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IRDAI’s Distribution Reforms: Commission on general insurance products to be slashed from 30% to 20%, 12.5% for life over 5 yrs
Greater transparency would be required from insurers and large...
FSSAI starts penal action against Amazon, Swiggy, BigBasket, others
In a social media post, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of...
Karnataka govt constitutes SIT to probe fraudulent insurance claims
The government order directed the SIT to conduct a comprehensive...
Banks to remain open on next Sunday, ahead of proposed 3-day strike, Sept salaryof govt employees to be paid on 25th: MoF
The release said the decision was aimed at ensuring that the...
International
Girija Subramanian conferred IIS’s Vanguard Market Development Award for emerging markets
Girija Subramanian,member, Distribution, Insurance Regulatory &...
British Columbia sues OpenAI in US court over Canada school shooting
The filing says it seeks to hold the company “accountable for...
EU to require data centres to disclose energy and water efficiency
To attempt to incentivise companies to build more energy- and...
MNK International accelerates global growth with launch of MNK International North America
Manoj Kumar, group chief executive officer and chairman, MNK Group...
Briefs
LICHFL becomes a corporate agent of Niva Bupa Health Insurance
Niva Bupa Health Insurance has signed a corporate agency agreement...
IRDAI fines Canara HSBC Life and IndusInd bank Rs 1 cr each for violating norms
Indian insurance regulator IRDAI has imposed a fine of Rs one crore...
Events
3rd edition “IFSCA-IRDAI GIFT-City Global Reinsurance Summit on Jan 19, 2026 in Mumbai
The 3rd edition “IFSCA-IRDAI GIFT-City Global Reinsurance Summit”...
IIA Annual Event 2025
Date: October 30, 2025 Venue: Fairmont, Mumbai Theme: AI In...
Articles
Hydropower Risks: Mapping interdependencies and building resilience
From an insurance perspective, events such as recent floods in...
Power Assets: AI and data centre growth drive insurance demand across Asia
Lyo Foo, Head of Power, Natural Resources Asia, at Willis said, “AI...
Global Data Centre Boom: Emerging risks becoming more pronounced
For the insurance market, this convergence of physical and digital...
Features
Data
Interviews
“Competition in the group health insurance segment is intense”
Nilanjan Roy, Head of Group Business, ManipalCigna Health...
“IndiaFirst Life is progressively becoming a multi-channel distribution player in the industry.”
Varun Gupta, President & Chief Distribution Officer (CDO) –...
Facts
Vegetarian diets linked with a lower risk of many cancers
Though the study didn’t probe the cause of a higher or lower risk of certain cancers, researchers hypothesized that diets higher in fruit, vegetables, fiber and without processed meat could lower risks. The lack of meat is likely to be the reason for the different...
Finmin launches Paripoorna Mediclaim Ayush Bima for CGHS beneficiaries
The policy provides indemnity-based in-patient hospitalisation coverage within India, with sum insured options of Rs 10 lakh or Rs 20 lakh.To be provided by state-run New India Assurance, the other features include that the room rent is capped at 1 per cent and 2 per...
Elon Musk predicts working will become “Optional” like a hobby within 20 years as AI advances rapidly
Musk explained that with accelerating progress in AI and robotics, people may reach a stage where they can choose whether to work or not, similar to choosing whether to grow vegetables at home despite having the option to buy them from a store Washington: Tesla CEO...
Flying car, four-wheeled robot shine at Nepal auto show
Deepal’s eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) UAV, a flying car manufactured in China and Unitree Robots’ advanced four-wheeled robot are the main attractions in the 17th edition of NADA Auto Show. Kathmandu: In a first, a flying car and four wheeled robot...
AI in India:20 jobs likely to be affected — and 20 that may stay safe
Jobs that will be most affected by AI: Ticket agents/travel clerks,legal assistants (routine drafting),Telephone operators,Finance/insurance underwriters doing rote tasks,Coders doing repetitive tasks,Junior marketing researchers,Customer service representatives,Basic...