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Assam Flood: Govt to start rebuilding infrastructure from September
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Swiss Re, Zurich insurance in talks with Swiss regulator about Coronavirus Impact
Insurers — as well as the re-insurers who take up their losses — are assessing the cost of disruptions related to the virus – which has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 and put swathes of the U.S. and Europe on lockdown. The industry has worked to reduce its exposure to pandemics since the 2003 outbreak of SARS in Asia. Over recent years, that’s included tightening their policies by inserting communicable-disease exclusions in contracts.
California issues ‘stay home’ order; U.S. death toll hits 200
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits surged by the most since 2012 to a 2-1/2-year high last week, as companies in the services sector laid off workers with businesses shutting down due to the pandemic.
ECB to print 1 trillion euro this year to stem coronavirus rout
With much of Europe in lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak, economic activity has come to a near standstill and markets have been in a tailspin, foreshadowing a deep recession on par with the 2008 global financial crisis and raising questions about the euro zone’s cohesion at times of stress
Asia stocks dive, dollar soars as ECB bazooka fails to ease fears
Asian markets initially climbed on the news but soon went into a tailspin as investors contemplate months of economic hardship with countries around the world in lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which has now infected more than 200,000 people and killed almost 9,000.
About 25 mn jobs could be lost worldwide due to coronavirus: UN
The coronavirus outbreak has killed 8,809 people and infected 218,631 across 157 countries and territories, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
EU insurers must preserve capital positions as Coronavirus crisis escalates: Watchdog
“Insurers are likely to face progressively difficult conditions in the immediate future, both in terms of navigating challenging market conditions and in maintaining operations,” the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) said in a statement.
Lloyd’s to close its underwriting room from today,asks market insurers to provide estimates for coronavirus losses
Lloyd’s of London chief executive John Neal said last week that the impact for the 330-year old commercial insurance market was likely to be felt through claims for supply chain disruption.
COVID-19: How many people will die?
The Imperial study looked at the effects of two containment methods: mitigation, which seeks to slow the spread of the virus; and suppression, which aims to reverse epidemic growth and maintaining that indefinitely.It found that even strict mitigation measures would still see British and American intensive care capacity overwhelmed and lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths.
SEBI relaxes result announcement norms for India Inc to manage coronavirus crisis
While granting relaxations to listed entities from other compliance stipulations specified under Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements((LODR) Regulations, the Sebi has allowed quarterly filing of corporate governance report and shareholding pattern of listed entities to be done upto May 15;
Fourth coronavirus death in India,Total numbers at 177,No international passenger flights during March 22-29
There were 18 fresh cases in last 24 hours with Chhattisgarh and Chandigarh reporting their first COVID-19 patients on early Thursday. One more person infected with coronavirus died in Punjab, which decided to impose fresh restrictions.