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- May 31 2023
AIG exits Pakistan, sells business to TPL Insurance
The scheme of arrangement has a December 31 deadline for transaction completion.
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- May 29 2023
IRDAI proposes perpetual licence for brokers: report
The regulator plans to remove the three-year renewal requirement for intermediary licences as part of recommended amendments to Insurance Act.
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- May 29 2023
GIC Re’s COR improves to 109.3% for FY 2022
Overall profit more than tripled despite significant underwriting losses, while GWP declined.
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- May 24 2023
Reliance General Insurance promotes Namita Rohra to liability, credit and specialty head
Mumbai-based Namita Rohra was earlier segment head liability for cyber and specialty lines in Reliance General.
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- May 20 2023
IRDAI relaxes surety bond rules
The regulator has reduced the solvency requirement and removed the 30% exposure ceiling.
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- May 11 2023
Indian finance ministry sets riders for fresh capital in three state-owned P&C carriers: report
National, Oriental and United India will need focus on the bottom line and improve costs, digitalisation and products.
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- May 9 2023
Travel company EaseMyTrip plans to enter Indian non-life business
The board met on May 8 to approve plans to set up a wholly owned subsidiary to start a GI arm and consider overseas acquisitions.
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- May 9 2023
Allianz Re | Securing India’s energy transition
Innovation and expertise are key to (re)insuring the country’s ambitious transition-to-renewables story.
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- May 9 2023
JB Boda eyeing parametrics, ILS to strengthen India’s nat cat capabilities
The broker, which has an international footprint, sees opportunities in helping domestic carriers, who are poor at managing climate risk.
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- May 3 2023
Sri Lanka Insurance to hive off general insurance arm as it readies for sale: report
The state-owned insurer's portfolio includes more than one million general and life policyholders each, with a combined GWP of US$131m.
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- May 3 2023
HDFC Ergo GI elevates Anuj Tyagi to joint managing director
A 14-year veteran with HDFC Ergo, Tyagi was most recently deputy MD.
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- April 28 2023
Hinduja Group offers to inject US$43m into India’s Reliance General Insurance
The offer is part of the group's takeover bid for troubled financial services group Reliance Capital, which owns 100% of the general insurer.
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- April 27 2023
Licence of Sri Lanka’s Co-operative Insurance suspended, Fitch downgrades again
The downgrade to BB from BBB comes after a governance breach saw all new business stopped until May 2.
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- April 21 2023
Lloyd’s syndicate Volante Global launches India office
The syndicate has hired Laxmeekant Walikar, former India CUO at Axa XL, as India managing director in Mumbai.
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- April 13 2023
Opinion: India’s non-life players edging towards international systemic risk status
Home-spun big beasts GIC Re and New India will soon have more of an impact on the global stage.
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- April 7 2023
InsuranceDekho acquires Indian SME insurance distribution start-up
The insurtech has acquired Mumbai-based peer Verak after recently raising US$150m in a Series A funding round.
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- April 4 2023
Easing capacity constraints offer hope for mid-year renewals: Aon
April renewals progressed in an orderly fashion as the reinsurance market has found itself on a more sustainable footing.
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- April 3 2023
Rate hikes, significant structural changes make April 1 renewals challenging: Gallagher Re
"We certainly didn’t see any meaningful new capacity, or any other indication that reinsurers are prepared to cede their hard-won pricing territory any time soon," says global chief executive James Kent.
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- March 27 2023
India renewals to see prices climb 10-35%
The market is likely to see property, fire and marine premiums correcting as negotiations hit their final week.
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- March 27 2023
Marsh McLennan appoints Sanjay Kedia India CEO
The Marsh India country head will assume an additional role in the ongoing senior leadership shuffle in the region.
