The Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2021
The Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was introduced in Rajya Sabha by the Minister of Corporate Affairs, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, on March 15, 2021. The Bill amends the Insurance Act, 1938. The Act provides
Insurance Industry
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44% of tillers under crop insurance
SC Asks Why Farmer Suicides Are Up Despite Centre's Much-Hyped Scheme With a spurt in farmers' suicides in the recent past, the Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre's much-hyped crop insurance
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Insurers call on G20 to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020
Aviva(AV.L), Aegon NV (AEGN.AS) and MS Amlin (APLCF.PK) said fossil fuel subsidies were at odds with commitments by G20 nations to combat global warming agreed by almost 200 countries last year at a Paris
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yohana, 05/08/2016
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yohana, 05/08/2016. Total 16 insurance companies including all concerned Public Sector Insurance Companies and 11 Private Sector
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Illegal pollution check centres dot city
Operating without licence, many illegal centres thrive on city’s roadsides in worn-out vans The recent arrest of three youths have brought the focus back to the illegal air pollution check centres thriving
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Global climate 500 index 2016: insurance sector analysis
Climate change poses a double threat to the insurance industry. It faces mounting costs from claims relating to the physical impacts of climate change and knock-on events such as the disruption of global
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Dull disasters?: How planning ahead will make a difference
In recent years, typhoons have struck the Philippines and Vanuatu; earthquakes have rocked Haiti, Pakistan, and Nepal; floods have swept through Pakistan and Mozambique; droughts have hit Ethiopia, Kenya,
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Climate change: why financial institutions should take note
The world’s insurers, banks and pension funds are "inherently susceptible" to threats from climate change and must make adjustments, from shifting investment toward environmentally friendly industries
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Alberta wildfires Canada's costliest-ever natural disaster-report
Insured losses from the May wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta, are expected to total C$3.58 billion ($2.76 billion), making it the costliest-ever Canadian natural disaster, an insurance industry group
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AAP plans to cover all under health insurance scheme
Rs. 10 lakh coverage for small premium; govt. will pay for people from EWS “Nobody should die for want of money”, is the simple philosophy behind the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) latest and most ambitious
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Infectious diseases of monsoon spreading at faster rate: Study
A leading private insurance company's report has revealed that the number of people applying for mediclaims during monsoon was higher in 2015-16 than in 2014-15, indicating that the incidence rate of infectious