Top Indian Insurance Industry News & Updates - 17 Feb 2026,Tuesday

🗎 Life Insurance

LIC sets sights on sustained 60%-plus market share: MD & CEO R Doraiswamy
R Doraiswamy, managing director and chief executive officer of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), says policy sales have gathered momentum after the goods and services tax (GST) rationalisation on individual life insurance premiums, increasing affordability for customers, during an interaction with Aathira Varier, Subrata Panda, and Manojit Saha in Mumbai. Edited excerpts:
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🗎 General Insurance

📝  PM Rahat Scheme for road accident victims: Check how to get cashless treatment, eligibility, coverage and claim steps
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🗎 Health Insurance

Pension savings with health insurance? NPS may introduce new option
 
US, UAE, Canada NRIs fuel 126% jump in India health insurance cover: Report
 
📝  The importance of ‘restoration benefit’ in your health insurance policy
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🏦 SEBI

How Sebi’s ETF proposals aim to tackle pricing lags and protect investors
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday proposed sweeping changes to exchange traded funds (ETFs), aimed at eliminating a critical "pricing lag" that currently leaves investors exposed during volatile markets.
Delhi High Court rejects plea against Sebi's approval for NSE IPO
The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition challenging the no-objection certificate (NOC) granted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India to the National Stock Exchange for its initial public offering (IPO), effectively clearing the way for the exchange’s long-pending listing.
📝  SAT rejects brokers' appeals, says Sebi show-cause notices not appealable
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🗎 Pension Funds/PF

Govt weighs making National Pension System mandatory for gig workers
 
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🗎 Mutual Funds / AMCs

Your toughest investment opponent is yourself: Bajaj Finserv MF's Ganesh Mohan
It was a counterintuitive message that Ganesh Mohan, managing director of Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund, delivered to a hall of eager investors at the Mint Money Festival 2026. Speaking on 14 February at the NSE Atrium in Mumbai, Mohan focused not on markets or products, but on a relationship that often damages both confidence and capital – the one between investors and their own minds.
Sundaram AMC launches mid-cap fund in GIFT City
 
📝  How specialised investment funds fill the gap between mutual funds and AIFs
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🗎 Equities, Pvt. Equity / Hedge Funds

Money returns EMs, gold ETF flows surge to ₹24,000 cr, equity inflows cool
New Delhi: Investor money is moving across asset classes in ways that suggest a growing search for safety, diversification, and short-term opportunities, according to a recent strategy note by Kotak Institutional Equities.
Motilal Oswal Alternates raises ₹8,500 crore private equity fund
Mumbai: Motilal Oswal Alternate on Monday announced raising ₹8,500 crore from private equity investors, and the fund will be deployed as growth capital across companies.
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✈ International News

Insurers face rising losses as civil unrest grows in wealthy nations
A category of insurance risk that hardly existed a little over a decade ago has morphed into a meaningful source of losses for the industry. 
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