Kathmandu — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected that Nepal’s economic growth will slow following the devastating floods that struck the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers on August 26, 2026. The Asian Development Outlook released by the ADB on...

Kathmandu — The Nepal Insurance Authority recorded a notable number of insurance-related complaints in the opening month of fiscal year 2025/26. According to data released by the Authority, a total of 14 complaints had been registered as of July...

Kathmandu — Employees of the Nepal Insurance Authority have launched a protest demanding equal service benefits with staff of other regulatory bodies and the continuation of facilities they have been receiving. The employees have been holding sit-ins, discussions and...

Kathmandu — SuryaJyoti Life Insurance Company Limited organized its “Agency Award Night 2026” in Gwarko, Lalitpur, honoring top-performing agents and agency managers under the theme “Honoring Excellence, Celebrating Achievements.” The event, attended by around 300 Chief Agency Managers, Star...

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...