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- July 19 2016
Indian life firms post strong growth
Statistics from June show a 23% increase in annualised premium equivalent, according to Kotak Institutional Equities Research.
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- July 13 2016
India’s Edelweiss to launch insurance company
One of the country's leading diversified financial services companies is preparing to enter its competitive insurance industry.
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- July 5 2016
RGA enters India
The Reinsurance Group of America has secured approval from the regulator to establish a branch in the country.
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- June 30 2016
ICICI Prudential to go public in September
India's first public offering of a life insurer is scheduled to go public by September with an IPO that is set to raise US$885m.
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- June 28 2016
Allianz to sell Indian stakes to partner Bajaj Finserv
The German insurer is poised to sell its investments in two insurance units, Bajaj Allianz Life and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance.
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- June 24 2016
Indian life premiums up by more than a quarter
New premium collections increased by 26.6% to US$1.57 billion during May, led by state-run companies.
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- June 24 2016
Dai-ichi Life ups stake in Indian insurance venture
The Japanese company has paid US$80m to Bank of India to extend its stake in Star Union Dai-ichi Life to 44%.
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- June 21 2016
Max Financial and HDFC eye merger
The deal will potentially create the biggest private insurer in the country, overtaking ICICI Prudential.
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- June 10 2016
Can a supercomputer forecast India’s monsoon?
More data is certainly a good thing, but investment in flood defences and urban planning are also crucial to building resilience.
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- June 1 2016
ICICI Prudential prepares Indian IPO
The joint venture has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch and ICICI Securities for billion-dollar public listing.
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- May 20 2016
India to revise IPO guidelines for insurers
The regulator has been working on changes to the existing public offering norms and expects to announce them soon.
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- May 12 2016
Cross-border reinsurers win approval in India
Indian insurers are now allowed to make placements with a large number of reinsurers.
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- May 10 2016
Indian insurers lining up for IPOs
ICICI Prudential Life and HDFC Standard Life are expecting to raise a total of more than US$1 billion this financial year.
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- May 9 2016
Indian insurers soon to invest in bank hybrid bonds
A senior official at IRDA has hinted of a change to the country's investment rules.
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- May 6 2016
SBI Life’s IPO now planned for next financial year
Preparations will start by September and the formal announcement could be made by next March.
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- April 27 2016
Edelweiss Tokio Life names new chief actuary
Subhrajit Mukhopadhyay will be responsible for all actuarial processes and controls in India.
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- April 22 2016
India’s coming IPO wave?
HDFC Life is set to become the country’s first publicly listed life insurer, potentially heralding a wave of deals.
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- April 19 2016
Indian life companies warned on bancassurance
An industry group has warned life companies about relying too much on banks for selling insurance policies.
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- April 14 2016
Indian firms exploit rising demand for D&O cover
Panama Papers revelations are among factors fuelling growing demand for large D&O policies.
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- April 12 2016
India’s life industry forecast to grow at 15%
The industry's annual premium equivalent increased 6% year-on-year in the first nine months of fiscal 2016.
