Insurance - general
Wipro acquires US firm HealthPlan Services for $460 mn
12 Feb 2016
In its second-largest acquisition, Wipro has acquired US-based HealthPlan Services from private equity firm Water Street Healthcare Partners
AIG to cut costs, return $25 bn to shareholders
28 Jan 2016
Alice Vaidyan becomes 1st woman to head GIC Re
25 Jan 2016
Alice Vaidyan is the first woman to be appointed chairman in the history of the country's insurance industry
Irda working with insurers for simple products
08 Dec 2015
AIA group hikes stake in Tata AIA Life to 49%
08 Dec 2015
AIA group hikes stake in Tata AIA Life to 49%
08 Dec 2015
Banks, insurance firms woo venerable India Post
08 Dec 2015
Bhopal gas disaster lessons fast forgotten
03 Dec 2015
The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, meant to provide immediate relief to industrial disaster victims, remains largely on paper as there is no awareness of it at the district level
Largest US insurer warns of exit from Obamacare
20 Nov 2015
Aetna shareholders approve Humana acquisition
20 Oct 2015
Nippon Life hikes stake in RCAM to 49%
13 Oct 2015
In the biggest ever FDI in the Indian mutual fund industry, Japan’s Nippon Life today hiked its stake in Reliance Capital Asset Management Company to 49 per cent
Fifth Obamacare insurance co-op folds up
12 Oct 2015
Mitsui Sumitomo snaps up UK insurer Amlin for $5.3 bn
09 Sep 2015
The acquisition, which is at a 36 per cent premium to Amlin’s closing price on Monday, marks the emergence of Japanese corporates as a major force in global M&As
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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