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- June 24 2025
Warburg Pincus in talks to divest 10% stake in India’s SBI General: report
Private equity firm is in discussions with other shareholders Premji Invest and State Bank of India for a deal that could value the general insurer at US$4.5bn.
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- June 23 2025
Zurich Kotak launches commercial insurance division
The carrier will expand into commercial property, liability, marine, and engineering, covering a range of businesses from SMEs to large corporates.
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- June 23 2025
Willis bolsters India finex team with head of claims appointment
Gurugram-based Arushi Arora joins the broker from law firm Khaitan Legal Associates, where she represented clients, insurers and brokers on complex liability claims.
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- June 20 2025
Marsh India names Jay Mehta as vice president for private equity, M&A
Mumbai-based Mehta joins from EY, where he was most recently senior manager for tax and regulatory services.
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- June 19 2025
Zurich Kotak General Insurance brings in 2 new faces for commercial insurance team
Ranjit Bhargava joins as head of distribution and Sumit Gupta as executive vice president of distribution.
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- June 18 2025
‘Surely, prices will go up’: Air India crash to push hull and liability rates, could impact product liability
Brokers and a lawyer tell InsuranceAsia News that last week's fatal crash in Ahmedabad will have a wide-ranging impact on the aviation industry, with total losses set to be as much as US$475m.
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- June 16 2025
Everest’s Himanshu Garg promoted to head of new business initiatives
Garg will retain his role as head of India, according to Asia Pacific CEO Kevin Bogardus.
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- June 15 2025
Aviation premiums could go up by 10% in FY27 following Air India crash: reports
Death toll has risen to 270 after Air India flight 171 crashed into a residential building shortly after take-off from in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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- June 13 2025
Singapore Re expands into India with GIFT City branch
The Fairfax Asia owned reinsurer becomes the fourth international company to set up a branch in the Indian financial special economic zone.
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- June 13 2025
Air India crash claims could top US$280m, ‘investigations will take time’
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after departing Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, killing 241 passengers and crew.
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- June 13 2025
Air India crash: Tata AIG leads program jointly placed by Gallagher and WTW
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed minutes after take-off from India’s Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon with 242 people on board.
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- June 12 2025
SBI General Insurance appoints Mohd Arif Khan as deputy CEO
Khan joins the carrier from the State Bank of India, where he was most recently general manager.
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- June 11 2025
‘No hope of recovery’: MSC Elsa 3 salvage efforts begin in India, but total loss expected
NorthStandard is understood to be the claims leader for the Liberian-flagged container ship that sank last month off the coast of India.
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- June 10 2025
India’s GIC Re proposes ‘parametric insurance’ umbrella: report
Country’s largest reinsurer is in talks with the central government to offer countrywide parametric cover.
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- June 6 2025
WTW appoints Amarpal Singh as cyber leader in India
Delhi-based Singh has also been named as north leader within the financial and executive risks (finex) division at Willis.
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- June 3 2025
India’s non-life premiums could rise to US$38bn in FY26: ICRA
Report also notes private insurers could expand market share to 70% by FY27, up from 68% in FY25.
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- June 3 2025
India’s 3 state-owned insurers need close to US$2bn to remain solvent: ICRA
Combined solvency ratios remained weak at 0.85 as of December, compared to the regulatory minimum of 1.50.
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- May 28 2025
With Australia, India and China inundated by record floods, voices swell to rewrite the nat cat lexicon
Floods in Australia have been widely described as a one-in-500-year event, but such categorisations are now being seen as harmful to the insurance industry.
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- May 27 2025
GIC Re’s FY25 underwriting loss at US$403m, COR improves to 108.8%
Carrier’s net profit for the financial year rose by 3.1% to US$784.3m, while GWP grew by 10.7% to US$4.8bn.
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- May 21 2025
India’s competition regulator approves Bajaj’s acquisition of Allianz JV stakes
Allianz CFO Claire-Marie Coste-Lepoutre affirmed that the insurer is considering deploying a portion of the proceeds into the Indian market over time.