insurance
- Middle East
Here’s everything about UAE’s new unemployment insurance scheme
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) new employment insurance scheme is a mandatory requirement for citizen and foreign employees working in the public and private sectors to subscribe from January 1,…
- India
Gehlot challenges Gujarat govt to implement insurance policy like Rajasthan
Vadodara: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who is the Congress observer for Gujarat Assembly polls scheduled later this year, on Friday challenged the BJP government in Gujarat to implement insurance policy for…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: MakeMyTrip fined over Rs 16K for failing to repay customer
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission fined MakeMyTrip Rs 10,237 for failing to repay a passenger’s fare and provide travel insurance. The Commission ordered MakeMyTrip to reimburse complainant Thandra Karnakar,…
- Middle East
Saudi cancels COVID-19 insurance for children travelling abroad
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has cancelled the requirement to get insurance against COVID-19 for children travelling outside the Kingdom, local media reported. The General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) announced…
- Telangana
Telangana govt introduces Rs 5 lakh life insurance cover for handloom weavers
Hyderabad: On the occasion of National Handloom Day on Sunday, the Telangana government introduced the Nethanna Beema scheme for handloom weavers under which they will get Rs 5 lakh life insurance cover.…
- Hyderabad
Swiss Re India signs MoU with IIRM to enhance insurance industry
Hyderabad: Swiss Re, the Switzerland-based reinsurance company, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM). The partnership aims to work together to strengthen re/insurance academia…
- India
Insurance companies should not be too technical while settling claims: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that insurance companies should not be too technical while settling claims and ask for documents that the insured is not in a position to produce…
- Telangana
Telangana govt to provide insurance to weavers through ‘Netanna Bima’ scheme
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday announced the launch of the ‘Netanna Bima’ scheme for weavers similar to farmer insurance for farmers. As part of the scheme, LIC will provide insurance of…
- India
Insurance scheme for healthcare workers on Covid duty extended
New Delhi: The insurance scheme for healthcare workers engaged in COVID-19 related duties has been extended further for a period of 180 days from Tuesday, and 1,905 claims have been settled under…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad sees least term insurance adoption among metros
Hyderabad: The term insurance adoption in Hyderabad is the least among all the metro cities in the country. Only 41 percent of residents of the city own insurance. As per the survey…
- India
Declining claim for reason that deceased was engaged as helper, not cleaner wholly unjustified: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Rajasthan High Court denying the insurance cover to a man employed as “helper” terming the order as wholly unjustified. A…