Poging GOUD - Vrij
Insurance merger on hold, govt may pick one for sale
Hindustan Times West UP
|January 24, 2025
Budget 2018-19 had proposed merging National Insurance, Oriental Insurance, and United India
NEW DELHI: The Centre may drop its plan to merge three general insurers and instead pick one of them for privatisation this fiscal year, two people aware of the development said.
The other two may be provided additional capital to strengthen their balance sheets, the people cited above said on the condition of anonymity. To begin with, the government will assess the financial performance of all three insurers in the coming quarters.
"The aim is to strengthen the general insurers' balance sheets through recapitalisation before any potential merger is considered," the person added.
While National Insurance, United India Insurance and Oriental India Insurance are considered weak, market leader New India Assurance is seen as strong and not a candidate for privatisation.
Dit verhaal komt uit de January 24, 2025-editie van Hindustan Times West UP.
Abonneer u op Magzter GOLD voor toegang tot duizenden zorgvuldig samengestelde premiumverhalen en meer dan 9000 tijdschriften en kranten.
Bent u al abonnee? Aanmelden
MEER VERHALEN VAN Hindustan Times West UP
Hindustan Times West UP
The odd squad
Some superpowers rarely announce themselves. The Elysia slug can detach its head from its body and regrow entirely. The Chimera mantis shrimp can spear its prey, at bullet speed. The jellyfish has survived 500 million years without a brain. Celebrate World Environment Day with these strange, wondrous species. See how they hold vital clues to our world and how we got here
1 mins
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
US biz pushback led to softer stance on green card policy
Strong lobbying by American business leaders with the US government over its new policy on green cards led to a softening of stance on the issue, with officials dealing with immigration assuring industry leaders that most work visas would remain unaffected, The Washington Post reported.
1 min
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Pope, AI, and the many meanings of godhead
Perhaps the greatest benefit of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is that it has provoked a much needed public discussion on technology.
5 mins
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Crave new world: How food apps have gamed our brains
Dopamine, contrary to what many believe, is not about pleasure. It's an ancient molecule, whose processing machinery is conserved across mammals, birds, fish, insects; it's even in the roundworm, whose nervous system contains just 302 neurons.
5 mins
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Cold truths
Some foods taste better after a night in the fridge. Others lose their magic. The trick is to know what thrives and how to fix the rest
2 mins
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
The fatal sadness of Marjane Satrapi
‘When people are fighting for democracy, we should support them,’ Marjane Satrapi wrote in a letter to the French government in January 2025, barely six months before Israel bombed her birthplace, Rasht, a city in northern Iran.
3 mins
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
From Delhi to Lahore, what's in a name?
Last month, a headline in this newspaper caught my attention and captured my imagination. It read: “Pakistan to restore original names of Lahore streets”.
3 mins
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
How women experience summers in the city
Gulshan wraps herself in a wet dupatta and tries to sleep.
2 mins
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
US forces see 1K Hormuz crossings since ceasefire
American forces have counted nearly 1,000 commercial vessel transits in and out of the Strait of Hormuz in the last two months, according to an official familiar with US Central Command operations, a figure that’s higher than private sector estimates that rely mostly on ship transponders.
2 mins
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Medicines, and not just renaming, heals disease
When a medical condition is given a new name, it begins to cast a different sort of shadow over the people who live with it.
3 mins
June 06, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size