Swiss Re has announced the appointment of Sunayana Mahansaria as head client markets life & health India, effective 1 February 2021. The appointment further reinforces Swiss Re's focus on and commitment to building stronger societal resilience through our unique solution offerings in India.
The government has proposed to increase significantly the authorised capital of the country's biggest life insurer, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), to INR250bn ($3.4bn) to facilitate its public listing scheduled for the next fiscal year beginning 1 April.
The IRDAI has withdrawn its advisory for insurance companies to refrain from declaring dividends, as the economy and the insurance industry start to revive from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) and Indian National Shipowners Association are in talks to develop a protection and indemnity insurance club (P&I club) in India according to a report in the financial daily Business Line. A P&I club is a mutual insurance association that enables risk pooling among members and provides information and representation for its members.
The India Protection Quotient (IPQ) 3.0 survey has revealed that 57% of urban India's salaried professionals feel that the group term life (GTL) insurance cover provided by their employer is sufficient.
India's central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), wants banks to cap their stakes in capital intensive insurance companies at 20%, reported Reuters quoting three sources with knowledge of the matter.
Climate change will increase the frequency of flash droughts in India, which will have a negative impact on country's agriculture and irrigation according to a new study by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar.
Private health insurers are granting discounts on renewed policies of 80-100%, along with a host of other rewards and benefits, in a bid to motivate policyholders to adopt healthy and active lifestyles.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought back the focus on innovative insurance solutions in the Indian market and companies are today scaling up their digital initiatives and increasingly using AI and automation to drive business and serve their customers, said speakers during a webinar organised last week by the National Insurance Academy (NIA) in association with Swiss Re.
The rapid adoption of digitalisation in insurance and the changing customer behaviour along with the influx of new technologies have led to key shifts in the insurance industry in terms of product innovation, the emergence of ecosystems and data, and technology-driven innovations across the value chain, says a report of the international consultancy firm Boston Consulting Group and India InsurTech Association.