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...

Zurich — Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re on Thursday reported a 9% year-on-year increase in net income to USD 2.8 billion for the first half of 2026, driven by strong performance across all its business units. The company posted...

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,...

Kathmandu — State-owned Nepal Re-insurance Company Limited has reported a net loss of Rs. 5.84 billion for the third quarter of the last fiscal year, marking a sharp reversal from the profit recorded a year earlier. According to the...

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...

Kathmandu — The credit rating of Nepal Reinsurance Company Limited has been downgraded. ICRA Nepal has lowered the company’s issuer rating from the earlier ‘Double A Minus’ level to ‘A’. At the same time, the company has been kept...

Kathmandu — Surendra Thapa, CEO of Nepal Reinsurance Company, has finally been suspended. Thapa, who had been drawing a salary worth hundreds of thousands of rupees per month, is alleged to have played a role in actions that harmed...

Kathmandu — Nepal Reinsurance Company has published its financial statements for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025/26. The company had been unable to release its financial statements earlier due to issues related to a disorganized audit process, but...

Kathmandu – Himalayan Reinsurance Limited has published its financial statements for the third quarter of the current fiscal year (mid-July to mid-April). According to the report, the company recorded a net loss of NPR 44.3 million as of mid-April,...

Kathmandu — Legal cases are set to be filed against around 40 senior figures in Nepal’s insurance sector in connection with an alleged fraud involving more than Rs. 4 billion. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has already submitted its...