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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicIRDAI

Topic: IRDAI

With big pvt hospitals & insurers at war, what’s GIC’s Ayushman Bharat-style common empanelment plan

Amidst standoff between some hospitals & insurers, General Insurance Council working on 'common empanelment' model that will standardise agreements between insurers and each hospital.

Health insurance premiums have nearly doubled this year, but Covid alone not to blame

Medical inflation due to Covid, govt-induced coverage expansion and age-related shift in slabs are among factors causing a jump in insurance premium amounts.

SC issues notice to Centre, IRDA on plea seeking insurance for mental illness treatment

According to the petition, insurance companies do not cover treatment of mental illness despite a mandate under the Mental Healthcare Act 2017

Car and 2-wheeler insurance to cost more as regulator hikes third-party premiums

Insurance regulator Irdai raised third-party insurance premium across categories, with 2-wheelers getting the maximum hike of 21.11 per cent.

LIC’s plan to acquire IDBI stake hits snag as Delhi HC says act in interest of stakeholders

Court observation comes on a plea by IDBI officers that LIC proposal will result in IDBI losing status as public sector bank.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.