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ICICI Life Insurance's new ad looks at why future planning feels stressful
ICICI Life Insurance has launched ‘Har Kal Aasaan', a new brand platform developed with Ogilvy that looks at the anxiety often associated with planning for the future. The launch film centres on everyday moments that people might otherwise…
ICICI Life Insurance targets 20,000 new women advisors by FY2027 under Narishakti drive
ICICI Life Insurance on Thursday announced plans to recruit 20,000 women advisors across India by the end of FY2027, marking the second anniversary of its Narishakti initiative. The announcement was made on the occasion of Navratri. The company…
Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. Purchases New Shares in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT
Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. purchased a new stake in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 175,494 shares of the…
Generali, World Bank plan emerging market risk facility
Italian firm Assicurazioni Generali SpA and the World Bank Group have agreed to create a mutual risk-mitigation facility aimed at protecting commercial investments across emerging and frontier markets, beginning in Asia, Life Insurance…
Stock Market Today: Markets Open Higher, but IDBI Bank Shares Face Selling Pressure | Dynamite News
Post Published By: Sreeja Chowdhury Updated: 15 October 2026, 11:25 AM IST Mumbai: India's benchmark stock market indices opened higher on Thursday, October 15, with the BSE Sensex rising more than 300 points and the Nifty 50 moving above the…
Local insurers go solo amid AI policy vacuum
South African insurers have reported using AI at a baseline level for general efficiencies. (Image source: iStock) South African insurance providers are“quickly” catching up with banks in implementing artificial intelligence (AI) for…
F&G Annuities & Life: Cheap For A Reason (NYSE:FG)
F&G Annuities & Life trades at a steep valuation discount, with 5.3x P/E and 0.54x P/B, reflecting justified market caution. FG's weaker capital returns, high alternative investment exposure, and sensitivity to asset revaluations drive its…
U.S. Real Estate Sector Report - Fall 2026
The apartment sector continues to stabilize as the construction pipeline contracts and the recent wave of new deliveries begins to recede. Hotel fundamentals remain stable, supported by stronger-than-expected RevPAR growth, limited new supply, and…
Jio Platforms to Reliance Power: A look at India's 10 biggest IPOs
Jio Platforms Ltd, the digital and telecom arm of Reliance Industries, is gearing up for a historic initial public offering valued at Rs 30,213 crore, poised to become India's largest-ever public issue and reshape the country's capital market…
Reliance Industries shares climb 3% as Jio Platforms sets IPO price band
Shares of Reliance Industries rallied 3 per cent on Thursday after Jio Platforms Ltd, the digital and telecom arm of the firm, set a price band of ₹1,065 to ₹1,119 per share for its initial public offering that could raise about…
Analysis:Japanese insurers are poised to bring money back home - gradually
TOKYO, Oct 15: Some of Japan's largest asset managers are expected to unveil plans to buy more domestic bonds with markets focusing on whether they would step up divestments of overseas assets to bring money back home. Although a major reallocation…
Shinhan buys $500M stake in Lotte Non-Life
South Korean firm Shinhan Financial Group Company Ltd. has agreed to acquire a 77% stake in domestic peer Lotte Non-Life Insurance Company Ltd. from Seoul-based private equity firm JKL Partners Inc. for 693.3 billion South Korean won ($515…
Shinhan's Lotte Insurance deal faces profitability, capital hurdles
Shinhan Financial Group is seeking to bolster its nonbank operations by acquiring Lotte Insurance, but analysts cautioned Thursday that a meaningful contribution to group earnings may take time, as the insurer could require substantial additional…
HDFC Life Q2 net up 13.6% at ₹508 crore, net premium income rises 15.7%
Private sector insurer HDFC Life Insurance on Thursday reported a 13.61 per cent year-on-year jump in its standalone net profit at ₹508 crore for the second quarter of this fiscal, backed by a 15.71 per cent y-o-y increase in net premium…
Corebridge Financial (NYSE:CRBG) Major Shareholder Buys 253,776 Shares of Stock
Corebridge Financial, Inc. (NYSE:CRBG - Get Free Report) major shareholder Life Insurance Co Nippon purchased 253,776 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 13th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $34.68 per…
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