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Analysts bullish on ICICI Lombard outlook; rich valuations may limit upside

Scale benefits, a favorable product mix, and improvements in efficiencies across channels, analysts said, should help ICICI Lombard General Insurance improve its financials going ahead

ICICI Lombard Q4 result: Net profit rises by 18.9% to Rs 520 crore

Largest private sector general insurer ICICI Lombard on Wednesday reported an 18.9 per cent increase in its March quarter net profit at Rs 520 crore. The city-based company had reported a post-tax net profit of Rs 437 crore in the year-ago period. For the fiscal year 2023-24, the company reported an 11 per cent increase in the profit after tax at Rs 1,919 crore, up from Rs 1,729 crore in the year-ago period. The Gross Direct Premium Income grew 22 per cent to Rs 6,073 crore for the reporting quarter, up from Rs 4,977 crore in the year-ago period, it said, adding that it was higher than the 9.5 per cent. The solvency ratio was 2.62 times on March 31, 2024, as against 2.57 times on December 31, 2023, and 2.51 times a year ago.

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ICICI Lombard ties up with Policybazaar to offer insurance products

The partnership will significantly augment insurance distribution, ensuring that comprehensive coverage reaches every corner of the nation through the convenience of a seamless digital platform

ICICI Lombard hits new high; stock surges 5% on heavy volumes

Till 11:54 AM; a combined 8.77 million equity shares representing 1.8 per cent of total equity of ICICI Lombard changed hands on the NSE and BSE, data shows.

Results preview: Insurers may see compression in Q3 profit margin

Non-life insurers' premium is expected to report decent growth

There's distrust regarding claim settlements: PolicyBazaar's Yashish Dahiya

Ritesh Kumar of HDFC Ergo said, "At the core, health insurance needs to be affordable. It's a complex problem as we are a regulated industry but the provider (health service) is not regulated."

ICICI Lombard Q2 results: Net profit dips by 2% due to rise in expenses

The underwriting loss narrowed to Rs 146 crore, down from Rs 152.3 crore in Q2FY23

ICICI Lombard says it has got Rs 1729 cr tax demand from GST Intelligence

General insurer says it will file a response to the notice based on advice from its tax advisors

ICICI Lombard General Insurance appoints Sanjeev Mantri as MD & CEO

He will take over from Bhargav Dasgupta, who will be officiating his duties until the close of business hours on 30 November 2023

Asian Development Bank appoints Bhargav Dasgupta as VP of market solutions

This comes after Dasgupta stepped down as managing director and chief executive officer of ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company on Thursday

Bhargav Dasgupta steps down as MD & CEO of ICICI Lombard General Insurance

Dasgupta, who was appointed as the MD & CEO of the general insurer in May 2009, served the company for over 14 years

Reappointment of ICICI Bank CEO Sandeep Bakhshi gets RBI approval

Bakhshi took charge of the second largest lender on October 15, 2018. Prior to his appointment as MD & CEO, he was a Wholetime Director and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ICICI Bank

ICICI Lombard gets Rs 273 crore tax-demand notice from DG GST Intelligence

ICICI Lombard General Insurance has received a Rs 273.44 crore-tax demand notice from the Directorate General of GST Intelligence with regard to settled motor insurance claims. According to a regulatory filing, ICICI Lombard, on August 8, received a show cause notice, dated July 26, alleging a tax demand of Rs 273,44,50,284 under the GST Act along with interest and penalty. "The matter largely relates to an industry-wide issue on applicability of GST on salvage adjusted and ineligible input tax credit, on motor claims settled. The company has deposited Rs 104,13,18,970 under protest, without accepting any liability in this regard," it said. Further, ICICI Lombard said the company would be filing its response to the show cause notice. Shares of ICICI Lombard General Insurance closed 1.70 per cent lower at Rs 1,391.60 apiece on the BSE on Wednesday.

ICICI Lombard posts 12% rise in Q1 profit on higher investment income

Income from investments jumped nearly 27% to 6.22 billion rupees, helped by an increase in the market value of securities and higher profits on the sale of investments

Sensex ends choppy day 205 pts up; Nifty below 19,750; IT index sole gainer

Closing Bell on July 18: Infosys, HCL Tech, Reliance Industries, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, ICICI Bank, Wipro, Bajaj Finserv, and Adani Enterprises were some of the notable gainers

Stake buy: Strategies for ICICI Bank, ICICI Lombard General Insurance

Technically, ICICI Bank is poised for an upside up to 10 per cent, while ICICIGI must sustain over the 200-DMA

ICICI to move ahead with its plan to increase 4% stake in Lombard business

In a similar move, The RBI had given the HDFC Bank the permission to increase its take in HDFC Life Insurance and HDFC Ergo General Insurance beyond 50 per cent

Axis Bank, L&T, Thermax: Chris Wood rejigs India equity portfolio

Chris Wood has added Axis Bank and increased holding in Larsen & Toubro in India long-only portfolio Asia ex-Japan, excludes ICICI Lombard General Insurance.

IT drags benchmarks lower for 3rd day; Sensex dips 159pts, Nifty near 17600

CLOSING BELL: Infosys, TCS and HCL Technologies, down 1.3 - 2.4 per cent, collectively accounted for a loss of 156 points on the BSE Sensex.