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Substantial growth in insurance biz since GST rationalisation: Irdai’ Sood
"What we've seen in October, that is an indication of how things will be. I think both the life insurance industry and the retail health has seen substantial growth, substantial interest coming from people," Irdai's member(Non-Life) Deepak Sood said, adding that more...
Deadly heat worldwide prompts $300 million for climate health research at COP30
An October report in The Lancet scientific journal estimates the yearly number of deaths from heat-related causes worsened by climate change at nearly 550,000. Another 150,000 annual deaths can be linked to air pollution, often from the burning of fossil fuels but...
Boeing ordered to pay over $28 million to 737 MAX crash victim’s family
The verdict awarded to the family of Shikha Garg is the first in the dozens of lawsuits filed in the wake of that crash and another in Indonesia in 2018, which combined killed 346 people.The lawsuit alleged the 737 MAX plane was defectively designed and that Boeing...
Zurich Insurance invests $170 million into APAC private debt
US life insurers have ramped up private debt investments, allocating close to a third of their $5.6 trillion in assets to the sector last year, up from 22% a decade ago, according to data compiled by research firm CreditSights. Zurich Insurance Group AG has selected...
China accuses US of committing $13 billion bitcoin hack
The Chinese government has recently become increasingly vocal in accusing the American government of hacking campaigns China’s cybersecurity agency accused the American government of orchestrating the theft of about $13 billion worth of Bitcoin, representing China’s...
Finmin asks hospitals, insurers to make healthcare affordable and accessible for policyholders
M Nagaraju, Secretary,Financial Services , Ministry of Finance The secretary advised insurers and hospitals to take measures such as devising standardised treatment protocols, common empanelment norms, seamless cashless claims processing, etc, to bring down health...
New India net profit soars almost 58% to Rs 454 crore in H1FY26
"Looking ahead, the company remains optimistic about sustaining growth momentum. We continue to register industry-leading growth in October, and early indicators suggest improvement in loss ratios in the second half of the financial year''Girija Subramanian, CMD...
Public health of Indians at risk due to substandard imports of PVC resin from China: Report
The study, titled "Balancing Growth and Public Health Safety: Criticality of PVC QCO in India," was released at IIT Delhi on Wednesday. It highlights that PVC, which forms nearly 30 per cent of India's economy, is used in critical areas such as water supply,...
Banks at crossroads as AI costs rise and risks escalate: S&P Report
In terms of risk management practices, the report pointed out that deploying AI technologies introduces new technical risks and increases reliance on third-party vendors. At the same time, AI can help banks improve risk identification, monitoring, and pricing. New...
Ministry of civil aviation clarified pilot not being blamed for AI plane crash: Centre to SC
Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, “The AAIB inquiry is not for apportion blame on anyone. It is only to clarify the cause so that the same does not happen again.” New Delhi: The Air India pilot has not been blamed in the AAIB’s preliminary report into the June 12 plane...
Mahindra & Mahindra and Canadian Manulife form 50:50 life insurance JV, To invest Rs 3,600 crore
“We can plan getting into non-life business if composite license is allowed by the government afterwards.Mahindra brand strength, deep distribution capabilities in rural and semi-urban India and execution excellence make life insurance a logical extension towards our...
Willis and Rare partners to launch innovative insurance solution for fishers in the Philippines
Christopher Au, Head of APAC Climate Risk Centre, at Willis, said: “With over 1.9 million registered small-scale fishers relying on the nearshore for their livelihoods, the impacts of climate change, such as high winds, rough seas and heavy rainfall, pose increasing...
GIC Re net profit surges 55% to Rs 2,867 cr in Q2FY26, global premium rises 15% to Rs 9,600 cr
`GIC Re’s broad objective is to maintain its dominance in the domestic market while strategically enhancing its global footprint for diversification and spread. Our decisions will be guided by exposure management, price adequacy and portfolio balance on an ongoing...
Managing Customers: Banks and insurers deploy AI agents to fight fraud and process applications
-Three in five banks and insurers cite customer onboarding among top reasons for AI agent adoption,-33% of firms are actively developing proprietary AI agents in-house, though only 10% have deployed at scale,-Nearly half of banks and insurers are creating new jobs to...
Google sued for secretly amassing user data via Gemini AI
In the past, users of Gmail, Chat and Meet were given the option to turn on Google’s artificial intelligence program. But in October, the Alphabet Inc. unit “secretly” turned on Gemini for all those applications, enabling it to collect private data “without the users’...
IRDAI closely monitoring health insurance claims gaps, says Chairman Seth
Ajay Seth, chairman,IRDAI `While the number of health insurance claims settled is high, the amount settled especially in full is sometimes lower than expected.This is an area we are monitoring closely. Our expectation from the insurers is clear. Prompt, fair and...
Hexaware launchs advanced insurance solutions,deepens Google Cloud partnership
The offerings strengthen Hexaware's collaboration with Google and reflect a shared focus on accelerating digital transformation through automation, AI, and scalable cloud-native architectures for the insurance industry.Hexaware's parametric claims solution automates...
Max Financial Services Q2 profit plummets to Rs 6cr
Axis Max Life reported New Business Margins of 23.3 per cent in H1 FY’26 up from 21.2 per cent during the same period last year. The Value of New Business (VNB), a measure of profitability experienced a YoY growth of 27 per cent outperforming the peers, aided by...