by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 17, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Balz Grollimund, Swiss Re’s Head Catastrophe Perils, says: “We are observing a steady rise in losses from severe convective storms. Urbanisation in hazard-prone areas, rising asset values, higher construction costs and factors such as ageing roofs have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
It was pointed out that some 316 roads and 40 bridges under the purview of the Road Development Authority have been damaged. Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Road Development Authority has incurred a loss of nearly Rs 75 billion due to the destruction of roads and bridges...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Technology
The success of Ant Group Co., the operator of China’s ubiquitous financial services app Alipay, inspired Low to start Bjak in 2019. While insurance technology is well established in markets like the UK, it is at different stages of maturity across Asia, he said.Bjak...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2025 | International News, Risk Management
Trump, in his lawsuit filed on Monday in Miami federal court, said the BBC despite its apology “has made no showing of actual remorse for its wrongdoing nor meaningful institutional changes to prevent future journalistic abuses”. President Donald Trump sued the BBC...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
Under the revised framework for corpus exceeding Rs 12 lakh, the new rule is shifted to 80:20, allowing non-government subscribers to take up to 80 per cent as a lump sum while requiring only 20 per cent of the pension wealth to be used for purchasing an annuity,...
