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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Proposal on crop insurance
Ranchi, May 23: Chief secretary S.K. Choudhary today directed agriculture and co-operative departments to prepare proposals to extend crop insurance benefits to farmers during the current sowing season. Agriculture secretary A.K.
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Island nations domestic nuclear crisis is going global in a hurry
Just ask Christine Lagarde, France
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Climate change now a growing risk for insurers
Insurers are struggling to assess the risks from climate change, industry officials say, with the floods in Australia and Brazil highlighting the potential losses from greater extremes of weather. Scientists say a warmer world will cause more intense drought, floods, cyclones as well as rising sea levels and the insurance industry says the number of weather-related disasters has already soared
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Irda to allow cover for N-accidents
New Delhi: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has decided to frame guidelines for allowing insurance cover for nuclear accidents. The agency is awaiting the the nuclear liability law to provide framework for the proposed rules.
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Global insurance industry statement on adapting to climate change in developing countries
Four leading insurance climate change initiatives, whose combined membership includes more than a hundred of the world
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An insurance plan for climate change victims
As governments dither over how to protect the world's poor from the effects of a warming planet, an unlikely group is stepping up.
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Study Says Small-Car Buyers Sacrifice Safety
Consumers who buy minicars to economize on fuel are making a big tradeoff when it comes to safety in collisions, according to an insurance group that slammed three minimodels into midsize ones in tests.
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Getting a Health Policy When Youre Already Sick
INSURANCE executives held out hope to the afflicted late last month by announcing their willingness to end a notorious industry practice: charging higher premiums to people with health problems or denying them coverage altogether.
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DeAm plans green private equity fund
Deutsche Asset Management, the $800bn fund unit of Deutsche Bank, plans to launch the world's first private equity fund specialising in climate change, or green investments. "We're developing the product," Kevin Parker, DeAm chief executive, told the Financial Times. "We are already the biggest climate change investors in the world. That has happened really in just the past 18 months." The move dovetails with DeAm's commitment to climate change as a potentially huge investing trend and with its desire to develop more products in the higher-margin end of the asset management business.
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Why a butterfly can destroy a behemoth
<h1><a class="l" href="http://www.google.co.in/url?q=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/11/23/stories/2010112353020100.htm&sa=X&ei=e5_rTN6uKIK6vwPVibnZAQ&ved=0CDAQ-AsoAjAB&usg=AFQjCNGR6he6ZoBpwDyOKhgO3sT3vwsf8A" a="true">Navi Mumbai airport gets 'green' signal</a></h1> <p><em>- Business Line, 23 November 2010</em></p> <p> </p>