Kathmandu — Public infrastructure will now be covered by insurance. The provision has been introduced through an amendment to the Insurance Act, included in a bill aimed at revising several Nepal laws. Until now, the absence of insurance for...

Kathmandu — The government is preparing to overhaul the structure of foreign employment term insurance, with plans to transfer the business from private insurers to state-owned companies. Officials from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Finance are...

Kathmandu — Authorities have found that vehicle renewals are being processed without the legally required third-party insurance. For motorcycles, the insurance premium required for renewal is about NPR 1,800. For four-wheelers, the cost ranges from NPR 7,000 to 8,000....

Kathmandu — The Nepal Insurance Authority has decided not to take any action against Himalayan Reinsurance Company while investigations are ongoing. The company is currently under investigation by agencies including the Department of Money Laundering Investigation, the Commission for the...

Kathmandu — The government has amended two provisions of the Insurance Act, 2022 through an ordinance issued yesterday to revise several Nepal Acts. The amendment removes the previously fixed four-year tenure for members under Section 9 of the Act....

Kathmandu — Irregularities have been detected in the insurance arrangements for the Fast Track project being constructed to connect the capital with the Terai-Madhesh region. Following these findings, Nepal’s insurance regulator, the Nepal Insurance Authority, has initiated closer monitoring...

Kathmandu — Directors of Himalayan Re, including former chair Shekhar Golchha, have issued what is being described as a “silence response” to a clarification sought by the Nepal Insurance Authority. About a week ago, the regulator had asked for...

Kathmandu — Shikhar Insurance, a leading player in Nepal’s insurance sector, has achieved a historic milestone by surpassing NPR 5 billion in premium collection. The company reached this mark by the end of the third quarter of the current...

Kathmandu — Out of the 50 microfinance financial institutions listed on the Nepal Stock Exchange, 11 have so far published their financial statements for the third quarter of the current fiscal year 2025/26 (up to mid-April 2026). The disclosed...

Kathmandu — Nepal’s insurance industry is increasingly positioning itself as a strong source of employment. In recent years, the sector has attracted a growing workforce, with more than 12,000 people now directly employed across life, non-life, and micro-insurance companies....