finish) to make them more efficient and customer centric. Nearly half (46%) of consumers believe that applying for an insurance policy should take no longer than an hour, and 56% said renewing an insurance policy should not take no more than an hour either.

ICICI Gen Insurance launches `Country Wellness Index’

“Our health portfolio currently stands at Rs2500 crore, up more than 20 per cent over previous fiscal. We were able to sell 2.5 lakh health insurance policies in FY 2016-17. We settled claim to the tune of Rs1200-1300 crore during last fiscal, which was less than that of the previous year’s claim amount settled,” said Bhargav Dasgupta, MD & CEO, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company