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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.
PM Modi announces COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force, urges people to stay indoors
Asking people to sacrifice “some weeks of yours, some time of yours”, Modi said given that coronavirus has no cure yet, the only way to stay safe is to stay indoors.
ICICI Lombard General Insurance unveils exclusive ‘COVID-19 Protection” cover’
The health cover is priced affordably at a premium of Rs149 and provides a sum insured of Rs. 25,000 includingvalue added benefits such as Health Assistance and CHAT/Virtual assistance, tele-consultation and ambulance assistance, as part of the offering.
The unique benefit of the COVID-19 protection cover is the coverage across of the age group of 18-75 years,covering the elderly population that is said to be majorly impacted by the virus.
Coronavirus pandemic: Don’t lay off employees: Industry body CII tells member companies
Meanwhile,according to media reports, the Union government is planning to give unemployment benefits to a section of organised workers who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Asia shares bounce after rout, Indian equity markets erases gains
Indian equity markets quickly erased the gains made in a volatile start on Friday to head southwards, dragged down by index heavyweights HDFC twins and ICICI Bank( down 3 per cent). HDFC Bank slipped over 7 per cent and HDFC was down 4 per cent.
The S&P BSE Sensex hovered around 28,000 levels, down 200 points, or 0.7 per cent, after the initial jump. The Nifty50 index was trading with slight cuts at 8,240 levels. The Nifty sectoral indices were trading mixed. While Nifty FMCG and Nifty Pharma indexes traded over 3 per cent up each, the Nifty Bank and Nifty Financial Services indexes dipped 3 per cent each.
Trump presses FDA to fast-track potential coronavirus drugs
Trump, speaking at a news conference, pointed to efforts on Gilead Sciences Inc’s experimental antiviral drug Remdesivir and the generic antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, saying he had called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to streamline its regulatory approval process.
Coronavirus can persist in air for hours and on surfaces for days: study
On plastic and stainless steel, viable virus could be detected after three days. On cardboard, the virus was not viable after 24 hours. On copper, it took 4 hours for the virus to become inactivated.