Vipal Durge is Features Editor at (Re)in Asia, covering the deals and corporate strategy reshaping Asia Pacific insurance. Areas of specialty include M&A and market consolidation, insurer results and underwriting performance, and regulatory decisions across Australia, Japan, India and Southeast Asia.
ICICI Prudential Life's appeal against a Maharashtra GST demand for FY2019 has yielded only partial relief, as the insurer's cumulative tax disputes continue to grow.
Nine in ten executives feel inadequately protected as Munich Re warns agentic AI will amplify attack frequency as the boundary between state-sponsored and criminal threat actors continues to blur.
The modest Rajasthan demand adds to a growing GST dispute position for ICICI Prudential Life, which faces total exposure of 9.84bn rupees following February's dismissed appeal.
Indian insurers continue to face escalating tax scrutiny as Go Digit becomes the latest to receive a sizeable demand order, prompting plans for an appeal.
