Insurance News

With the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) granting certificate of registration to Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co,

The state government declared the list of the insurance firms empanelled for Pradhanmantri Fasal Bima Yojana on Saturday. The crop insurance scheme

Government owned non-life insurer United India Insurance Company Ltd has taken a preliminary decision to list its shares through an public offer ra

Max India was locked at 5% lower circuit at Rs 185.25 on BSE after stock debuted on the bourses today, 14 July 2016, after the demerger scheme of t

Customers will now find it much easier to buy motor insurance policies or renew their existing ones on the go as the Insurance Regulatory Authority

With most of the regulatory issues relating to the non-lifeinsurance industry ironed out, the General Insurance Council of India is now into develo

The district health authorities on Monday rolled out a plan to provide health insurance to all government school students if they are diagnosed wit

Edelweiss Financial Services is set to enter the generalinsurance industry as the 30th player. The company on Monday said the Insurance Regulatory

The insurance sector might be required to offer a cover for medical expenses of both transport and non-transport drivers in case of a road mishap.A

Heard of flash sales of smartphones on e-commerce websites? Soon, one could be lured into buying insurance products in milliseconds. It may sound l

Liberty Videocon General Insurance is headed for capital infusion of Rs 310 crore as its foreign JV partner is set to raise stake to 49 percent, th

For equity investors, the drought of investing options in insurance all these years may turn into a flood this fiscal. At least six firms have line

Government has now allowed all the four public sector general insurers to participate in its ambitious farm insurance schemes -- the Pradhan Mantri

Regulator Irdai has asked insurance companies to file details of their business in the rural and social sectors, a move aimed a

India's first insurance policy covering public liability to an atomic power plant operator has been issued to Nuclear Power Corporati

Liberty General Insurance today said it will more than double its offices across India in next four months to 80 locations, witnessing traction in

Insurance premium collection in India grew by 7.9 per cent in 2015 as demand for both life and non-life products was strong, a globa

Insurance penetration in India has risen partially to 3.4% in financial year 2015-16 compared to 3.3% in 2014-15, according to Swiss Re's

Even as a RBI report released on June 28 favoured distribution of insurance products by banks, it warned of possibility of misselling, especially i

Motor third party policies may soon be available at pollution check centres and other agencies following Insurance regulator IRDAI approv

IndiaFirst Life Insurance, a joint venture between Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Legal & General (UK), on Monday announced their collaboratio

Bajaj Finserv Ltd is likely to buy out its German partner Allianz SE’s stakes in two insurance units Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd and

Insurance regulatory body, Irda, has come out with a draft regulation on selling insurance via e-commerce platforms to help increase insurance pene

United India Insurance Company Ltd. has decided to go in for rationalisation of product pricing to improve profitability, according to a top offici

Muthoot Finance Ltd has completed acquisition of Muthoot Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd (MIBPL) by transfer of equity shares from its existing sharehold

The absence of digitised records in a majority of the hospitals in India is reported to have  resulted in claims getting delayed more often th

A likely era of consolidation begins in the insurancesector with Friday's board approval for merger of Max Financial Services and Max Life with

Gross direct premium income of general insurance companies grew 19.4% year-on-year in May, with private players continuing to report higher growth

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) in its draft guidelines (feedback is invited till June 22) for listed insurance

International healthcare group Bupa and leading multi-business corporate, Max India Ltd., today announced the completion of the transaction to incr