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- May 27 2024
Paytm General Insurance withdraws application for general insurance licence
The decision allows the group to focus on the insurance distribution portfolio built by its wholly-owned subsidiary Paytm Insurance Broking, it said.
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- May 27 2024
Gallagher Re beefs up India agriculture team with two new hires
New Delhi-based Naveen Sharma and Mumbai-based Cherukumalli Kiroj Kumar have joined the global broker's agriculture specialty team in India.
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- May 23 2024
Fairfax-backed Go Digit makes a quiet trading debut
The US$314m IPO was priced at the top end of the price band valuing the digital insurer at US$3bn.
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- May 22 2024
Aon promotes Sharad Vishvanath as enterprise client leader in India
In his new role, Vishvanath will focus on advising large clients on complex issues relating to risk and human capital.
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- May 22 2024
Diot-Siaci to buy majority stake in Indian broker Unilight
The agreement is expected to strengthen Diot-Siaci's presence in Asia and allow the European broker to participate in the expansion of the Indian insurance market.
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- May 20 2024
Fairfax-backed Go Digit’s US$314m India IPO fully subscribed
The IPO was 9.6 times subscribed at the close of bookbuilding and is slated for trading on May 23.
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- May 17 2024
Allianz Partners charts APAC expansion with India reinsurance, retail lines in focus
The embedded assistance and specialty retail insurance business is betting on expanding travel, mobility and reinsurance operations to drive growth across multiple regional markets.
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- May 14 2024
Indian (re)insurance broker IIRM expands to Kenya
The parent’s tie up with Lloyds syndicate Amwins Global Risks will help the group tap into the global specialty insurance market, according to a local report.
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- May 13 2024
Reliance General Insurance owner’s acquisition approved by regulator: report
IRDAI has approved the Hinduja Group‘s acquisition of Reliance Capital's 3 insurance units before the May 27 deadline but under conditions on share transfers and encumbering.
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- May 10 2024
Fairfax-backed Go Digit’s downsized IPO set for May 15 launch
The listing on Indian stock exchanges could raise up to US$313m after the digital insurer reduced the new shares on offer and nearly halved the size of existing shares sale.
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- May 7 2024
CelsiusPro launches parametric climate risk insurance for Indian women workers
The index-based product offered in partnership with Howden Insurance Brokers and Go Digit, provides financial protection against extreme heatwaves for women working in India's informal sectors.
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- May 7 2024
Opinion: India’s marine insurance gambit poses questions of the West’s Russia sanctions
Indian regulator's approval to three new Russian insurers backed by the sanctioned Russian National Reinsurance points to tectonic shifts in the industry.
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- May 2 2024
IRDAI’s set to approve Hinduja‘s acquisition of Reliance Capital’s insurance units: report
The regulator's approval is key to the conclusion of Reliance Capital's ongoing bankruptcy proceedings within the time-frame prescribed by a local tribunal.
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- April 26 2024
India approves three new Russian marine insurers
New carriers, Alfastrakhovanie, Sogaz, VSK, and Ingrosstrakh, all backed by Russian National Reinsurance, have been allowed to provide cover to Indian shipments.
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- April 23 2024
Asia warming faster than global average, hit by 79 weather-related disasters in 2023: WMO
Floods and storms are causing the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst the impact of heatwaves became more severe, according to a report from the UN climate agency.
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- April 22 2024
CCR Re’s Africa and Asia FY 2023 GWP increases by 27%
The reinsurer saw moderate claims in Asia throughout the year, not affected by big cat events such as typhoons Doksuri in Beijing and Saola in Hong Kong and saw few individual claims in Korea.
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- April 18 2024
ICICI Lombard’s FY 2024 underwriting losses up 10% at US$1.2bn, COR dips to 102.2%
The Indian general insurer's GWP grew by 17.5% US$3bn and net profit was up 11% year-on-year.
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- April 17 2024
SBI General Insurance appoints Nainoor Desai to head corporate business
Mumbai-based Desai will focus on leading and driving business for the carrier and succeed Meena Subramanian, who will be retiring this year.
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- April 17 2024
India mulls GST exemption for reinsurance: report
The GST Council is likely to issue a clarification that reinsurance is not a supply of service, which will ease the tax burden.
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- April 16 2024
Markel appoints Priyanka Gautama as chief underwriting officer for India
Mumbai-based Gautama will focus on developing a new casualty portfolio for the Lloyd's carrier in India.
