Insurance Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding an illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …

Now, LIC might distribute land compensation

After burning its fingers over distribution of compensation of farmers' land, acquired for development projects, the state government has decided to out source the disbursal to the state-run Life Insurance Company (LIC). The state government received a lone bid from LIC on Thursday, showing its willingness to take the onerous …

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. Singh said another meeting would be held tomorrow to work out modalities and a proposal

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 …

Why a butterfly can destroy a behemoth

Navi Mumbai airport gets 'green' signal - Business Line, 23 November 2010 The Warming of Antarctica: A Citadel of Ice Begins to Melt - Environment 360, 22 November 2010 One of the biggest challenges in our responses (or lack thereof) to climate change has to do with scale. Politicians have …

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.

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

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.

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. In a report prepared for release on Tuesday, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said that …

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. But don

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. …

Insurance companies among top 10 shareholders of ITC Limited

Insurance companies, Indian government are the mainstay of the tobacco-driven company It is fairly well known that ITC Limited, India’s biggest blue-chip company, earns its bread and butter from selling tobacco products like cigarettes and cigars. Its revenue for 2011-12 is a mammoth Rs 36,000 crore (US $7.2 billion) and …

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