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Ind AS to boost transparency, governance and capital efficiency in insurance sector: Ajay Seth
Ajay Seth, chairman, IRDAI Seth encouraged insurers to actively leverage the Joint Expert Group on Ind AS, comprising representatives from IRDAI, ICAI, IAI, NFRA and SEBI, as a platform for seeking guidance and resolving implementation-related issues during the...
Kiwi General Insurance launches operations
“Indian consumers have a real trust deficit in insurance. With Kiwi, we're using technology and AI to solve the problems of affordability, reach, and convenience,“ Nilesh Garg,chairman,founder, Kiwi Insurance Mumbai:Bengaluru based Kiwi General Insurance, backed by...
Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool pushes down war-risk premiums for Hull and Cargo by 27-48%:Govt
Debasish Prusty, additional secretary, Department of Financial Services The re/insurers should explore the future roadmap in three steps: achieving sovereignty in maritime trade through development of a Protection and Indemnity(P&I) product domestically, scaling...
Anthropic calls for pause of global AI development
The company has faced pushback from others in the industry - and officials in the White House - who say its focus on worst-case scenarios overstates the risks and amounts to a strategy for slowing rivals under the cover of safety concerns. Artificial intelligence...
JP Morgan, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF buy Go Digit shares worth Rs100 Crore
According to NSE block deal data, JP Morgan, through its affiliate JP Morgan (Taiwan) Eastern Technology Fund, and Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund purchased 33,33,500 shares, representing nearly a 0.4% stake in the Bengaluru-based insurer.The transaction marks a...
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 5.25%,lowers GDP forecast to 6.6 %, raises inflation to 5.1% for FY27
Sanjay Malhotra, Governor,Reserve Bank of India "The central bank's rate panel noted that the global environment has deteriorated," RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said. The central bank's rate panel felt it was "prudent" to wait until greater clarity emerges, he...
Maruti Suzuki unveils India’s first flex-fuel car as govt pushes for greater ethanol mix in petrol
From left, Maruti Suzuki India MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri during the launch of the company's first flex fuel car, in New Delhi, Thursday, June 4,...
Agriculture Insurance Company settles Rs9,571 cr of claims, benefits more than 1.75 crore farmers in FY26
AIC strengthened its technology-enabled insurance ecosystem through the use of advanced analytics, geospatial technologies, satellite imagery, remote sensing and AI-based tools, Lavanya Mundayur,CMD, Agriculture Insurance Company New Delhi:State owned Agriculture...
New Lloyd’s consortium brings together capacity up to $345 million per risk globally as WTPV market surges
Jonathan Powell, Managing Director, Guy Carpenter said,“Clients are facing urgent and complex capacity needs following the Middle East conflict. Guy Carpenter was pleased to place the TFP PVT Consortium to provide structured, dependable capacity at scale. This...
Insurers underestimating earthquake losses due to “sonic boom” blind spot:MS Amlin
Researchers at the Lloyd’s insurer found so called “supershear” earthquakes accounted for 66% of insured losses from earthquakes since 2016 – equivalent to $13.2 billion - yet are absent from seismic hazard models, building design codes and insurance catastrophe...
Aon appoints José María Navas as chief claims officer for EMEA
In this role, Navas leads the firm’s claims organization across EMEA, overseeing strategy, advocacy and claims preparation capabilities to support clients in navigating an increasingly complex claims environment. DUBLIN: Aon plc today announced the appointment of José...
Munich Re appoints new Cyber Heads for Asia-Pacific and Africa markets
“While mature markets benefit from broader claims experience and greater transparency, limited loss data in less mature markets should not be mistaken for lower malicious or non-malicious exposure.These markets require even stronger underwriting discipline and careful...
Congress raises questions on ‘substantial’ LIC stake in firm under SEBI scanner
Capital markets regulator SEBI on Wednesday barred Rajesh Exports Ltd's promoter and CEO Rajesh Mehta from dealing in the company's securities, alleging large-scale misrepresentation of financial statements and diversion of funds. New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday...
Kotak Life appoints Amit Palta as Deputy Managing Director
Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance has appointed Amit Palta, from ICICI Prudential Life Insurance,as deputy managing director - designate, subject to regulatory approval.With a career spanning 30 years in the financial services industry, Amit brings deep expertise in...
Mapfre Re appoints Swiss Re’s Chaturbhuj Bansal to head its GIFT-IFSC branch
This appointment represents a key milestone in Mapfre Re’s Asia-Pacific strategy and supports the company’s ambition to build a strong local presence, enhancing proximity to clients and brokers in the region GIFT City: Spanish major Mapfre Re has appointed Chaturbhuj...
CEOs quitting general insurance companies to pursue entrepreneurial ventures
"Private equity firms recognise that capital alone cannot unlock this market; what converts opportunity into enterprise is the credibility that only seasoned operators can provide. A veteran CEO carries, in effect, a ready-assembled portfolio of regulator...
Global insurance market expected to continue shifting eastward over next decade: Allianz
Overall, the global insurance market is expected to grow at an annual rate of +5.3% over the next ten years, slightly above economic output. Munich:The global insurance market is expected to continue shifting eastward over the next decade, with India and China gaining...
Insurance market in India likely to grow at 10.7 pc annually over next decade: Allianz Report
Despite ranking among the world's ten largest insurance markets, India remains significantly underinsured, with insurance penetration of 3.8 per cent of GDP, a report by Allianz said, adding that with only about 46 per cent of the working-age population effectively...