Insurance - general
Wipro acquires US firm HealthPlan Services for $460 mn
12 Feb 2016
In its second-largest acquisition, Wipro has acquired US-based HealthPlan Services from private equity firm Water Street Healthcare Partners
AIG to cut costs, return $25 bn to shareholders
28 Jan 2016
Alice Vaidyan becomes 1st woman to head GIC Re
25 Jan 2016
Alice Vaidyan is the first woman to be appointed chairman in the history of the country's insurance industry
Irda working with insurers for simple products
08 Dec 2015
AIA group hikes stake in Tata AIA Life to 49%
08 Dec 2015
AIA group hikes stake in Tata AIA Life to 49%
08 Dec 2015
Banks, insurance firms woo venerable India Post
08 Dec 2015
Bhopal gas disaster lessons fast forgotten
03 Dec 2015
The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, meant to provide immediate relief to industrial disaster victims, remains largely on paper as there is no awareness of it at the district level
Largest US insurer warns of exit from Obamacare
20 Nov 2015
Aetna shareholders approve Humana acquisition
20 Oct 2015
Nippon Life hikes stake in RCAM to 49%
13 Oct 2015
In the biggest ever FDI in the Indian mutual fund industry, Japan’s Nippon Life today hiked its stake in Reliance Capital Asset Management Company to 49 per cent
Fifth Obamacare insurance co-op folds up
12 Oct 2015
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