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October 6, 2026

Industry Risk Profiles - August 23, 2026 - 8 min read

Section 232 Pharma Tariffs: The 29 September Deadline Indian API and CDMO Exporters Are Underestimating

From 29 September 2026, US Section 232 tariffs on patented pharmaceuticals and associated APIs reach 100% for importers with no approved onshoring plan and no qualifying origin. Indian API makers, CDMOs and licensors need to reprice trade credit limits, reread force majeure and price-adjustment clauses, and test whether cover responds if a US buyer refuses delivery on duty grounds.

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Industry Risk Profiles - August 18, 2026 - 11 min read

Electric Trucks Cleared to Run to 20 Years: The Battery IDV and Own-Damage Problem Nobody Has Priced

The government has proposed lifting national-permit age limits to 17 and 20 years for battery, hydrogen and natural gas commercial vehicles. Indian motor own-damage pricing was built for a diesel fleet that exits at 15. This post sets out what EV fleet operators should negotiate now on battery depreciation, IDV basis, fire sub-limits and recovery handling.

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Industry Risk Profiles - August 11, 2026 - 11 min read

Rs 886 Crore and 260 Closed Roads in Himachal: The Covers Baddi and Kala Amb Plants Leave Out

Himachal's State Emergency Operations Centre logged Rs 886 crore of loss, 260 closed roads and 161 failed distribution transformers between 30 June and 9 August 2026. For plants in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh belt and at Kala Amb, the exposure is rarely damage inside the fence. It is being cut off, and the four covers that respond to that are exactly the ones most placements leave out.

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Industry Risk Profiles - July 7, 2026 - 10 min read

Offshore Oil and Gas Operator Risk Profile India 2026: Deepwater Drilling, Control of Well and Operators Extra Expense

India's offshore upstream sector is entering a deepwater phase with OALP Round-X ultra-deepwater blocks and the Andaman gas discovery. This risk profile covers the Control of Well and Operators Extra Expense package, MODU and platform physical damage, and seepage and pollution liability that define an E&P operator's insurance programme.

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Industry Risk Profiles - July 5, 2026 - 9 min read

Bulk Drug Park and API Manufacturing Risk Profile India 2026: Solvent Fire Load, Effluent Liability and Cluster Accumulation

As India's three bulk drug parks fill with API and KSM plants, brokers face a solvent-intensive risk with shared effluent and solvent-recovery infrastructure, reactor runaway exposure, pollution liability and a cluster accumulation problem that reshapes fire, liability and environmental cover.

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Industry Risk Profiles - July 3, 2026 - 9 min read

Ropeway and Cable Car Operator Risk Profile India 2026: Parvatmala Passenger Liability, Gondola Breakdown and Pilgrimage Crowd Exposure

A risk and insurance profile for Indian passenger ropeway and cable car operators in 2026, covering haul-rope and drive machinery breakdown, aerial evacuation and passenger liability, peak pilgrimage crowd accumulation, and PPP construction EAR on Parvatmala tri-cable gondola projects.

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Industry Risk Profiles - July 2, 2026 - 6 min read

Fireworks Manufacturing Cluster Risk Profile in India 2026: Sivakasi, PESO Licensing and the Explosion-and-Liability Picture

The fireworks and match cluster around Sivakasi and Virudhunagar produces most of India's fireworks, and it does so under an explosion frequency that makes conventional fire, liability and employee cover difficult to place. This profile sets out the PESO licensing regime, why fragmented multi-unit production shapes the exposure, the accident record that drives underwriter caution, and what cover is realistically available to operators in the cluster.

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Industry Risk Profiles - July 2, 2026 - 7 min read

Highway BOT Toll-Road Operator Risk Profile in India 2026: Concession-Phase Property, Traffic-Revenue BI and Third-Party Liability

The operational phase of a BOT (Toll) highway concession carries a risk profile that construction-all-risks and surety-bond placements do not address. This profile examines the operating concessionaire's property and business-interruption exposure tied to toll revenue, the third-party and public liability for road users, the insurance obligations in the Model Concession Agreement, and how InvIT monetisation reshapes the picture.

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Industry Risk Profiles - July 2, 2026 - 6 min read

Meat and Poultry Processing-and-Export Plant Risk Profile in India 2026: Ammonia Refrigeration, Contamination Recall and APEDA Compliance

Integrated abattoir-to-frozen-export plants for buffalo meat and poultry carry a risk mix that dairy, cold-chain and FMCG profiles do not capture: ammonia refrigeration hazards, contamination and product-recall exposure under APEDA and FSSAI oversight, marine and reefer transit risk on exports, and the effluent liability of combined slaughter and rendering. This profile sets out each exposure and how the covers respond.

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Industry Risk Profiles - July 2, 2026 - 6 min read

Nuclear Power Plant Operator Risk Profile in India 2026: INIP Capacity, CLNDA Operator Liability and the Property-and-BI Programme

A risk profile for India's civil nuclear operators, the established public operator and the private and foreign entrants the 2025 reform invites, distinguishing the statutory third-party liability layer carried by the India Nuclear Insurance Pool from the conventional property, machinery-breakdown and business-interruption programme a reactor still needs.

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Industry Risk Profiles - July 2, 2026 - 6 min read

Plywood and MDF Wood-Panel Plant Risk Profile in India 2026: Resin Fire Load, Press-Line Hazards and the BIS QCO Shift

Engineered-wood plants making plywood, MDF and particle board combine a heavy fire load of wood, dust and resin with high-temperature press and dryer lines, producing a fire, machinery-breakdown and product-liability exposure distinct from paper mills or printing plants. This profile examines the dust and resin ignition risk, the hot-press and dryer hazards, the consolidation driven by the 2025 BIS Quality Control Orders, and how the property and liability covers respond.

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Industry Risk Profiles - July 2, 2026 - 6 min read

Pumped Storage Hydropower Project Risk Profile in India 2026: EAR/ALOP for the 100 GW Build-Out and the Delay-in-Start-Up Exposure

Pumped storage projects are India's fastest-growing grid-storage class, and their construction phase carries a distinct underground-works and delay-in-start-up exposure that solar and battery storage do not. This profile sets out the erection all risks and advance loss of profits picture for off-stream pumped storage powerhouses, the tunnelling and geological hazards, and the developer concentration that creates portfolio accumulation for insurers and brokers.

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