ICICI Lombard official accidently posts draft Q3 outcomes on WhatsApp| Enterprise Information
An worker of ICICI Lombard Common Insurance coverage Co. inadvertently uploaded undisclosed details about third quarter earnings as a private WhatsApp standing, days forward of the deliberate launch.
ICICI Lombard Common Insurance coverage is a unit of India’s second largest non-public lender ICICI Financial institution. (Reuters)
The designated particular person, who broadcast the data after market hours on Friday, deleted the “standing” inside an hour, the unit of ICICI Financial institution Ltd. stated in a inventory change submitting on Saturday (10 January 2026). ICICI Lombard stated it has began an inner inquiry, as per guidelines of India’s securities market regulator.
It was the most recent such mishap in India’s $5.2 trillion inventory market, Hatsun Agro Product Ltd. flagged an identical case of an worker by chance leaking a draft of quarterly outcomes on WhatsApp.
The Securities and Trade Board of India has over time tightened guidelines involving dealing with of unpublished info by workers of listed companies, together with directing firms to create a framework for monitoring possession of such information. Whereas the incidents have been remoted, they reignite issues over insider buying and selling and data leaks on this planet’s fifth-largest inventory market.
A string of alleged leaks of firm earnings on WhatsApp teams in 2017 triggered a SEBI investigation. On the time, SEBI directed firms—together with HDFC Financial institution Ltd., Tata Motors Ltd. and Axis Financial institution Ltd.—to analyze leaks of their financials on social media platforms.
