India foreign direct investment News

India Increases Limit on Foreign Direct Investment in Insurance Companies

India on Monday further opened up its insurance sector to foreigners, as the nation seeks to spur investments to give a fillip to an economy battered by the pandemic. Lawmakers approved a legislation increasing the limit on foreign direct investment …

Emerging Risks/Markets Offer New Opportunities: 2017 Predictions, Part 3

Insurers and reinsurers continue to look for organic growth where they can find it – sometimes from emerging risks and sometimes from emerging markets. As always, the keys to success are market knowledge and patience. Providing a heads-up for such …

India Moves Closer to Raising Foreign Direct Investment Cap for Insurance

Max India Ltd., the Indian partner of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest casualty insurer, surged to its highest in a month after a parliament panel recommended the nation increase the cap on foreign investment in the sector. Max, …

India’s Opposition Party Could Support Insurance Industry Liberalization

India’s main opposition Congress party signaled on Monday it could support government legislation to liberalize the insurance industry, a long-delayed reform expected to help improve investor confidence. Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed in August to lift the cap on foreign …

India Finance Minister Wants ‘Outdated’ Caps on Foreign Investment Relaxed

India’s Finance Minister P. Chidambaram advocated the removal or relaxation of “outdated” caps on foreign direct investment (FDI) in different sectors, including insurance, as his government struggles to revive an economy that has posted its weakest growth in a decade. …