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Indian BFSI sector faces cyberattacks at 1.6 times global average: Report
76 per cent of CISOs now rank AI-enabled attacks among their top cyber priorities for 2026, while 83 per cent are embedding AI into cyber operations, according to the report. New Delhi: India’s banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector is facing...
Cybersecurity & AI:Building a synchronous BFSI enterprise
Mid-size organisations face the sharpest exposure: having digitized aggressively and built deep interconnections across the financial system, they carry the risk profile of large players with a fraction of the cyber investment to match it. Data Security Council of...
AIC chief Lavanya Mundayur selected as CMD of New India Assurance
Lavanya Mundayur, CMD, Agriculture Insurance Company The FSIB had interviewed six candidates on Thursday and chose Mundayur for the post of NIA CMD. New Delhi:The Financial Services Institutions Bureau(FSIB), on Thursday, has selected Lavanya Mundayur, 57,CMD,...
Global temperatures to reach near-record highs in next five years, report finds
"There's very clear evidence that the climate is warming and that the global average temperature is continuing to rise," Melissa Seabrook, a research scientist at the UK Met Office. Average global temperatures are forecast to reach near-record levels in the next five...
SC says right to trauma care of citizens integral part of right to life; passes slew of directions
A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and A S Chandurkar also directed the states and UTs to establish functional (physical and digital) good samaritan grievance redressal systems with designated nodal authorities at state and district level within three months, and...
Bajaj Finserv to Invest in AI, Tech Startups
"Bajaj Finserv companies will invest Rs 1,500-2,000 crore over a five-year period in startups and early-stage companies with strong scalability potential across AI, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, fintech and consumer technology platforms," the statement said....
Wealthy families cut dollar exposure, survey finds
"For the first time, we are feeling that family offices want to build up in Asia Pacific and, to a certain degree, also in Western Europe," UBS executive Benjamin Cavalli said. "That mainly affects family offices outside the United States, but we are also seeing...
Trump says Iran and Oman will not control Strait of Hormuz, deal remains elusive
Trump's comments came after Iranian state TV reported that it had obtained an unofficial draft of an agreement that would restore commercial shipping through the strategic waterway to prewar levels within a month, with Iran and Oman jointly managing traffic. That...
Climate Intelligence:Turning weather data into financial gain
The weather was always data. We just never learned to treat it as a financial signal.That is now changing, and it is changing faster than most people realise.The missing link has always been the intelligence layer that connects real-time weather data to real-time...
Govt prepares Rs10,000 crore LIC stake sale next month
The government plans to sell a stake of about 2% in the state-run insurer in late June or early July to institutional investors.The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, under India’s Finance Ministry, is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Motilal...
New Mandatory Norms:IRDAI asks insurers to disclose KMP pay metrics, Policyholder Service performance on websites
Ajay Seth, chairman, IRDAI ``Evolving expectations of customers and needs of the economy require us to place greater emphasis on measurable customer outcomes, transparency in decision-making, responsiveness, and sustainable value creation. Accordingly, the revised...
GIC Re Q4 profit rises 3% to Rs 2,254 crore with underwriting profit, pays dividend of Rs 13.25 per share
GIC Re's Combined ratio improved marginally to 103.43 per cent in Q4FY26 from 103.56 per cent a year earlier “On the back of disciplined underwriting, consistent execution, and our strategic approach, we hope and believe that we will continue to improve and perform to...
US launches new strikes as talks stall,Iran says strikes violate ceasefire
Marco Rubio,U.S. Secretary of State Following strikes against targets that the U.S. said included boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on his plane in India's Jaipur that the Strait of Hormuz had...
Private credit losses could hurt insurers more than banks, ECB warns
Private credit has been rattled in recent months by concerns about overspending on artificial intelligence, the technology’s disruptive power notably as regards the software industry and doubts over lending standards.The ECB said that the upstart industry in isolation...
OpenAI’s Altman says AI unlikely to trigger ‘Jobs Apocalypse’
Sam Altman,CEO,OpenAI Sam Altman said he and his executives had been “roughly right” on the technological predictions made by OpenAI when it launched ChatGPT in 2022. But he said they were “pretty wrong” on the social and economic implications. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman...
Swiss Re appoints market heads in different regions
Rafael Schneider,Market Head, Germany, will become Market Head Mediterranean & Middle East.He will be succeeded in this role by Kristina Franke. Zurich:Following last month's announcement about Anna Ziswiler's move to Asia, Swiss Re has announced the new market...
Asia emerging as a key global growth engine for cyber insurance market:Report
The report, “Unlocking Asia’s Cyber Insurance Opportunity: The Broker’s Role in Growth”, notes digital adoption is accelerating across the region, yet standalone cyber insurance penetration remains structurally low. In many markets, fewer than five percent of small...
Aon appoints Christian Hoffman as global CEO of Commercial Risk
Christian Hoffman, Global CEO, Commercial Risk, Aon In this role, Hoffman will lead Aon’s global Commercial Risk business, advancing the firm’s strategy to help clients navigate increasing volatility by connecting their complex risk needs with the most efficient forms...