There are bulls and bears, and also ducks. When Warren Buffett warned against being a stock market duckWarren Buffett mentioned a metaphor that should haunt every investor who has ever felt clever during a rising market: The preening duck tha...
28 May, 2026, 10.06 PM IST
Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
24 May, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
US stock market crashes today: Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq fall hard as bond yields hit 19-year high - Nvidia, Broadcom, AMD, and Amazon lead massive Wall Street selloffUS stock market crashes today as Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq plunge. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 237 points, while...
19 May, 2026, 09.30 PM IST
A resolution for the potential global jobs crisis: the Human Capital Monetisation Economic SystemAmid growing global concerns over a widening employment gap, a new economic framework has been proposed to address what experts warn could ...
04 May, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
DoorDash, Grubhub face city-wide ban that could shake up food delivery services - is yours impacted?Boston is considering a city-wide ban on mopeds and e-bikes, commonly used by food delivery drivers. This potential ban, aimed at improving...
13 Apr, 2026, 05.56 PM IST
Insurance-linked securities on anvil to diversify risksThe International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) plans to set up special purpose vehicles (SPVs) to issue insurance-linked se...
24 Feb, 2026, 12.43 AM IST
Can catastrophe bonds save India from the financial burden of natural disasters?India is exploring catastrophe bonds ('cat bonds') to manage financial risks from earthquakes and extreme weather. These bonds transfer ris...
07 Dec, 2024, 06.22 PM IST
Catastrophe bonds provide a financial safety net to insurersA SBI report published in July said that India ranks third after the US and China in recording the highest number of natural disasters sinc...
11 Dec, 2023, 06.13 AM IST
China encourages mainland insurers to sell catastrophe bonds in Hong KongMainland property and casualty insurance companies and reinsurance companies can set up special-purpose entities in Hong Kong to raise fund...
27 Sep, 2021, 01.03 PM IST
Create a market for catastrophe bondsFor another, these offer attractive yields, and so can well be lapped up by long-term investors with the requisite risk appetite.
28 May, 2021, 11.59 PM IST
Irdai asks insurers to diversify risks to avoid repeat of IL&FS-type fiascoesThe regulator also said insurers need to diversify their investment strategies so the risks faced by them are multi-dimensional.
07 Feb, 2019, 03.50 PM IST
Government to contribute Rs 600 crore to nuclear poolThe government would contribute Rs 600 crore to the proposed Rs 1,500-crore nuclear insurance pool that will be launched by Atomic Energy C...
10 Jun, 2015, 09.41 PM IST
Nuclear insurance pool: Foreign firms interested to pitch in, says GICWith the Indian nuclear insurance pool falling short by Rs 600 crore towards becoming operational, some foreign companies have shown intere...
17 May, 2015, 07.23 PM IST
Indo-US nuclear deal: India may throw in sovereign guaranteeAnother option, which was being explored, was issuing of catastrophe bonds or a blend of catastrophe bond and sovereign guarantee, govt sou...
23 Jan, 2015, 07.51 PM IST
General Insurance Corporation to offer catastrophe bondsIndian bond investors will soon get a novel product — catastrophe bonds from the state-run reinsurer, but it will be a high risk and high-r...
02 May, 2014, 06.39 AM IST
GIC Re to issue catastrophe bonds in international market“We have got board approval to raise funds through Cat bonds. Now, we are in the process of hiring a consultant,” said AK Roy, chairman, GI...
02 Oct, 2013, 04.57 AM IST
- Insurance databank to weed out frauds
After banks, its the turn of the insurance industry to build a customer information database that will check frauds and enable pricing of p...
26 Feb, 2010, 03.19 AM IST