Shankar Group owns Hilton Hotel, which was insured with Oriental Insurance. Oriental then wanted to reinsure the hotel’s coverage with Nepal Reinsurance (Nepal Re), which is a company that shares insurance risk. However, Nepal Re’s CEO, Surendra Thapa, approved only a small part of the reinsurance (NPR 750 million) and rejected the rest. This meant that the larger part of the reinsurance went to Himalayan Reinsurance, a company linked to Shankar Group. When Hilton Hotel was damaged during the Ge