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New record of 142 global Nat Cat events globally, USD108 billion insured losses in 2023: Swiss Re
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Demographic challenges: India’s policy makers facing mounting pressure as fertility rates decline
According to the Lancet report, India's total fertility rate has...
Hedge funds make pandemic bet on insurance
Investors reckon that in a world where virus outbreaks and climate disasters may be the new normal, innovative new insurance products such as those providing relief during future lockdowns or when staff sickness hinders business, will prove lucrative.
Even while share prices remain subdued, insurers’ debt sales for the most part have been oversubscribed this year, thanks to strong credit quality, typically in the single-A category.
Retreating monsoon rains worry paddy farmers in Maha
Gondia district agriculture superintendent Ganesh Ghorpade and his Bhandara counterpart Hindurao Chavan told PTI that farmers need not worry as of now, but if rains continue for some more time, then “things would get tougher”.
They have asked cultivators to delay the crop cutting work by five to six days and also keep a tab on rain prediction before harvesting the crop.
Ant Group’s $35 bln IPO unlikely to be hurt by possible U.S. curbs
Ant is working towards a dual-listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong possibly as soon as this month in what sources have said could be the world’s largest IPO, surpassing oil giant Saudi Aramco’s 2222.SE $29.4 billion float in December.
U.S. President Donald Trump is considering curbs on Ant, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba and Tencent over concerns their payment platforms threaten national security, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
If implemented, the restrictions would illustrate how Trump’s administration is seeking to prevent Chinese companies from embedding themselves in the U.S. financial system before they become a significant competitive threat.
Who pays for the toilet paper? The big questions of the work-from-home era
Of course, the 2 euros a day is for an average worker with average costs, but can be tweaked depending on measures such as home heating and water costs, or the quality of insulation.
It does not cover new furniture, computers, phones, or other equipment which NIBUD says employees should receive from their employers if necessary for their work.
Indian CEOs less confident about economic growth; 62% took pay cuts: KPMG Survey
The CEOs have already seen accelerated progress in digital transformation during the pandemic and are likely to prioritise investments in new technologies to become future-ready, and 89 per cent of them plan to invest more on technology, the survey noted.
Majority in 14 most-advanced nations perceive China negatively: Pew survey
The rise in unfavourable views comes amid widespread criticism over how China has handled the Coronavirus pandemic. Across the 14 nations surveyed, a median of 61 per cent say China has done a bad job dealing with the outbreak.
Google faces antitrust case in India over abuse in smart TVs market: Report
The case has been filed by two Indian antitrust lawyers, Kshitiz Arya and Purushottam Anand. They both confirmed the case filing against Google for alleged abuse in the smart television market, but declined to comment further.
The case is Google’s fourth major antitrust challenge in India, one of its key markets where it is currently facing public criticism from local startups for enforcing certain policies and company charges they contend hurt their growth.
Working from home can feel like sleeping at work: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella
He also said remote work misses some of the benefits of the office. “Video meetings are more transactional,” he said. “Work happens before meetings, after meetings.”
September was world’s hottest on record, EU climate change service says
Extending a long-term warming trend caused by emissions of heat-trapping gases, high temperatures this year have played a major role in disasters from fires in California and the Arctic to floods in Asia, scientists say.
“As we go into an even warmer world, certain extremes are likely to happen more often and be more intense,” Copernicus senior scientist Freja Vamborg told Reuters, pointing to heat waves and periods of intense rain as examples of this.
Safety of employees, customers, and quality of loan book top priorities for new SBI chief
At a time when the Indian banking system is hamstrung by the pandemic, SBI is witnessing credit growth of around 6-7% while business is “70-80% back to pre COVID-19 levels,” for the bank, Khara said in a press briefing after taking over the reins on Wednesday.