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IRDAI imposes a stiff penalty of Rs 3.39 crore on Star Health for violating cyber security laws
A significant data leak from Star Health Insurance was reported in Aug, 2024, affecting approximately 3.1 crore customer records. The data, including mobile numbers, PAN details, addresses, and medical information, was allegedly accessible through a website created by...
SBI Life’s net profit rises 14% to Rs594 crore in Q1 FY 25
SBI Life's Value of New Business (VoNB) stands at Rs.1,088 crores with a growth of 12% during the reporting period. The company's VoNB Margin was at 27.4% in Q1FY 25 Mumbai: SBI Life Insurance, the largest private sector life insurer in the country, has recorded a...
Christiern Dart appointed as CEO of MS Amlin
,Christiern Dart, CEO-Designate, MS Amlin Christiern brings more than three decades of leadership experience in international (re)insurance markets and will assume his role at a time of continued high performance at MS Amlin LONDON: MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global...
Russian plane with nearly 50 aboard crash, 48 killed
The plane, whose tail number showed it was built in 1976, was operated by a Siberia-based airline called Angara MOSCOW: Forty-eight people have died in a plane crash in Russia's Far East, the head of the country's Amur region said in a statement Thursday. The An-24...
Former finance secy Ajay Seth appointed as new IRDAI chairman for 3 yrs
Ajay Seth, Chairman-designate, IRDAI Seth, a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service(IAS) officer from the Karnataka cadre, retired in June end New Delhi: Finally, Ajay Seth, 60, former Finance Secretary, Ministry of Finance, has been appointed as the new chairman of...
UN’s top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law
The case is led by the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu and backed by more than 130 countries The court also said a "clean, healthy and sustainable environment" is a human right. Enshrining a sustainable environment as a human right paves the way for other legal...
Munich Re CFO Christoph Jurecka to become chairman from Jan 1,2026
Jurecka has been with the Group since 2011 and will succeed Joachim Wenning. In 2019, he had joined Munich Re’s Board of Management as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Munich: Munich Re, the largest international reinsurer, on Wednesday has appointed Christoph Jurecka,...
Angel one forms Rs 400 crore life insurance JV with Singapore’s Livwell
Wilf Blackburn, ex-regional CEO of Prudential Asia, is proposed to chair the proposed venture, while Nikhil Verma, former deputy CEO of Aviva Vietnam, is proposed to lead as CEO Mumbai: Domestic brokerage Angel One on Wednesday announced a plan to partner Singapore's...
Irdai proposes internal ombudsman for insurers to address claims up to Rs 50 lakh
"Applicable to all insurers (except reinsurers) with more than three years of operations, the framework mandates the appointment of an internal insurance ombudsman to address complaints involving claims up to Rs 50 lakh," it said. New Delhi: Irdai on Wednesday...
ICICI Lombard and AWS enable seamless business continuity with automated Disaster Recovery solution
ICICI Lombard in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), has completed a major upgrade of its disaster recovery (DR) infrastructure from AWS Asia- Pacific (Mumbai) Region to AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region, backed by a fully automated, cloud-native setup....
FM expands footprint in India with new innovative centre in Bengaluru and sales office in Mumbai
Complementing the Bengaluru expansion, FM will also open a new sales office in Mumbai later this year. The Mumbai office will help the company strengthen its presence in the country’s financial capital, bringing it closer to key clients and decision-makers Bengaluru:...
Indian cities need $2.4 trillion for climate infrastructure by 2050, World Bank says
The number of Indians living in cities is projected to nearly double to 951 million by 2050 from 480 million in 2020. But erratic rainfall, heatwaves, and rising sea levels are leaving urban areas in the world's most populous nation increasingly vulnerable, the bank...
Govt clears appointments of 5 EDs in PSU general insurance cos
The government on Tuesday has cleared the appointments of five executive directors(EDs) in different PSU general re/insurance companies. Anjana Saxena and Amandeep Singh Grover have been posted as EDs in Oriental Insurance Company, Jayashri Balkrishna in GIC-Re,...
Shriram Life Insurance signs bancassurance deal with ESAF Small Finance Bank
Shriram Life Insurance Company (SLIC) has partnered with ESAF Small Finance Bank as a corporate agent to expand the reach of life insurance products to the underserved segments across India. The bank has 788 branches, 713 ATMs, and 1,095 customer service centres...
Govt’s Bima Sakhi Scheme enrolls over 2 lakh women
Pankaj Chaudhary, minister of state ,Ministry of Finance LIC has already paid Rs115.13 crore to 2,05,896 Bima Sakhis in the country till July 14 New Delhi: Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has provided a budget of Rs 520 crore for the government's Bima Sakhi- “Mahila...
India’s financial inclusion index improves, surges to 67 from 64.2 in March 2024: RBI
It captures the level of financial inclusion using data from different sectors, including banking, insurance, investments, pensions and postal services. Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday said that the country's financial inclusion index (FI-Index)...
Natural disasters like floods emerge as top reason for buying home insurance in India: Survey
The survey highlighted that 41 per cent of the respondents in last 6 months consider natural calamities such as floods, earthquakes, and storms as the primary reason to purchase home insurance. These events have made people realise the importance of securing their...
TRAI convenes joint committee of regulators on issues of spam and cyber fraud
Key outcomes were urgent transition to 1600-Series for Commercial Calls, regulators, discussed setting up timelines for migration to the dedicated 1600-number series for transactional and service calls in the banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sectors....