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Life Insurance: Current offerings do not align with financial priorities of next-gen customers
The life insurance industry is facing a critical challenge as its...
Fossil-Fuel Demand: Myth of peak is crumbling
For now, the world isn’t performing an “energy transition” but an...
Indian Govt’s initiatives to control incidence of obesity
682 District NCD (Non-Communicable Diseases) Clinics, 191 District Cardiac Care Units, and 5408 Community Health Center NCD Clinics have been set up in the country As per the National Health Profile 2020, the prevalence of obesity among adult females (18+ years of...
Antarctica ‘should not be taken for granted’ scientists declare, amid extreme weather uptick
The Russian station Vostok, in the middle of the Antarctic ice plateau, hit a provisional high of -17.7°C (0.14°F), smashing the previous record of -32.6°C (-26.68°F), while Dome Concordia, an Italian-French research station on top of the Antarctic plateau, 3,233...
Extreme flood events once again drive high losses in 2021, 75% of flood risks remain uninsured: Swiss Re
Sigma records show that flooding is by far the most frequently occurring natural peril. In the past decade, there were approximately three times as many major flood events as tropical cyclones Yet, Swiss Re Institute finds that over the past decade, only 5% of severe...
Using artificial intelligence to red-flag emerging pandemics
Raina MacIntyre AI filtering and analysis of open-source data could stop future epidemics from becoming global pandemics Raina MacIntyre Serious infectious diseases have become more frequent in the past decade. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, infectious diseases...
Stranded Ships: 200 container ships grounded globally over past decade
The insurance industry has always supported the development of the shipping industry providing ship-owners are taking into account the risks that accompany any increase in size. Building ships for just economies of scale is not enough, says Allianz Nearly one year...
Private vs. public: predicting and preparing for future pandemics
COVID-19 turned into a US$22-trillion disaster killing more than six million people globally partly because the dots between warning and action were not connected. Some governments took quick and precautionary action, especially those that had invested in their public...
Your connected car knows you. The tussle for that data’s hitting high gear
Companies in Europe and beyond are vying for control of the crown jewels of the connected car era: your vehicle’s data “If you don’t have access to data in the future, eventually you’ll be squeezed out. You’ll not be efficient, you’ll not have the right services, you...
Pandemic surveillance: is tracing tech here to stay?
From contact tracing apps to facial recognition, technology has become part of the arsenal used to protect public health. While this might have helped save lives, rights advocates say intrusive solutions could already be so entrenched that personal privacy is the...
Asian farmers turn to drones, apps for labour, climate challenges
Governments in the region are using drones, with satellite imagery, for weather forecasts, disaster management and crop insurance, as well as for monitoring and mapping crops strategic for food security, mostly rice BAN MAI, Thailand: As a child, Manit Boonkhiew...
Two years into the pandemic, is the end in sight?
Countries such as Israel and Sweden have started administering fourth doses, but experts fear that an endless number of booster shots is a short-sighted strategy. An Israeli trial in January also found that a fourth dose was less effective against Omicron Pharma...