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Red Sea attacks add urgency to Mideast Trade route
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BBB to interview 5 sr GMs on May 11 to select CMD of Orientel Insurance
The general mangers who have been shortlisted by the ministry of finance(MoF)are-SN Rajeswari,New India Assurance(NIA) Dinesh Waghela(OIC), Sobha Reddy, National Insurance Company(NIC),Deepak Godbole,GIC Re, Madhulika Bhaskar, GIC Re.
COVID-19 death toll touches 1,694; cases rise to 49,391
Maharashtra, which is battling surge in COVID-19 cases, has requested the hospitals under the Railways, the Army and other Central undertakings to make their facilities in the state available to the government which is planning to ramp up the number of ICU beds
Gas leak at LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh kills six, over 120 hospitalised
The commissioner of the Visakhapatnam city corporation said styrene leaked from the plant during the early hours of the morning, when families in the surrounding villages were asleep.
“Hundreds of people have inhaled it and either fell unconscious or having breathing issues,” Srijana Gummalla, Commissioner, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation said on Twitter.
India now has 52,952 cases of coronavirus, death toll 1783: health ministry
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday expressed his concern over the high fatality rate among COVID-19 patients in some districts of Maharashtra and Gujarat and asked the states to focus on early surveillance, aggressive contact tracing and early diagnosis to reduce the number of deaths.
COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,568 in India; cases climb to 46,433
According to the health ministry data updated in the morning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra (14,541), followed by Gujarat (5,804), Delhi (4,898), Tamil Nadu (3,550), Rajasthan (3,061), Madhya Pradesh (2,942) and Uttar Pradesh (2,766)
SBI Life’s PAT grows by 7% to Rs1,420 crore in FY 2020
Value of New Business (VoNB) for the life insurer increased by 17 per cent to Rs 2,100 crore in FY 2020. Value of New Business ( VoNB) margin of the company increased from 19.8 per cent in FY 2019 to 20.7 per cent in FY 2020 (with effective tax rate). There has been a 102 bps increase in VoNB margin to 18.7 per cent.
General insurers receive 900 Covid-19 claims for Rs 18 cr
The general insurance companies have received 900 claims for over Rs 17 crore for Covid-19 treatment till Monday,according the General Insurance Council, the official representative body of the domestic general insurers.
Maharashtra at around 450 claims for about Rs 8 crore have remained at the top of the claim chart. The city of Mumbai itself has generated around 350 claims for around Rs 4 crore.
African swine fever detected in India for 1st time; 2,500 pigs die in Assam
“The National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, has confirmed that it is African Swine Fever (ASF). The Central government has informed us that it is the first instance of the disease in the country,” Animal Husbandry Minister Atul Bora said.
While swine flu can spread from animals to humans, swine fever does not, and therefore is not a public health threat.
Gallagher launches Pandemic group insurance product for India’s Front-Line Workforce
“Insurance products generally exclude pandemics, epidemics and infectious disease management in a commercial environment. As such, a COVID-19 specific solution for the India market presents a practical solution for the business community and our clients, and we are delighted to be able to reach this point,” Wade concluded.
Covid-19 will make life tough for non-life insurers: experts
“The Covid-19 will surely have its negative impact on the Indian non-life insurance industry as the lockdown is expected to continue in one way or other. There will be a drop in the business for the first quarter while improvement is expected in the second quarter of FY 21,” G. Srinivasan,Director, National Insurance Academy and former chairman-cum-managing director, New India Assurance