Sunday 23rd August 2026
Kathmandu — Life insurance companies paid out more than NPR 86 billion in claims during the last fiscal year, according to their fourth-quarter financial statements. The 14 life insurers paid a combined NPR 86.31 billion in claims in fiscal year 2025/26, up 9.64 percent from NPR 78.72 billion in...
Kathmandu — Retained earnings at Nepal’s non-life insurance companies fell sharply in the last fiscal year, with the sector’s combined retained earnings dropping 34.36 percent from a year earlier. According to fourth-quarter financial statements for fiscal year 2025/26 (2082/83), the companies’ combined retained earnings fell to NPR 3.40 billion...
Kathmandu — Life insurance companies paid out more than NPR 86 billion in claims during the last fiscal year, according to their fourth-quarter financial statements. The 14 life insurers paid a combined NPR 86.31 billion in claims in fiscal year 2025/26, up 9.64 percent from NPR 78.72 billion in the previous fiscal year. Nine companies recorded an increase in claim payments, while payments declined...
Kathmandu — Retained earnings at Nepal’s non-life insurance companies fell sharply in the last fiscal year, with the sector’s combined retained earnings dropping 34.36 percent from a year earlier. According to fourth-quarter financial statements for fiscal year 2025/26 (2082/83), the companies’ combined retained earnings fell to NPR 3.40 billion from NPR 5.17 billion the previous year. Retained earnings represent...
Editorial For the Nepal Insurance Authority (NIA), the past seven months have been marked not by regulatory breakthroughs, but by turmoil. The nation’s apex insurance watchdog has seen two of its most senior leaders fall under scrutiny—one acquitted, the other suspended—and now stands cautiously under interim leadership. These events, unfolding one after another, have exposed not just the fragility...
Kathmandu — The Supreme Court of Nepal has ruled that the issuance of Himalayan Reinsurance Limited’s initial public offering (IPO) at a premium price was not carried out in accordance with the law. In its recently published full verdict, the Court held that both the Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) and the Nepal Insurance Authority (NIA) failed to comply...
Kathmandu — Commercial banks in Nepal earned nearly NPR 70 billion in net profit during fiscal year 2025/26. According to the fourth-quarter financial statements published by 20 commercial banks, the banks posted a combined net profit of NPR 69.87 billion. The combined profit increased by 32.27 percent, or NPR 17.05 billion, compared with the previous fiscal year. Commercial banks had earned a combined net profit of NPR 52.82 billion...
