Kathmandu — The Nepal Insurance Authority is making final preparations to introduce a separate, simplified procedure to facilitate life insurance claim payments to the dependent family members and legal heirs of people missing in the devastating Rasuwa-Bhotekoshi floods and...

Kathmandu — The solvency margin ratio, a measure of financial strength and risk-bearing capacity, declined among life insurers in Nepal in the last fiscal year compared with the previous year. The industry’s average ratio fell by 0.47 times, from...

Kathmandu — Deposits at banks and financial institutions fell 0.3% (NPR 2.07 billion) to NPR 8.256 trillion in the first month of fiscal year 2083/84 (mid-July to mid-August 2026), according to data released by Nepal Rastra Bank. In the...

Kathmandu — Preliminary insurance claims for damage caused by floods in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers have reached around NPR 25.87 billion across 15 non-life insurers. According to claim details received by the Nepal Insurance Authority as of September...

Kathmandu — Insurance companies are preparing to settle small claims from policyholders affected by floods and landslides in Rasuwa and surrounding areas within a month. Birendra Badhuwaal Chhetri, president of the Nepal Insurers’ Association and CEO of Siddhartha Premier...

Kathmandu — The Koshi Provincial Office of the Nepal Insurance Authority and experts from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have discussed ways to expand parametric insurance to manage climate and disaster-related risks in Nepal. The discussion focused on...

Kathmandu — The government is preparing to legally guarantee air passengers’ rights and compensation. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Khadak Raj Paudel said minimum compensation and passenger rights in cases such as flight cancellations, delays and lost...

Kathmandu — The solvency ratio, a key indicator of the financial strength of life insurance companies, has declined significantly since the implementation of the risk-based capital system. An ICRA Nepal report has concluded that the decline reflects the new...

Kathmandu – ICRA Nepal has downgraded Nepal Reinsurance Company Limited’s issuer credit rating from ‘ICRA NP-IR A’ to ‘ICRA NP-IR A-‘, citing the reinsurer’s potentially large exposure to claims from the devastating August 26 flash floods. The company remains...

Kathmandu — Life insurance companies conducted more than NPR 26.62 billion worth of insurance business in the first month of the current fiscal year 2026/27, July. According to data published by the Nepal Insurance Authority, 14 operating life insurance...