Finance Interviews

The insurance leaders discussed the future of insurance sector in India

The leaders of life insurance companies discussed increasing coverage of insurance in India

Mondal discussed the future plan of the companies along with the emerging challenges for the sector

Panda spoke about the transformation the industry has undergone since he took over and what is next in store.

BS BFSI Summit: As GIFT City gains traction, panellists agreed it is well-positioned to become a key player in international finance, transforming India's role in the global financial landscape

He said the Indian financial sector is resilient enough to deal with any spillover from the external world on a day markets turned volatile following the US election results

Following the company's Q2 earnings, SBI Life Insurance managing director and chief executive officer (MD&CEO) Amit Jhingran spoke on the road ahead for the company

Bajaj Housing Finance is looking to raise Rs 6,560 cr, of which fresh issues are for Rs 3,560 cr and offer for sale is for Rs 3,000 cr. Bidding for the IPO opens on Sept 9 and closes on Sept 11

We plan to finish at around Rs 42,000-43,000 crore for FY25, up 15-16 per cent from last year at Rs 37,000 crore, driven by the health segment to a great extent, said GIC CMD Narayanan

The only available yardstick for evaluating the tightness of monetary policy is the real interest rate. The nominal repo rate is useless for this purpose

We don't set up physical branches, and this allows us to reach more locations compared to the larger banks and NBFCs, he says

"In the long run, the payments ecosystem has to be viable in a country of our scale," said Bulusu

He talks about its growth roadmap, industry outlook, and the need to remove GST on life insurance in achieving insurance for all by 2047

The idea of SRO is not to make it more regulatory but it's more decentralisation from the regulator to allow a larger sense of how a particular product in the industry should develop, he says

Bathwal discussed the premium growth and product launches that will support the growth along with the impact of regulatory developments

Repo rate cannot affect food prices. So, keeping it above equilibrium will not lead to faster disinflation. A positive real repo rate is adequate to anchor inflation expectations, says Ashima Goyal

The country's largest WLAO, India1, with a tad over 13,000 units, feels it can double deployments by FY28

Narayanan says the company's business from Gift City will substantially increase in the coming days

All concerns raised by the RBI pertain to operational and process-related matters, AK Purwar said

Viswanathan discusses the demand in the housing segment and expansion plans