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IRDAI wants life insurers to pay Surrender Value from 1st yr, allows customers more facilities against their life insurance policies
We note that the final guidelines are somewhat more favorable than the earlier draft. Based on our preliminary calculations, surrender income could decrease by approximately 55-70%. It's too early to quantify the impact on the Value of New Business (VNB) margin, as...
Fizzling monsoon could prolong heatwave in north, says IMD
"The monsoon has slowed down after reaching Maharashtra and may take a week to regain momentum," an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) told Reuters New Delhi: India's monsoon rains have lost momentum after covering western regions ahead of schedule,...
Govt to ensure ease of living for all citizens: FM Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister She also stated that the reforms undertaken since 2014 will continue, which will further provide macroeconomic stability and growth for India. She also highlighted India's commendable growth story in recent years amidst...
Parametric Play: Insurance helps 46,000 Indian women avoid deadly work during heat waves
As soon as temperatures breached 43.6C in Ahmedabad, Makwana and thousands of other women were told that ICICI Lombard, an insurance company, would pay them a portion of their daily wages. The Self-Employed Women’s Association labour union runs the insurance...
WHO confirms human case of bird flu in India, 2nd case since 2019
While the H9N2 virus typically tends to cause mild illness, the United Nations agency said that further sporadic human cases could occur as this virus is one of the most prevalent avian influenza viruses circulating in poultry in different regions New Delhi: The World...
Multibillion-euro court battle over stranded Russian jets begins in Dublin
Lessors are suing dozens of insurers around the world over losses of at least $8 billion after more than 400 planes were prevented from leaving Russia when Western sanctions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine forced the termination of their leases. Lloyd’s of London, Chubb...
Major world economies seek to halt new private sector coal financing
If approved, the draft proposal by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, would be the first move by a multilateral institution to curb financing for coal, one of the biggest causes of climate change, which produces more carbon dioxide emissions...
Singapore Airlines offers compensation for flight hit by turbulence
“Passengers medically assessed as having sustained serious injuries, requiring long-term medical care, and requesting financial assistance are offered an advance payment of $25,000 to address their immediate needs,” that will form part of any final settlement, the...
India fastest growing economy to clock 6.7 pc growth over 3 years World Bank
"India will remain the fastest-growing of the world's largest economies, although its pace of expansion is expected to moderate. After a high growth rate in FY2023/24, steady growth of 6.7 per cent per year, on average, is projected for the three fiscal years...
Household consumption expenditure jumps in India as incomes rise
In absolute terms, the monthly per capita consumption expenditure in the country’s rural areas shot up to Rs 2,008 in 2022-23 from Rs 1,430 in 2011-12 Urban India also recorded a robust gain of 33 per cent with per capita household consumption expenditure rising to Rs...
Domestic passenger vehicle sales rise 4% in May to 347,492 units: SIAM
Moreover, the two-wheeler segment saw a notable 10% rise in sales, reaching 16,20,084 units in May, compared to 14,71,550 units in the same period last year New Delhi: India's passenger vehicle wholesales experienced a 4% year-on-year growth in May 2023, totaling...
GI Council to develop a tech platform auto-generating jobs seamlessly to surveyors for retail claims: IRDAI
The system should be developed in such a manner that whenever a claim is reported by the customer and registered by the insurer, the assignment of surveyor should happen automatically on a random basis by the new digital platform. The system will also seamlessly...
Russian Oil tanker does secret cargo switch near Singapore to dodge US sanctions
Russia has shipped about 3.4 million barrels a day of crude so far this year, valued at about $37 billion at the point of export, and working around western sanctions has been part of that The first Russian oil tanker attempting to deliver crude while under US...
Former Allianz employee pleads guilty to fraud over $7-billion funds collapse
The case stemmed from the March 2020 collapse of the German insurer’s now-defunct Structured Alpha funds, which Tournant had created and oversaw as chief investment officer A former Allianz fund manager pleaded guilty on Friday over his role in a meltdown of private...
Issuance of CAT bonds just hit a record high
Issuance of the bonds, including non-property and private transactions, reached an all-time high of more than $16 billion in 2023. The current value of outstanding cat bonds stands at $49 billion, Artemis estimates. Crucially, last year saw relatively few weather...
No retail general insurance claims can be rejected for want of documents, have to be settled within 7 days of survey report: IRDAI
The insurer has to decide on the claim within seven days of receipt of the survey report. This condition will not apply in case of policies issued on the property/building on reinstatement value basis. Any delay in settlement of the claims beyond the above stipulated...
Nirmala Sitharaman retains Finance Ministry portfolio in Modi’s third term
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister Sithraman, who will be presenting the full Budget for FY 24-25 in July, is expected to introduce bills soon for amendments to the Insurance Act, 1938, and the IRDAI Act to allow composite licensing for insurers New Delhi:...
IRDAI asks general insurers to provide `Customer Information Sheet’ to all of their retail policyholders
The IRDA has outlined 14 key points which have to be mentioned mandatorily in the `Customer Information Sheet' by the general insurers with immediate effect This is a positive step towards making insurance more customer-friendly, ensuring smoother claims services, and...