Upasana Poudel has made history as the first female Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an insurance company in Nepal.
She bagged the record after the United Insurance Company (Nepal) Ltd. appointed her as the company’s CEO for the coming four years.
Ms. Poudel, at 34, is also the youngest to hold the highest position in the nation’s insurance sector.
As an MBA graduate from Delhi University, India, Poudel has more than a decade of experience in the insurance sector. Before being appointed as CEO, she was serving as Deputy CEO of the company.
After completing her bachelor’s degree in 2012, Poudel worked in India for various companies, including Vodafone, Bharti Axa General Insurance, and ICICI Lombard General Insurance in Mumbai.
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The company clocked net profit of Rs 95 crore in H1 FY21 against loss of Rs 90 crore last year.
Bharti Axa General Insurance posts Rs 1,574 cr premium in H1 ANI | Updated: Dec 14, 2020 11:55 IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Bharti Axa General Insurance on Monday reported a gross written premium of Rs 1,574 crore in the first half of current financial year 2020-21 against Rs 1,586 crore in the corresponding period of last fiscal.
The moderate drop was due to impact of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in flat growth in line with the non-life insurance industry.
Bharti Axa registered a net profit of Rs 95 crore in the first half of FY21 against a loss of Rs 90 crore in the corresponding fiscal period a year ago.