Friday 17th July 2026
Kathmandu — Nepal’s 14 non-life insurance companies renewed a total of 673,325 insurance policies during the first nine months of FY2025/26 (2082/83), according to their third-quarter financial statements. The figure represents an increase of 39,770 policies from 633,555 renewals recorded during the same period of the previous fiscal year....
Kathmandu — The Nepal Insurance Authority has approved a new insurance policy designed to cover losses caused by wildlife attacks, bringing human, agricultural, and property damage under the country’s formal insurance system. The policy will come into effect from July 17. The scheme has been introduced in response to...
Kathmandu — The Nepal Insurance Authority has introduced a new set of regulatory requirements to strengthen the implementation of Nepal Financial Reporting Standard (NFRS) 17, requiring insurers to comply with updated rules governing financial reporting, bonus declarations, annual general meetings, and dividend distributions. Under the revised framework, insurance companies must continue preparing two separate sets of quarterly financial statements, a practice that began with...
Kathmandu — Nepal’s 14 non-life insurance companies renewed a total of 673,325 insurance policies during the first nine months of FY2025/26 (2082/83), according to their third-quarter financial statements. The figure represents an increase of 39,770 policies from 633,555 renewals recorded during the same period of the previous fiscal year. Salico retained the top position by renewing 97,887 policies during the...
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 insurance sector provides a stark example of how extensive political interference has weakened Nepal’s financial institutions. Investigations into alleged misconduct by former Insurance Authority Chairman Surya Prasad Silwal, widely criticized by some as one of the most controversial figures in the sector, have yet to be fully pursued. Silwal has faced allegations ranging from using funds...
Kathmandu — Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has rolled out a new set of regulations requiring banks and financial institutions to tighten oversight of dormant accounts, as part of broader efforts to reduce financial crime and curb the misuse of inactive banking channels. The measures, introduced through amendments to the Unified Directives 2082, were issued by the Bank and Financial Institutions Regulation Department under the authority granted by Section 79...
