Insurance industry's premium growth tops 20% for the first time in FY26
 

New insurance ombudsman reforms set to speed up claims, believe experts
 

IndiGo crisis puts spotlight on India’s neglected travel insurance market
The ongoing IndiGo Airlines crisis that left thousands of passengers stranded at airports across the country has once again revived attention on India’s largely overlooked travel insurance market, which makes up less than 1% of the ₹3-lakh-crore general insurance industry.

Berkley IFSC Branch first P&C insurer in GIFT City with dual licences
Berkley Insurance Company IFSC Branch, part of Berkley Insurance Asia announced the launch of its India operations last week.

Travel insurance: If an airline cancels a flight, it pays, not the insurer
 

Robust growth, valuations to drive gains for general insurance companies
 

Health insurance sector reports strong growth in November driven by GST exemption and rising demand: Nuvama
New Delhi: The health insurance industry continued to post strong growth in November, supported by a pickup in demand for health insurance policies following the GST exemption announced by the government, highlighted a recent report by Nuvama.

How Inflation and Medical Costs Are Influencing Health Insurance Premiums
 

Policybazaar celebrates heartfelt experiences behind successful claim stories with Insurance Ka Superhero
 

Sebi unveils rules on AIF migration into AI-only schemes
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Monday issued modalities for migration of existing alternative investment fund (AIF) schemes into accredited investor-only (AI-only) schemes or large value funds (LVFs). The regulator will offer relaxations to LVFs for AI to enhance the ease of doing business for AIFs.

Safeguarding investor interest: SEBI Unveils PaRRVA for credible Past Risk and Return Verification
Investors in India will now have access to independently verified past returns of market intermediaries, with SEBI unveiling Past Risk and Return Verification Agency (PaRRVA) a first-of-its-kind global initiative aimed at bringing credibility and transparency to financial markets.

IPO market in October posts strong gains with fund mobilisation at all-time high of Rs 41,783 crore
 

ICICI Prudential AMC’s Rs 10,600 Cr IPO to open on Dec 12
ICICI Prudential AMC, India’s second-largest mutual fund house by assets, announced a Rs 10,600 crore initial public offering (IPO) with a price band of Rs 2,061 to Rs 2,165 a share. The offer will open for subscription from December 12 to 16, with trading expected to begin on December 19.

To meet SEBI norms, Prudential Corp Holdings to sell 15% more in ICICI Pru AMC
 

Financial services major Edelweiss new fund eyes ₹13,500 crore corpus
 

Mutual funds and equities fastest-growing asset classes, says report
 

ICICI Prudential AMC plans acquisition in private equity space, CEO says
ICICI Prudential AMC, India's second-largest asset management company, plans to make an acquisition in the private equity space, its CEO said on Monday, a move that would strengthen its position beyond traditional investment products. The acquisition would help the firm deepen its ability to analyse new age businesses, Nimesh Shah said at the company's initial public offering press conference in Mumbai, but did not elaborate on the timeline or other details.

Speed of value creation in India will be much faster next decade, says Peak XV’s Mohit Bhatnagar
Mumbai : Fresh from its success of recent initial public offers of Pinelabs and Groww and the soon-to-be-listed Meesho, their funder and one of India's top venture capital fund Peak XV believes the speed of value creation in India will be much faster in the coming decade than it was in the past, its managing director Mohit Bhatnagar said in an interview.

Indian equities see worst day in over two months
Indian shares logged their worst session in more than two months on Monday, amid uncertainty over a trade deal with the US and persistent foreign outflows, while India’s top airline IndiGo fell 8.3%, continuing to reel from an operational crisis.

Despite FPI exodus, private equity bets big on India: $50 bn still flowing in: Amit Chandra
Chandra, who was on the boards of Tata Sons during 2016–19 and Tata Trusts, said domestic capital in the PE industry was negligible 15 years ago, but has now grown to about 15 per cent. India needs to intentionally grow its domestic PE industry to about 50 per cent to align with the vision of Viksit Bharat, especially in areas of national priority like agriculture, defence, R&D, innovation and venture capital.

Japan govt bond yields surge to multi-year peaks on rising BOJ rate hike expectations
Japanese government bond (JGB) yields climbed to fresh multi-year highs on Monday as markets increased their bets that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates at its meeting next week.