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Maritime Reinsurance: 6 more US insurers to partner DFC and Chubb providing up to $40B in coverage for Strait of Hormuz passage
Apart from Chubb, Travelers, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Berkshire...
West Asia Crisis: War-risk insurance premium for Indian airlines moderates after reaching sky-high
The additional war risk premium stood at approximately Rs 30,00,000...
Death rates among youth not declining despite overall drop globally: Lancet study
"The rapid growth in the world's aging population and evolving risk factors have ushered in a new era of global health challenges," said Dr Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, US,...
WHO: Widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
“Antimicrobial resistance is outpacing advances in modern medicine, threatening the health of families worldwide,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO, Director-General One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people...
Breast cancer cases on rise junk food lack of exercise contributing factors: Doctors
"Breast cancer is considered to be the most common cancer among women. One in 20 or 4 per cent of women in India have the risk of developing breast cancer in their lifetime. It is predicted that by 2030, we will diagnose almost two lakh cases per year," Dr Shalaka...
SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea to ensure adequate life support facilities in ambulances
Besides other prayers, the plea has sought directions to the authorities to establish or continue with a telephone or online helpline facility for the public to report complaints pertaining to inadequate or improper facilities in ambulances or overcharging,...
Indian Healthcare: Transparency Drives Patient Choice
``Establishing a central authority to create, enforce and celebrate standards, empower patients and foster collaboration among providers, payors, clinicians and patients, will be key. With decisive action, India can achieve affordable, world-class healthcare for all...
US targets Iran’s energy trade, 8 Indian nationals several firms sanctioned
``The State Department imposed sanctions on approximately 40 entities, individuals and vessels to "deny the Iranian regime funds it uses to conduct its malign activity," the department said in a press release on Thursday Washington: Eight Indian nationals and several...
Minister of Communications cautions against AI’s unchecked risks
``Facial recognition systems have misidentified minorities with up to 80% error rates, while in healthcare, AI misdiagnosed 20% of tuberculosis cases in Uttar Pradesh hospitals—underscoring the danger of opaque, unaccountable systems''Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar,...
Govt throws open CMD posts of PSU general re/insurance cos and one position of LIC MD for pvt sector professionals
The new norms now will allow eligible private sector professionals to apply for the CMD post of GIC Re, which has fallen vacant after N Ramaswamy retired on Sep 30 External Candidates applying for posts of CMDs of PSU general insurance companies should have minimum 21...
Widening Protection Gap: Role of Specialty Brokers
“Specialty brokers are the connective tissue of the global insurance market. They act as strategic advisers — identifying emerging risks, building the data to make them insurable, aggregating demand for new solutions and uniting diverse sources of capital. In doing...
Aon survey projects moderate salary growth of 5.3% for Southeast Asia in 2026
The most in-demand "hot jobs" include sales (24 percent), information technology (24 percent), artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) (21 percent), cybersecurity (20 percent) and engineering (19 percent), reflecting a sharp pivot toward digital and...