Latest India Headlines
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Factbox: U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Designed to Address Industry Liability
Feb 3 2015 // The nuclear “breakthrough understanding” between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to allay U.S. concerns about industry liability and unlock billions of dollars in investments into...
Insurance Pool May Unlock India-U.S. Atomic Trade
Jan 26 2015 // Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a plan centered on insurance on Sunday that they hope will convince U.S. companies to build nuclear power stations in India, but stopped short of...
Obama’s Visit to India Ignites Nuclear Accident Liability Debate
Jan 23 2015 // It’s a $182 billion question for India with no easy answer. That’s the estimated amount the country plans to spend on nuclear power plants to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge to provide...
Munich Re’s 2014 Nat Cat Review Highlights Low Loss Levels
Jan 7 2015 // Munich Re’s review of losses caused by natural catastrophes in 2014 confirms that it was indeed another benign year for the re/insurance industry. “The absence of very severe catastrophes and a quiet hurricane...
India’s Prime Minister Plans Executive Order to Allow More Foreign Investment
Dec 24 2014 // Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to pressure Indian lawmakers into approving two key economic policy changes a day after a parliament session ended without a vote on the bills. Modi will use an executive order known as...
Attempt in India to Raise Foreign Ownership Cap for Insurance Hits Logjam
Dec 23 2014 // Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi risks failing to win approval from lawmakers for one of his biggest policy changes yet, a setback that dims prospects for other key bills until he wins greater sway in the upper...
India Uber Driver’s Rape Charge Raises Doubts About Oversight
Dec 10 2014 // The Uber taxi driver held on suspicion of raping a passenger in India is a career criminal who was out on bail for sexually assaulting a woman, Indian police said, raising fresh concern about the safety of using the...
India Moves Closer to Raising Foreign Direct Investment Cap for Insurance
Dec 10 2014 // Max India Ltd., the Indian partner of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest casualty insurer, surged to its highest in a month after a parliament panel recommended the nation increase the cap on...
India’s Opposition Party Could Support Insurance Industry Liberalization
Nov 25 2014 // India’s main opposition Congress party signaled on Monday it could support government legislation to liberalize the insurance industry, a long-delayed reform expected to help improve investor confidence. Prime...
India’s Cyclone Hudhud May Have $400 Million Price Tag
Oct 22 2014 // Cyclone Hudhud, which hit India’s east coast last week, probably cost insurers $100 million to $400 million, modeling firm AIR Worldwide said. The storm damaged transportation infrastructure, power supply systems and...
Cyclone Hudhud Makes Landfall on India’s East Coast
Oct 13 2014 // Cyclone Hudhud made landfall on India’s eastern coast on Sunday, Oct. 12 with gusts as strong as 195 kilometers per hour, according to the India Meteorological Department. With winds averaging 170 to 180 kilometers...
Knowing Clean Technology Customers
Oct 6 2014 // In the next 10 years, the clean technology market is expected to increase by more than 60 percent to nearly $400 billion worldwide, according to Clean Edge’s Clean Energy Trends 2014 Report – creating an enormous...
Companies to Pledge Action on Climate Change at UN Summit
Sep 22 2014 // While U.S. President Barack Obama and more than 100 other world leaders will meet in a summit devoted to climate change, the most tangible action on global warming this week may come from companies. Mars Inc. and others...
UPDATE: Death Toll in India, Pakistan Floods Reaches 400
Sep 10 2014 // The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached 400 on Tuesday as armies in both countries scrambled to help the victims and authorities in Islamabad warned of more flooding in the days ahead. The flash floods,...
Nepal Flood Toll Hits 101, Fears of Disease Rise
Aug 19 2014 // Nepalese authorities said Monday they feared an outbreak of diseases as they attempt to reach thousands of people stranded by flooding that has already killed more than 100 people. The swirling floodwaters have even...
AIG’s 13-Year Wait Gets Longer as Modi Rebuffed: Corporate India
Aug 14 2014 // American International Group Inc. has waited 13 years in India to raise its stake in a local venture from a maximum allowed 26 percent. That wait is about to get longer. Opposition lawmakers, during the current session of...
India Landslide May Leave No Survivors as Death Toll Rises to 61
Aug 1 2014 // The death toll from a landslide triggered by torrential rains this week in India’s western Maharashtra state rose to 61 with 110 missing people feared dead, a government official said. Among the dead were 10...
State Bank of India Mulls Share Sales in Insurance, Asset-Management Units
Jul 28 2014 // State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, is considering share sales in its insurance and asset-management units to meet tighter capital requirements. “We are in talks with our joint-venture partners...
El Nino Seen Weak or Delayed for Several Months by Forecasters
Jul 25 2014 // El Nino will probably develop as a weak event in late summer or early fall in the Northern Hemisphere, according to MDA Weather Services, while Commodity Weather Group LLC said it may be delayed for several months as the...
Insurance a Corporate Winner from India’s New Budget
Jul 11 2014 // Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new government on Thursday unveiled its first budget of structural reforms aimed at reviving growth, winning praise from investors despite a lack of clarity over how it would cap...
