by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
The Financial Stability Board, which monitors global risks, has high-level concerns about the potential for “ratings shopping” in private markets, where firms can seek grades on transactions from multiple providers and opt for the most favorable one, one of the people...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Risk Management
Holcim said it intends to appeal the decision and that the question of “who is allowed to emit how much CO2” should be a matter for lawmakers, not a civil court A court in Switzerland said on Monday it would admit a legal complaint against Swiss cement maker Holcim,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Non-Life, Regulation, Risk Management
The insurance regulator would impose a 100% risk charge on cryptoassets, according to a presentation on Dec. 4 seen by Bloomberg News. Stablecoin investments would attract risk charges based on the fiat currency the Hong Kong-regulated stablecoin is pegged to, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Cyber and climate change/natural catastrophes are also key themes. Cyber insurance is continuing to see rapid growth, and this is forecast that to continue through 2030. GlobalData estimates the global cyber insurance market to be worth $22.2 billion in 2025 and $35.4...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2025 | Data, Life
Growth has been supported by increasing demand for group insurance, product innovation, personalised offerings, and stronger distribution networks, especially in individual insurance. New Delhi:The number of people covered by life insurance in India has risen sharply...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation, Reinsurance
Now, insurance regulator IRDAI will come out with new set of regulations in accordance with the new Act which provides a host of changes including hiking FDI from 74 per cent to 100 per cent for the Indian insurance companies The new Act introduces one-time...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2025 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Life, Non-Life, Regulation, Reinsurance
The Insurance Act 1938 did not contain any definition of “insurance business”. The Bill now seeks to define this term to mean the business of effecting insurance contracts, as well as any other form of contract that may be notified by the Central Government in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
President Droupadi Murmu The Bill introduces an elaborate framework on duties and liabilities, including civil liability for nuclear damage. It caps the maximum liability for each nuclear incident at the rupee equivalent of 300 million Special Drawing Rights, with the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Pension & Social Security, Policy, Regulation
All these reforms come as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his administration want to make India a developed economy by 2047,a goal that requires economic growth of about 8% per year, and policymakers are betting on rapid industrialization and deeper capital markets...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2025 | Disaster & Management, Indian News, Risk Management
The plea alleged that despite weather advisories issued by the meteorological centre in Srinagar and the J-K Disaster Management Authority, the pilgrimage was not suspended, which amounted to criminal negligence by the CEO and other officials of the Shri Mata Vaishno...
