March 3, 2021
In order to motivate policyholders to adopt healthy lifestyles, private health insurers are granting discounts on renewed policies upto 80-100%…
February 26, 2021
The IRDAI has given its formal approval for the acquisition of a stake of up to 12% in Max Life…
December 8, 2020
The insurer regulator, IRDAI has proposed a ban on credit-linked group health policies such as critical illness covers that are…
September 19, 2020
A working group set up by IRDAI has recommended to set up a pandemic risk pool for India. The report…
August 12, 2020
Frequent low-intensity earthquakes are prompting people living in the National Capital Region (NCR) to look for home insurance, according to…
August 8, 2020
An active monsoon season prompted more than $20bn in flood-related damage in parts of China, Japan, India and Bangladesh during…
July 31, 2020
Based on early data from insurers, 43% of the buyers of the standard short duration COVID-19 policy sold by all…
July 18, 2020
The Indian government has decided to inject $2.3 bn into three state owned general insurers. National Insurance, Oriental Insurance and…
June 17, 2020
Health insurance companies will not be allowed to contest claims once the premiums on a policy has been paid for…
June 5, 2020
The Indian government is likely to reassess the need to establish a natural catastrophe insurance pool due to mounting economic…