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Budget 2018: Merging state-run general insurance companies for better valuation

As per a senior official of a state run general insurance company who did not want to be quoted, the idea of merging the entities could also be to boost solvency ratios

2 min read2 Feb 2018
Industry

Venture debt funds see increasing interest from insurance firms, HNIs

Regular payments and predictable returns have venture debt funds a good fit for institutional investors

2 min read29 Jan 2018
Opinion

Insurance firms can benefit from blockchain

India reportedly has crime 'syndicates' that focus mostly on insurance fraud. Blockchain can ensure financial transactions remain secure.

3 min read29 Sep 2017
Politics

Donald Trump threat: End health payments unless there’s an overhaul

US President Donald Trump again threatens to end required payments to insurance firms unless lawmakers repeal and replace the Barack Obama-era healthcare law

2 min read30 Jul 2017
Industry

Union Cabinet approves bill to deal with bankruptcy at banks, insurance firms

Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017, aims to set up a Resolution Corporation that will protect stability and resilience of India's financial sector

2 min read14 Jun 2017
Industry

Bank of Baroda said to consider cutting insurance firm stake

Bank of Baroda is seeking to pare its 44% stake in IndiaFirst Life Insurance and the 49% stake in Baroda Pioneer Asset Management

1 min read23 Mar 2017
Companies

AIG CEO Peter Hancock to quit as swelling losses hurt investors

Peter Hancock's successor will be the seventh CEO of AIG since 2005 as the company's complexity bedeviled one leader after another as they struggled to manage the global insurer

3 min read9 Mar 2017
Industry

Insurance firms being probed for evasion of service tax

Finance minister P. Chidambaram says recoveries have been made in some cases

1 min read7 Dec 2012
Home-page

LIC allowed to buy over 10% in listed firms

LIC allowed to buy over 10% in listed firms

4 min read28 Mar 2012
Companies

AIG agrees $2.16 bn sale of Taiwan unit

AIG agrees $2.16 bn sale of Taiwan unit

3 min read12 Jan 2011
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