Irdai fines Reliance General Insurance over ‘commission’

MUMBAI: The Irdai on Friday, fined Reliance General Insurance Rs 1 crore in Hyderabad for routing unauthorised payouts through marketing and awareness expenses that amounted to disguised commissions. The penalty follows Irdai’s examination of transactions across FY19, FY20 and FY21. According to the regulator, the insurer channeled payments to brokers, agents, corporate agents and unlicensed…

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Insurers set to move away from one-size-fits all models

MUMBAI: Insurers are expected to adopt more disciplined underwriting and pricing strategies as the Irdai transitions to Risk-Based Capital (RBC) norms, moving away from a ‘one-size-fits-all’ solvency model to align capital requirements with actual risk profiles. Simultaneously, the regulator has cleared the implementation of IFRS 17 (Ind AS 117), which fundamentally redefines the ‘topline’ by…

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Bitcoin Price Capped By Shifting Maco Conditions, Not Whale Selling

Bitcoin’s 2024–2025 price action highlighted a disconnect between improving high-timeframe onchain structure and restrictive macroeconomic conditions. While crypto-native liquidity and supply dynamics strengthened during Bitcoin’s (BTC) 2024 rally, external variables, like elevated real yields and Federal Reserve balance sheet contraction, imposed valuation limits as the cycle progressed. Key takeaways Bitcoin rallied to above $100,000 from…

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Ethereum’s TVL To Surge ’10X’ In 2026: Sharplink CEO

Ethereum’s total value locked (TVL) may surge ten-fold in 2026 as adoption expands across multiple use cases and institutional investors, according to Sharplink’s co-CEO Joseph Chalom. Sharplink Gaming is the second-largest public Ethereum treasury company, holding 797,704 ETH (ETH), worth roughly $2.33 billion at the time of publication, according to Ethereum Treasuries data.  “The stablecoin…

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Himachal Pradesh: Doctors launch indefinite strike after colleague sacked over assault; demand immediate reinstatement | India News

There’s a video of Raghav Nirula thrashing the patient, but Resident Doctors’ Association says his side of the story hasn’t been considered SHIMLA/KULLU: The Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) of Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla — following backing from Himachal Medical Officers Association and RDAs of other medical colleges — announced an indefinite strike from 9.30…

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‘We remain fully committed’: MEA says will bring back all ‘fugitives’; reaction comes after Lalit Modi mocks government | India News

Lalit Modi (L) on Dec 16 hosted a birthday bash at his London residence at Belgrave Square for his friend Vijay Mallya NEW DELHI: India is committed to bring back all fugitives who are wanted here to face prosecution, ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Friday at a media briefing.He was replying…

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