Insurance - general

ECGC raises insurance cover for banks’ export credit to 90%

17 Sep 2019

Enhanced insurance cover will ensure that foreign and rupee export credit interest rates will be below 4 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively, for exporters

Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill set to raise insurance burden on vehicle owners

24 Jul 2019

Govt abandons plan to merge 3 PSU insurers, looks at demerger: report

26 Jun 2019

IRDA to allow vehicle owners to decide damage cover

24 Jun 2019

HDFC to acquire 51.2% stake in Apollo Munich for Rs1,347 crore

19 Jun 2019

Govt reduces ESI contribution rate from 6.5% to 4%

14 Jun 2019

The move will benefit as many as 1.29 million employers and 36 million employees while also allowing to extent the scheme to more establishments

US health insurance major Cengene to merge WellCare in a $17.3 bn deal

01 Apr 2019

US health insurance major Cengene to merge WellCare in a $17.3 bn deal

01 Apr 2019

PM’s health scheme approves 23,287 claims worth Rs38-cr in first 10 days

08 Oct 2018

PM launches universal health insurance programme Ayushman Bharat

24 Sep 2018

Claimed to be the world’s largest health insurance programme, covering 500 million people, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY) will provide a cover of up to Rs5 lakh per family per year, for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation

Irdai adds Rs750 driver cover to vehicle insurance premium

24 Sep 2018

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana offers accident cover at Rs12 a year

20 Sep 2018

29 states and UTs sign into Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme

28 Aug 2018

Bharti AXA Life, Airtel Payments Bank team up to offer PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana

17 Aug 2018

Insurance companies sitting on policyholders' unclaimed money worth Rs15,167 crore

30 Jul 2018

Use of Aadhaar in `Ayushman Bharat’ health insurance `desirable, not must’

13 Jul 2018

4 states account for 60 per cent of LIC cancer policy sales

16 Apr 2018

Wells Fargo faces massive fines over lending, auto insurance abuses

10 Apr 2018

When health care hurts: High-deductible plans raise financial risk

09 Apr 2018

Walmart in talks to acquire health insurance major Humana

31 Mar 2018

US health insurer Cigna to buy Express Scripts in $67-bn deal

08 Mar 2018

The acquisition highlights a trend toward cost-control through the merger of insurers with medical suppliers and healthcare providers

Azim Premji joins with Prudential of US to bid for Star Health

06 Mar 2018

US insurer Prudential and Wipro founder Azim Premji are joining forces to challenge a consortium of WestBridge Capital and Kedaara Capital, besides others, in the fight for a controlling stake in Star Health and Allied Insurance

Azim Premji joins with Prudential of US to bid for Star Health

06 Mar 2018

US insurer Prudential and Wipro founder Azim Premji are joining forces to challenge a consortium of WestBridge Capital and Kedaara Capital, besides others, in the fight for a controlling stake in Star Health and Allied Insurance

Azim Premji joins with Prudential of US to bid for Star Health

06 Mar 2018

US insurer Prudential and Wipro founder Azim Premji are joining forces to challenge a consortium of WestBridge Capital and Kedaara Capital, besides others, in the fight for a controlling stake in Star Health and Allied Insurance

Azim Premji joins with Prudential of US to bid for Star Health

06 Mar 2018

US insurer Prudential and Wipro founder Azim Premji are joining forces to challenge a consortium of WestBridge Capital and Kedaara Capital, besides others, in the fight for a controlling stake in Star Health and Allied Insurance