AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoRail Ticket Cover: India’s Supreme Court ordered railways to offer insurance to passengers buying tickets at station counters, matching protection available online from October 27. Monthly Premiums: Which? urged the UK to ban insurers from profiting from monthly payment plans, saying high interest can add up to £370 a year for cash-strapped drivers. Insurance Deals: IAG offered to hand over NRMA’s Western Australia renewal rights to win approval for its proposed RAC acquisition; South Korea’s Shinhan Financial agreed to buy Lotte Non-Life Insurance for about $518 million. Life Insurance: ICICI Prudential Life reported a 26.5% rise in first-half profit to ₹760 crore, and regulator IRDAI approved Siddhartha Mishra as its MD and CEO. Emerging Risks: Insurers are wary of covering AI data centres, while catastrophe experts warn that risk models can become outdated within two years as climate threats and rebuilding costs shift. Risk Capacity: The EBRD expanded its Ukraine war-risk insurance programme to $168 million, while Hong Kong welcomed its first insurance-linked “sidecar,” raising $12 million for PICC P&C.
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