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Max Financial Services gets Irdai nod to acquire residual stake in Max Life

This transaction is expected to be completed in the next fortnight, the company said in a statement on Monday

Irdai endorses panel's view to cut obligatory cession to zero from 4%

The obligatory cession was reduced from 5 per cent to 4 per cent in FY23. The regulator has been reducing the obligatory cession over time

Irdai approves amendments, simplifies rules to set up insurance firms

Under the current guidelines, to invest in insurance companies as "promoter", a PE fund can do so only through an SPV

Removal of cap: Insurers to get flexibility to allocate commissions

According to Irdai, the revised draft regulations on commissions emphasise on the board's oversight through a board-approved policy on the payment of commission

Social safety net product Bima Vistaar being developed for Bima Sugam

The regulator last month had formed a 24-member committee, headed by Devasia, to develop an affordable, accessible and comprehensive cover - Bima Vistaar -- for rural population

Irdai draft norms do away with specific caps on commissions to agents

Proposes that commissions to agents can't exceed management expense limit

60% in survey report personal data breach by their loan service provider

Four out of 10 in LocalCircles study point finger towards insurance providers or banks

Leading insurance companies under GST scanner for alleged fake invoicing

Notices have also been issued to vendors of these companies

Investors react positively to LIC's good showing in second quarter

LIC posted a record rise in the Q2 profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 15,950 crore, up 10x year-on-year (YoY) compared to Rs 1,433.71 crore a year ago

Nippon Life-Birla Sun Life merger talks fail ahead of RCap deal deadline

Sources say Nippon Life of Japan not keen on diluting its holding in Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company to less than 10%--something that the merger will bring about

LIC sees multifold increase in Q2 net profit at Rs 15,952 crore

This is due to transfer of funds from non-par to shareholders' account

Borrowing costs bite: Interest-rate surge hurts corporate profits

Interest expenses of listed firms (ex-BFSI) were up 18.5% YoY in Q2FY23

Aditya Birla Capital joins race to acquire life insurer Reliance Nippon

Reliance Capital holds 51 per cent stake in RNLIC and Nippon Life of Japan the rest

Edelweiss raises $425 mn for 3rd special situation fund, seeks $1 bn corpus

Company says it has investment commitment from insurance companies, pension funds, high net worth individuals

ICICI Pru, 14 insurance firms evaded Rs 824 crore input tax credit

Officials said further investigation revealed that other insurance companies and NBFCs also exploited a similar route to avail of ineligible ITC

Govt bonds and immediate annuity plans: 2 options for retirement income

The first offers a guaranteed rate of return for long; the other secures income for the rest of your life

Sebi keeps Digit Insurance's IPO in 'abeyance'; no explanation on action

Market regulator Sebi has kept an initial public offering from Digit Insurance on hold, according to a document on its website

Insurtech platform Zopper raises $75 million; plans global expansion

Insurtech platform Zopper said it has raised $75 million in its Series C funding, led by Creaegis with participation from ICICI Venture and Bessemer Venture Partners

Investors commit $7.1 trn of assets in pursuit of 1.5 deg C climate goal

A coalition of pension funds and insurance companies have committed to managing $7.1 trillion of assets in line with the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius

Sebi puts Fairfax Group-backed Go Digit's IPO in 'abeyance'

Capital markets regulator Sebi has kept in "abeyance" the proposed initial share sale of Canada-based Fairfax Group-backed Go Digit General Insurance Ltd. However, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) did not clarify further. Go Digit had filed preliminary IPO papers with the capital markets regulator on August 17. Cricketer Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma are among the investors in the firm. Going by the draft papers, the company's proposed initial public offering (IPO) comprised fresh issuance of equity shares worth Rs 1,250 crore and an offer for sale of 10.94 crore equity shares by a promoter and existing shareholders. Proceeds from the fresh issuance were to be utilised for the augmentation of the company's capital base and maintenance of solvency levels and general corporate purposes. Without disclosing the reason, Sebi said "issuance of observations (has been) kept in abeyance" with regard to the IPO of Go Digit, an update on the regulator's website sh