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Ping An seeks to sell $1 billion software-focused PE assets

Ping An seeks to sell $1 billion software-focused PE assets

by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology

Private market managers allocated hundreds of billions of dollars to software over the last 15 years, betting that software-as-a-service business models would generate high growth and reliable cashflows. That focus became increasingly concentrated during the period,...
Hedge Fund money is reshaping a 180-year-old reinsurance model

Hedge Fund money is reshaping a 180-year-old reinsurance model

by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy

Reinsurers covered just over 10% of total insured catastrophe losses in 2024, well below the historical average of 20%, according to S&P Global Ratings. The industry’s biggest firms have more than halved their exposure to insured disaster losses in recent years,...
Trump’s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz risks widening war to High Seas

Trump’s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz risks widening war to High Seas

by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance

The developments threatened to prolong and widen a war that has led to thousands of deaths and roiled global energy markets, with higher oil and gas prices threatening to stoke inflation while slowing economic growth. Around the world, there’s now a desperate effort...
LIC board approves 1:1 bonus issuance,Govt plans an OFS of corporation

LIC board approves 1:1 bonus issuance,Govt plans an OFS of corporation

by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2026 | Indian News, Life, Policy

In a regulatory filing, the bonus issue will be done by capitalising Rs 6,325 crore out of reserves and surplus available with LIC as of December 31, 2025. The bonus issue would pave way for further share sale or offer for sale (OFS) of LIC. The government, according...
Rise of AI demands new approach to cyber underwriting:CyberCube

Rise of AI demands new approach to cyber underwriting:CyberCube

by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology

William Altman, Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence Services and report author, said, “AI is compressing the cyberattack lifecycle, reducing the time threat actors spend between initial compromise and operational disruption, and in some cases enabling impact to...
Govt drops any merger plans among PSU general insurers

Govt drops any merger plans among PSU general insurers

by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 12, 2026 | Indian News, Non-Life, Policy

Though, the government had not announced any specific plans for the mergers among PSU general insurers-New India Assurance, Oriental Insurance, United India Insurance, United India Insurance-  in recent times, the Department of Financial Services(DFS) was...
Trump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately

Trump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately

by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 12, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News

President Donald Trump Trump made his ​remarks in a Truth Social post ⁠hours after U.S-.Iran peace talks ended without a ​deal. Trump said the meeting “went well, most ​points were agreed,” but added the two sides had not agreed on Iran’s nuclear...
US-Iran peace talks end without a deal as delegations leave Pakistan

US-Iran peace talks end without a deal as delegations leave Pakistan

by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 12, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News

“The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States of America,” said Vice President JD Vance, the head of the U.S. delegation. ISLAMABAD: The U.S. and...
State can’t differentiate between serving employees and pensioners on DA: SC

State can’t differentiate between serving employees and pensioners on DA: SC

by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security, Policy

In a significant judgment upholding the right to equality for retirees, a bench comprising Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Prasanna B Varale dismissed appeals filed by the State of Kerala and the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and affirmed that...
Rajive Kumaraswami to succeed V. Suryanarayanan as MD & CEO of Chola MS

Rajive Kumaraswami to succeed V. Suryanarayanan as MD & CEO of Chola MS

by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2026 | Indian News, Non-Life

Kumaraswami brings over three decades of experience across insurance and banking and has been closely associated with the insurance sector since its liberalisation,where he led the organisation through a sustained phase of growth. Chennai: Rajive Kumaraswami will...
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