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Star Health settles 1cr claims for over Rs 44,000 cr since 2006
Anand Roy, MD and CEO, Star Health Insurance With rapid medical advancements, patients have seen a reduction in the average length of stay in hospitals by up to 20% since 2008. However, the average claim size has seen a four-fold jump, indicating significant medical...
Committee of Creditors asks Hindujas to complete RCap resolution by March end
COC, in an official communication, through its lawyer Luthra and Luthra, on Monday, has further asked IIHL to provide all necessary information, documents and cooperation to obtain the pending regulatory approvals, especially from the Indian insurance regulator IRDAI,...
Hacker forum post claims UnitedHealth paid $22 mln ransom in bid to recover data
The break-in at UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare unit, which has sparked disruption across the United States, has been the object of online intrigue. Blackcat claimed last week that it had stolen millions of sensitive records in the hack, only to quickly delete its...
Miller appoints Frédérique Champvillard as Head of Operations in Asia
Miller, an independent specialist (re)insurance broker, announced the appointment Frédérique Champvillard as head of operations in Asia. Frédérique brings over 30 years’ experience across the insurance and reinsurance industry, most recently as managing director and...
SBI Life Insurance partners with Lucknow Super Giants as ‘Lead Helmet Partner’
SBI Life Insurance has announced its association with the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) franchise, as ‘Lead Helmet Partner’ for the upcoming 2024 cricketing season. SBI Life's logo will feature prominently on the helmets of Lucknow Super Giants, thus leveraging the...
Canara HSBC Life partners with Tripura Gramin Bank
Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited announces a new strategic partnership with Tripura Gramin Bank (TGB) to offer a range of life insurance products through TGB's extensive branch network within the state. The collaboration marks a significant milestone,...
Bajaj Allianz Life Small Cap Quality Index Fund launched
Bajaj Allianz Life, one of the leading private life insurers has launched the Bajaj Allianz Life Small Cap Quality Index Fund NFO which aims to leverage the growth opportunities in Small Cap Equities. The fund objective is to provide investors capital appreciation by...
Malayan Insurance enhances Natural Catastrophe Analytics with Moody’s RMS Risk Modeler
Andrew Hare, managing director, APAC, Moody’s RMS, said: “We are delighted to partner with Malayan Insurance as they adopt Risk Modeler. In navigating the complexities of a rapidly evolving market, (re)insurers require deep insights that offer faster analytics, deeper...
European regulators crack down on Big Tech
The tech giants have been preparing ahead of a Wednesday deadline to comply with a new European Union law intended to increase competition in the digital economy. The law, called the Digital Markets Act, requires the biggest tech companies to overhaul how some of...
Apple fined nearly USD 2 billion by the European Union over music streaming competition
Apple banned app developers from ''fully informing iOS users about alternative and cheaper music subscription services outside of the app'', said the European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's executive arm and top antitrust enforcer The European Union levelled its...
US FAA says Boeing 737 MAX production audit found compliance issues
The audit was prompted by a Jan. 5 mid-air emergency involving a new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 that lost a door plug at 16,000 feet (4,877 meters). The FAA previously barred Boeing from expanding 737 production The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said the...
India’s wheat, rapeseed ravaged by rain just before harvesting
"The entire wheat crop has been flattened due to heavy rainfall and hailstorm. It was nearly mature, and we could have harvested it in two to three weeks," said Mukesh Kumar, a farmer from Uttar Pradesh, the country's largest producer of the grain Untimely rainfall...
War risk insurance premium through Red Sea remained stable despite the sinking of the cargo ship
Insurance industry sources said that war risk premiums being quoted for Red Sea voyages had remained around 1% of the value of a ship for some weeks – compared with around 0.5% before the attacks started – with various discounts applied by underwriters The cost of war...
Govt launches Chakshu to report fraud calls, phone number leaks by firms
Union IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that through digital measures to check fraud and crime, the Department of Telecom Services has been able to help citizens save around Rs 1,000 crore in the last nine months and Rs 1,008 crore has been frozen...
IAEA launches body composition database to combat worldwide obesity challenges
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. Around 800 million adults worldwide are living with obesity and the number of children living with obesity is expected to reach 250 million by 2030 Obesity is now rising...
AI advisory applicable on big platforms, not on start-ups: MoS IT Chandrasekhar
''Advisory is aimed at the significant platforms and permission seeking from Meity is only for large platforms and will not apply to startups. Advisory is aimed at untested AI platforms from deploying on the Indian Internet,'' Minister of State for Electronics and IT...
Moody’s raises India’s 2024 GDP forecast to 6.8% from 6.1%, India to remain fastest growing G-20 nation ,
"Robust goods and services tax collections, rising auto sales, consumer optimism and double-digit credit growth suggest urban consumption demand remains resilient. On the supply side, expanding manufacturing and services PMIs add to evidence of solid economic...
Malaysia may renew search for lost MH370 decade after it vanished
MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board. Investigators concluded the plane deliberately left its planned flightpath, looped back over Malaysia and headed out to sea Malaysian authorities are considering...