Why partnerships will define India’s agricultural transitionIndia's agriculture faces climate challenges. A robust public finance foundation can drive a new phase of growth. Regenerative agriculture ...
22 May, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
Forget stocks, you can now profit from Mumbai rains! Here's how NCDEX's unique weather futures workNCDEX has launched India’s first exchange-traded weather derivative contract, RAINMUMBAI, allowing traders and businesses to hedge against ...
21 May, 2026, 03.07 PM IST
NCDEX launches India’s first weather derivatives contract based on Mumbai rainfallNCDEX has announced India’s first SEBI-approved exchange-traded weather derivatives contract, “RAINMUMBAI”, aimed at helping market partici...
20 May, 2026, 04.21 PM IST
Why are copper prices near high and will the momentum continue?Copper prices remain near record levels, supported by AI-driven data centre demand, global electrification, tight mine supply and geopoliti...
25 Apr, 2026, 12.05 PM IST
Basel III fragments as US, Europe and India take diverging paths on bank capital rulesFifteen years after its finalization, the Basel 3 accord's goal of uniform global banking rules has fragmented. National regulators are now...
15 Apr, 2026, 11.29 PM IST
"We cannot wait for political change": Hillary Clinton hails India as innovation hub at Mumbai Climate WeekClinton pointed to successful grassroots innovations as proof of scalable impact, citing an insurance product that has reached 500,000 wome...
18 Feb, 2026, 04.25 PM IST
Go Digit paid India’s first insurance claim using parametric product for agriculture, it saidGo Digit General Insurance has disbursed payouts to around 500 farmers in Rajasthan. This marks a significant step in climate-linked insura...
29 Jan, 2026, 07.48 PM IST
Climate risk is now economic risk and India must insure against itOctober storms over the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea highlight the increasing erratic nature of weather. Hurricane Melissa's impact an...
08 Nov, 2025, 02.27 PM IST
Kshema General Insurance raises $20 mn from Green Climate FundKshema General Insurance secured $20 million from the Green Climate Fund for its 'Harnessing Insurance for Climate Resilience in Indian Agr...
03 Nov, 2025, 04.51 PM IST
India considers introducing nationwide climate-linked insurance schemeIndia's government is in early talks with local insurers to design a nationwide climate-linked insurance program. This parametric model wou...
06 Oct, 2025, 03.03 PM IST
Insurance industry joins push to decarbonise global shippingDecarbonisation is the need of the hour and can be achieved by using alternative fuels or focusing on renewable energy sources.
16 Dec, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
Life insurers may see short-term pressure on profitability due to pandemic: ICICI Pru LifeIn FY21, the life insurance industry reported a modest 3 per cent growth in new business premium, said the report, adding the industry cont...
20 Jun, 2021, 06.52 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
Agri schemes not disjointed but linked at various stages: Agri MinThe price of agriculture produce is usually low immediately after its harvest due to increased supply in the market, which gradually picks ...
18 Dec, 2018, 05.42 PM IST
BNP Paribas launches first equity index linked green bondBNP Paribas Cardif purchased the first green bond - a Euro 50 million note with a 10-year maturity - issued by the World Bank.
19 Sep, 2014, 03.34 PM IST
- 'Global warming & natural disasters not wrongly linked'
IPCC has presented a robust defence of its claim that the world had "suffered rapidly rising costs due to extreme weather related events si...
27 Jan, 2010, 04.47 AM IST
- Floods put reinsurers under the weather
Reinsurers, insurance associations and risk consultants have been following a ‘probabilistic flood model’, which takes into account a histo...
20 Mar, 2008, 03.31 AM IST