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India forecasts sub-par monsoon after two years of above-average rains
"Currently weak La Nina-like conditions are transitioning to neutral conditions. But after June it's very likely that El Nino will develop," Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director-general of the India Meteorological Department, said. NEW DELHI: India is likely to see...
AI-boosted hacks with Anthropic’s Mythos could have dire consequences for banks
Wall Street banks have started testing Mythos internally after the Trump administration this week warned executives they should take the model seriously and deploy its capabilities to detect vulnerabilities. Anthropic's Mythos, a new AI model the company and...
Oil tankers steer clear of Hormuz ahead of US blockade
Trump’s announcement effectively slowed oil tanker movements in the strait, with just two Iranian-linked tankers leaving the Gulf. In normal trading conditions, crude and products loaded from Iranian ports are typically headed for China, with India a recent buyer of...
Ping An seeks to sell $1 billion software-focused PE assets
Private market managers allocated hundreds of billions of dollars to software over the last 15 years, betting that software-as-a-service business models would generate high growth and reliable cashflows. That focus became increasingly concentrated during the period,...
Hedge Fund money is reshaping a 180-year-old reinsurance model
Reinsurers covered just over 10% of total insured catastrophe losses in 2024, well below the historical average of 20%, according to S&P Global Ratings. The industry’s biggest firms have more than halved their exposure to insured disaster losses in recent years,...
Trump’s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz risks widening war to High Seas
The developments threatened to prolong and widen a war that has led to thousands of deaths and roiled global energy markets, with higher oil and gas prices threatening to stoke inflation while slowing economic growth. Around the world, there’s now a desperate effort...
LIC board approves 1:1 bonus issuance,Govt plans an OFS of corporation
In a regulatory filing, the bonus issue will be done by capitalising Rs 6,325 crore out of reserves and surplus available with LIC as of December 31, 2025. The bonus issue would pave way for further share sale or offer for sale (OFS) of LIC. The government, according...
Rise of AI demands new approach to cyber underwriting:CyberCube
William Altman, Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence Services and report author, said, “AI is compressing the cyberattack lifecycle, reducing the time threat actors spend between initial compromise and operational disruption, and in some cases enabling impact to...
Govt drops any merger plans among PSU general insurers
Though, the government had not announced any specific plans for the mergers among PSU general insurers-New India Assurance, Oriental Insurance, United India Insurance, United India Insurance- in recent times, the Department of Financial Services(DFS) was...
Trump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately
President Donald Trump Trump made his remarks in a Truth Social post hours after U.S-.Iran peace talks ended without a deal. Trump said the meeting "went well, most points were agreed," but added the two sides had not agreed on Iran's nuclear program....
US-Iran peace talks end without a deal as delegations leave Pakistan
"The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America," said Vice President JD Vance, the head of the U.S. delegation. ISLAMABAD: The U.S. and Iran failed to reach an...
State can’t differentiate between serving employees and pensioners on DA: SC
In a significant judgment upholding the right to equality for retirees, a bench comprising Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Prasanna B Varale dismissed appeals filed by the State of Kerala and the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and affirmed that...
Rajive Kumaraswami to succeed V. Suryanarayanan as MD & CEO of Chola MS
Kumaraswami brings over three decades of experience across insurance and banking and has been closely associated with the insurance sector since its liberalisation,where he led the organisation through a sustained phase of growth. Chennai: Rajive Kumaraswami will...
Strait of Hormuz remains largely blocked as stranded shipowners seek safe transit
Ships that transport energy make up a large part of the fleet that’s stuck inside the gulf, data from intelligence firm Kpler show. There are currently 426 tankers hauling crude oil and clean fuels, plus 34 liquefied petroleum gas carriers and 19 liquefied natural gas...
Shipowners rushing for insurance cover to transit Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz remained largely blocked as shipowners try to understand if they can safely transit the vital waterway following a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran that was announced overnight Shipowners are placing “huge volume requests” for insurance...
Govt,GIC Re and New India stitch up $100 million`Bharat Marine Pool’ with a sovereign guarantee, to re/insure war risks for vessels
The BNP will provide three kind of covers- Hull, Cargo and Protection & Indeminity(P&I) and has different sum assured for each of the segments which can be utilised on a floater basis for certain premiums. New Delhi:Looking beyond the ongoing West Asia crisis,...
Financial Intelligence Unit-India, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre sign MoU to combat cyber fraud and financial crimes
The collaboration comes at a juncture where India's digital payment ecosystem has undergone a tremendous transformation requiring guardrails that safeguard citizens from cybercrime and fraud New Delhi: In a step towards strengthening India's fight against cyber fraud...
Kasturi Sengupta takes over as new Secy General of GI Council
Kasturi Sengupta, Secretary General, General Insurance Council Sengupata had started her career at PSU general insurer National Insurance Company in 1989 and has managed multidimensional responsibilities over the years Mumbai:Kasturi Sengupta, 60, has assumed charge,...