Health regulations are required on a priority to enable higher transparency in hospital pricing and greater convenience for policyholders, ...

If the long-term life business can sell short-term health, general insurers should be able to sell long-term products, argues Tapan Singhel...

India's insurance sector faces stagnation. Major reforms are delayed after the Irdai chairman's departure. Initiatives like Bima Sugam, Vis...

Change in EoM Guidelines: Under his stewardship, IRDAI introduced the Expenses of Management (EoM) regulations at a time when the industry ...

Irdai emphasised on the need for stress testing, scenario analysis and effective asset-liability management (ALM). The National Bank for Fi...

Non-life insurers in India expect double-digit growth in 2025. Key drivers include a conducive regulatory environment and innovative produc...

Irdai chairman Debasish Panda encourages conglomerates to join India's insurance sector, emphasizing growth opportunities. He highlights ef...

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) discussed the high cost of parametric insurance premiums and the imposition of 18 percent...

The government, led by GIC chairman Ramaswamy Narayanan, is developing parametric and hydroelectric insurance pools to enhance disaster pro...

"The business from policies with premiums higher than Rs 5 lakh is down by an absolute 10%. The number of policies has grown by 20% and we ...

India's insurance industry is experiencing a significant transformation, primarily driven by the growth of health insurance. The Insurance ...

"Everybody in India is used to the fact that life insurance is a savings vehicle, or an alternative savings, or an investment vehicle, and ...

The annuity double taxation is a big one because India is one of the largest grey countries and a part of the reason annuities are not doin...

The GI industry is entirely focused on achieving the glorious mission of 'Insurance for All' by 2047, set by the insurance regulator.

Our market share is down in group business because we could not get some of that. Our individual business is growing, and I am confident of...

Though the model has been quite robust, the insurance industry is reinventing itself to new heights where it is going through a profound ch...

IRDAI constitutes a 15-member health insurance consultative committee that will help to achieve the goal of universalisation of health insu...