Insurance Articles
With the growing risk of legal liabilities arising from shareholder and other stakeholder claims, including potential class action suits, managements of Indian companies are exposed to many adversities.
The sustainability and profitable growth of any industry hinges on the value proposition that it offers to customers as well as the needs of customers it addresses. One must bear…
Private insurers provide nearly 70 per cent of the motor insurance cover in India and almost 90 per cent of the insurance shoppers are looking for comprehensive policies, according to…
Few years ago, Mumbai based Gopal Vaswani bought a Rs 7 lakh family floater health cover for his wife and children.
The year 2011 was marked by a series of severe earthquakes and many weather-related catastrophes. Thus Munich Re estimates its claims costs from the earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand…
Health insurance agnostics often cite the lack of cover for small or over-the-counter medical expenses to justify their scepticism. Their grouse is that though visits to a doctor and the…
Carnival Corp.’s sunken cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, was insured by companies including Assicurazioni Generali SpA (G), RSA Insurance Group Plc (RSA) and XL Group Plc (XL), said three people…
Swiss Re's Board of Directors appoints Michel M. Liès, currently Chairman Global Partnerships at Swiss Re, as new Group Chief Executive Officer as of 1 February 2012. Michel M. Liès…
According to Swiss Re’s latest expertise publication “Lessons from recent major earthquakesâ€, several big Earthquakes resulted in a devastating number of fatalities and injuries and have caused widespread property damage…
The world’s vulnerability to further economic shocks and social upheaval risk undermining the progress that globalization has brought, warns the World Economic Forum in its Global Risks 2012 report, the…