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First person in US to receive pig kidney dies months after transplant
Richard "Rick" Slayman had the transplant at Massachusetts General...
White House wants cybersecurity standards on hospitals
The proposal may extend beyond hospitals too. The administration...
UK ‘increasingly confident’ that vaccines work against variant from India
Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London, said there was a “glimmer of hope” from the latest data that the transmissibility of the variant might be lower than first feared.
Buffett’s Berkshire buys a $943 million stake in Aon
At Berkshire’s May 1 annual meeting, Buffett said his Omaha, Nebraska-based company would like to spend $70 billion or $80 billion, but would probably not get a chance until the market offered better values.
Laurent Rousseau to succeed Kessler as SCOR’s CEO
The Board’s appointment of Kessler as non-executive Chairman following the General Meeting of June 30, 2021, will help to ensure the continuity of the Group’s strategy and to perpetuate its values.
Benoît Ribadeau-Dumas had been appointed as deputy CEO with effect from January 1, 2021, with a view to becoming CEO in 2022
$10 trillion lost globally due to COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns:WHO Report
A report by the panel cited estimates that more than $10 trillion has been lost globally because of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns to control its spread that has closed businesses and confined people to their homes. “Every effort to integrate beforehand health and finance will largely pay itself,” said Mario Monti ,former Italian prime minister chairs the WHO’s Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development .
It has recommended the G20 establish a Global Health Board which would work to prevent future pandemics by identifying risks, setting global benchmarks for preparedness, and promoting investment in health infrastructure.
HX launches in Asia to bring its data, digital and analytics capabilities closer to clients and carriers across the region
Goh Chye Huat, CEO, Howden Asia, said: “Our businesses across Asia have experienced tremendous growth over recent years. We have reached a scale where it is vital to have a market-leading engagement and distribution strategy. HX’s data and analytics capabilities are unrivalled in the market and we are delighted to have that offering available for our clients and colleagues in Asia.”
Ransomware attack hits 4 Asian countries of AXA subsidiary
he ransomware attack impacted information technology operations in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines, the statement said. “As a result, certain data processed by Inter Partners Asia (IPA) in Thailand has been accessed,” it said.
India second largest insurtech market in APAC: S&P Report
”India is the second largest insurance technology market in Asia-Pacific. India has at least 66 insurtech companies and accounted for 35 per cent of the USD 3.66 billion in insurtech-focused venture capital invested in the APAC region. ”Insurance technology investors are attracted to India since it is one of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world,” S&P Global Market Intelligence fintech analyst Sampath Sharma Nariyanuri said.
China to relax birth policy but wary of social risks, sources say
A fertility rate of 1.3 children per woman in 2020, on par with ageing societies like Japan and Italy, underscores the risk for China: the world’s second-biggest economy may already be in irreversible population decline without having first accumulated the household wealth of G7 nations.
Irish health service may take weeks to recover from ransomware attack
There was widespread cancellation of radiology services across the country due to its reliance on the IT system and particular challenges in laboratories, the HSE said.
Stop developing new oil, gas, coalfields to avert climate crisis, says IEA
Reducing emissions to net zero — the point at which greenhouse gases are removed from the atmosphere as quickly as they’re added — is considered vital to limit the increase in average global temperatures to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. That’s seen as the critical threshold if the world is to avoid disastrous climate change.