by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 31, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Hong Kong, Aug 31: Hong Kong's government is facing growing pressure from business lobby groups to open borders or risk losing executives and investment as it shows no sign of easing one of the world's strictest quarantine programs. Working on billion-dollar...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 31, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
Singapore, Aug 31: The COVID-19 pandemic-induced rise in demand for life and health insurance products helped the top 20 Asia-Pacific (APAC) public insurance companies report aggregated premium of US$821.4bn, a year-over-year (y-o-y) growth of around 2.5%...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 31, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
Mumbai, Aug 31: India’s digital loan market is becoming a battleground for companies from Facebook Inc. to Xiaomi Corp., as they seek a foothold in what’s set to be a $1 trillion industry. Facebook this month said India would be the first country where it...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 31, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
AMSTERDAM, Aug 31 Prosus NV doubled down on its investment in India on Tuesday with a $4.7 billion deal for payments platform BillDesk, making it one of the biggest players in the country's fast-growing fintech sector. Prosus, Europe's answer to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 31, 2021 | Indian News, Life
Mumbai: Even as government has started a massive preparation to launch Life Insurance Corporation's mega IPO, the life insurance behemoth has seen its total assets growing robustly by 22 per cent in year on year(y-o-y) to Rs. 38,04,610 crore in FY...
