Top Indian Insurance Industry News & Updates - 14 April 2026,Tuesday
🗎 Life Insurance
LIC board approves 1-for-1 bonus issue
Life Insurance Corporation of India on Monday approved a 1:1 bonus share issue, by capitalising its reserves and surplus.
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🗎 Health Insurance
Health insurance for cardiac patients: Specialised plans help, check terms
Heart disease is no longer only a late-life health and financial shock. It is affecting Indians in their 20s and 30s. Around one in three cardiac claims exceeds ₹1.7 lakh, and in severe cases costs cross ₹5 lakh, especially when intensive care unit (ICU) care or surgery is involved, according to Plum, an employee insurance and health benefits company.
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🏦 SEBI
Sebi's consultative approach cuts IPO rejections sharply in FY26
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🗎 Pension Funds/PF
EPFO looks to frame exit strategy amid rising stressed debt exposure
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🗎 Mutual Funds / AMCs
Inflows, outlook remain robust for listed asset management companies
The mutual fund industry has seen a significant month-on-month (M-o-M) decline in assets under management (AUM) in March due to a market correction.
Mutual fund SIP stoppages exceed registrations despite inflows hitting record high in March
Systematic investment plans (SIPs) in mutual funds were discontinued in March, more than they were registered by investors. The trend comes as the West Asia crisis has rattled the markets, making retail participants nervous.
MFs invest more as market crash, cash holdings hit 16-month low
Mumbai: Mutual fund cash holdings fell to a 16-month low in March as fund houses used the market melt-down in March to accumulate more stocks amid rising geopolitical tensions.
Markets fall 11%: Axis MF's strategy for investing in uncertain times
ICICI Prudential AMC Q4 profit rises 10% to ₹763 crore on higher inflows
📝 Prudential Plc names Amit Dave as CEO, Abhishek Saraf as COO
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🗎 Govt Securities / Bonds
Government bonds slump after US-Iran peace talks falter
India's government bonds took a beating on Monday after U.S.-Iran peace talks over the weekend failed to yield a deal to end the war, driving oil prices higher and triggering a risk-off move across assets in the world's third-largest crude importer.
Private firms' bond, debenture investments surge sharply in FY25: RBI
📝 India bonds trim losses as soft CPI spurs value buying
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