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As govt yields continue to fall, this reinsurer is silently realigning its business strategy

As govt yields continue to fall, this reinsurer is silently realigning its business strategy
As govt yields continue to fall, this reinsurer is silently realigning its business strategy
“In the 50 years of our existence, we have in all but two years posted a loss – once in 2011 during Thailand floods and now in the first quarter FY21,” Devesh Srivastava, chairman and MD of GIC Re, told ET.

Synopsis

Constantly declining yields on government bonds have made it difficult for the 50-year old reinsurance giant to make profits.

General Insurance Corp of India (GIC Re), the country’s only global reinsurer, is silently realigning its business strategy - not because of the pandemic though. Constantly declining yields on government bonds have made it difficult for the 50-year old reinsurance giant to make profits. “In the 50 years of our existence, we have in all but two years posted a loss – once in 2011 during Thailand floods and now in the first quarter FY21,” Devesh
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