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Diana Baer appointed CFO for Munich Re Holdings of Australasia
Diana Baer has been appointed chief financial officer for Munich Re Holdings of Australasia. Diana has been working for Munich Re for 17 years and brings extensive experience from various finance roles within the company along with expertise in executive management,...
FSIB to select a new CMD for OIC on Friday
Government appoints Amit Misra as acting CMD of OIC for three months The five shortlisted senior officials who will be interviewed are-Rekha Solanki, ED, National Insurance Company, Anjana Saxena, National Insurance Company, Chandra Iyer, GM, New India...
PSU general insurance industry Unions reject govt’s 12% wage hike proposal
Unions want a 17 per cent hike to be on par with the Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) and the Indian banking industry. GIPSA management has assured the matter would be taken up again with the Department Financial Services for further consideration, according to union...
Into the Cyberverse: Industry must prioritise product innovation and investment
Luke Foord-Kelcey, Global Head of Cyber, Howden Re, commented, “Cyber is maturing into a distinct asset class with diversified reinsurance product offerings. Cedents must continue to evaluate reinsurance purchasing strategies critically and holistically, ensuring...
IFSC-GIFT City based insurers should develop products for tapping 32 million NRIs and Indian diaspora: IFSCA chairman
Narendra Bharindwal, president, Insurance Brokers Association of India, K. Rajaraman, Chairman, IFSCA , T Alamelu, principal advisor, IFSCA at the launch of IBAI's chapter at IFSC- GIFT City ` There is a huge retail opportunity for the IFSC-GIFT City based insurers...
Aviva India appoints Suresh Mahalingam as chairperson
Aviva Life Insurance Company India today announced the appointment of Suresh Mahalingam as its new chairperson. Currently, Mahalingam is an independent director Aviva's board since July 2020. He has over 30 years of leadership experience across the BFSI and FMCG...
SC says digital access intrinsic to right to life, directs changes in KYC guidelines for disabled
A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said the changes in digital KYC guidelines for people with disability, including blindness, and acid attack survivors are necessary as they are unable to complete the KYC process and avail facilities like opening bank...
Insurance companies plan $41 bn trade switch to bond forwards
Insurance companies are in talks with the authorities to convert about Rs 3.5 trillion ($41 billion) worth of rates derivative contracts into bond forwards, people familiar with the matter said. Such contracts offer investors the opportunity to own the securities,...
Hackers target ransomware by disrupting Marks & Spencer Group
A group of suspected cybercriminals hit the company with a kind of ransomware known as DragonForce London: A ransomware attack is the cause of a disruption at Marks & Spencer Group Plc., with hackers using a potent kind of malware to lock down some of the British...
U.S. insurers face higher loss costs and market risks from trade war: Fitch
Property casualty (PC) insurers face cost inflation in personal auto and homeowners’ lines from tariffs. Other watch items include increased severity of claims pressuring margins, and the effect of market volatility and potential losses on equity portfolios New...
Uniform cybersecurity norms should govern telcos, OTT communication apps: COAI
"COAI feels that the cybersecurity measures need to be reinforced with clear outlines on the purpose, which is to free the people of such unwanted spam/fraud calls and messages to the maximum extent possible. For the same purpose, it may be judicious that similar...
Most women entrepreneurs seek tailored financial products to meet small business needs: Report
Women entrepreneurs from Tier II, III and beyond towns are ambitious, digitally aware, and determined to grow - but they are held back by structural gaps in finance, networks, and visibility, the report released on Monday said New Delhi: Most women running small...
Climate change may lead to increased probability of defaults: RBI DG Rao
M Rajeshwar Rao,deputy governor, Reserve Bank of India "Climate change would lead to additional operational costs for the borrowers with an increased possibility of loss of their assets, leading to increased probability of default by the borrowers," he said at Credit...
Hurricanes and earthquakes could lead to global insured losses of $ 300 billion in a peak year, Swiss Re
Balz Grollimund, Swiss Re's Head of Catastrophe Perils, said: "Our recent analysis of over 200 in-house models and the loss trend over the last 30 years show what is at stake: When a severe hurricane or a major earthquake hits an urban area in a country with...
Rare diseases often go undiagnosed or untreated in parts of Africa. A project seeks to change that
Globally, more than 350 million people live with rare diseases, most of them caused by a misstep hidden within their genes. Some conditions can be caught early and treated—but in parts of Africa where population data and resources are scarce, many people go...
Canara HSBC Life Insurance files for an IPO, PNB to exit JV
Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company is a joint venture promoted by state-owned Canara Bank, which owns a 51 per cent stake, and HSBC Group's HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holdings, which holds 26 per cent. Punjab National Bank holds the rest of stakes and will exit...
Corporate America boosts security spending after UnitedHealth murder, filings show
“The number of customers requiring assessments and executive protection has increased 10 to 15 times the number prior to December 4,” said Glen Kucera, president at security services firm Allied Universal, which serves more than 80% of Fortune 500 companies U.S....
Fire breaks out at Aurobindo Pharma’s plant in AP; co temporarily suspends ops
Importantly, there were no injuries reported, it added. “As a precautionary measure and to facilitate necessary equipment replacements, operations at the plant will be temporarily paused for an estimated period of 20 to 25 days,” the company said. New Delhi: Aurobindo...