Insurance - general
Delhi High Court tells insurance regulator to clean up ‘exclusion clauses’ for health covers
27 Feb 2018
CVS Health to buy Aetna for around $69 bn
04 Dec 2017
The deal would help the drugstore giant fortify itself against looming competition from Amazon.com Inc, and also save around $750 million annually
CVS Health nears deal to buy health insurer Aetna for over $66 bn
02 Dec 2017
US pharmacy operator CVS Health Corp (CVS) is nearing a deal to buy the third-largest health insurer in the US, Aetna Inc, for over $66 billion, and an agreement could be announced as early as Sunday or Monday
US drug retailer CVS may buy health insurer Aetna for $66 bn
27 Oct 2017
A deal would merge one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits managers and pharmacy operators with one of its oldest health insurers, as CVS Health Corp seeks to fortify itself against looming competition from Amazon.com
GIC Re files for IPO; to raise over Rs6,380 cr
08 Aug 2017
GIC Re has become the first government-owned non-life insurance company to file for a public issue
Max Life-HDFC Life deal called off
31 Jul 2017
US appeals court blocks $54-bn merger of insurers Anthem and Cigna
29 Apr 2017
A US federal appeals court yesterday upheld a lower court's decision to block health insurance provider Anthem Inc's $54.2-billion merger deal with peer Cigna Corp as the transaction would lead to higher prices for healthcare
Auto, health insurance to cost more from 1 April
27 Mar 2017
An increase in general insurance premiums on account of an increase in commissions and rewards to agents, is in addition to the 50-per cent hike in third-party motor insurance premiums
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