KATHMANDU, Sept 1: About 25 percent of the total population have access to insurance. Access to insurance increased by about two percent in the fiscal year 2020/21, reaching a quarter of the population. As of the previous fiscal year, access to insurance had reached 22.61 percent of the population. According to the Beema Samiti, it reached 24.76 percent of the total population by mid-July last year.

KATHMANDU, June 27: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been publicly saying, "I do not commit corruption, I do not even look at the face of the corrupt." But during the Oli-led government’s tenure, one after another irregularities have been made public. A recent example is the Himalayan Reinsurance Company.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has instructed the newly-appointed officials at Beema Samiti to step up their efforts to resolve the problems in the insurance sector and prove their tenure to be a milestone for the insurance sector.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Despite Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel’s direction to pay the insurance claims as soon as possible, 9,000 claimants who have submitted all required documents are yet to receive their payments.