Facebook’s WhatsApp to Expand Indian Partnerships to Offer Pensions, Insurance July 24, 2020 By Sankalp Phartiyal Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp plans to team up with more Indian lenders to expand banking services in rural areas and for...
QBE Sells Stake in India Insurance Joint Venture to Fintech Platform Paytm July 8, 2020 India’s financial technology platform Paytm is set to acquire Mumbai-based private sector general insurer Raheja QBE General Insurance Co. Ltd....
India Investigator Recommends Moving S. Korea-Owned Plant After Gas Leak July 7, 2020 By Sudarshan Varadhan and Jane Chung CHENNAI/SEOUL – An investigation into a deadly gas leak at a South Korean-owned chemical plant in southern India that killed...
Cyclone Nisarga Lashes India’s Business Capital, Forcing Evacuation of 100,000 June 4, 2020 By Rafiq Maqbool, Emily Schmall and Aniruddha Ghosal A cyclone made landfall Wednesday south of India’s financial capital of Mumbai, with storm surge threatening to flood beaches and...
India Releases Safety Guidelines on Restarting Factories After LG Chem Gas Leak May 11, 2020 By Divya Patil India has released safety guidelines for restarting manufacturing industries as it partially eases the world’s most expansive pandemic lockdown and...
Gas Leak at LG Chem Plant in India Kills at Least 7, Forcing Evacuation of Thousands May 7, 2020 By Archana Chaudhary An overnight gas leak at an LG Chem Ltd. polymer plant in southern India has killed at least seven people...
Gallagher Releases Pandemic Group Insurance Product for India’s Front-Line Workforce May 4, 2020 International insurance broker Gallagher announced the release of a Pandemic Group Insurance product, providing a comprehensive COVID-19 indemnity cover solution...
AIR Worldwide Launches Multi-Peril Crop Insurance Model for India November 4, 2019 Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced it has released a Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) Model for India...
Arthur J. Gallagher Finalizes Purchase of Stake in India Broker Edelweiss October 25, 2019 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced it has completed the purchase of a minority stake...
India’s Reliance Capital Ends Talks to Sell Its General Insurance Unit September 10, 2019 By Baiju Kalesh and P R Sanjai Reliance Capital Ltd. has called off a sale of its general insurance unit to Hero Fincorp, forcing embattled Indian tycoon...