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Howden Re appoints Candy Wong as Head of Treaty for Hong Kong
Howden Re has announced the appointment of Candy Wong as Head of...
Fenchurch Law strengthens Asia-Pacific presence with new partner appointments in Singapore
Fenchurch Law, the leading international law firm for insurance...
India mulls allowing private firms to develop nuclear plants
The country is reviewing its six-decade-old atomic energy law to allow more involvement from non-state companies, union atomic energy minister Jitendra Singh said Wednesday in a written reply to questions in parliament New Delhi: India’s state-controlled nuclear power...
Over 60% people from rural areas go out of state for better medical treatment: Study
The report also stated that at an all-India aggregate, a little over 10 per cent of rural India went to a public primary healthcare facility for serious ailments.The majority used government-run secondary-level facilities (around 60 per cent), about 22 per cent went...
Aircraft lessors set for June 2024 trial over Russia insurance claims
Lessors are suing dozens of insurers around the world for billions of dollars after more than 400 planes were unable to leave Russia due to Western sanctions in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine that forced the termination of their leases Some of the world’s...
Urgent need to introduce data protection law to curb cybercrime menace: Par Panel
In its submission to the panel, the Ministry of Electronics and IT representative said that any entity that takes consent which is beyond what is necessary for the stated, specified purpose, will be considered illegal ''Just like an illegal contract is no contract,...
No paucity of funds, asking states to increase expenditure on health and related infra: Mandaviya
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya said the government is spending Rs 64,000 crore under the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure in five years On an average, Rs 100 crore would be spent in a...
Shriram General Insurance net profit jumps 37 % to Rs 98cr in Q1
"Our physical approach is the main driver during the quarter. While we remain focussed on existing business streams, we believe newer areas like EV insurance and developing a stream of combo insurance plans will help the market and drive growth for us," Anil Aggarwal,...
71% of world’s population protected by at least one tobacco control measure
Around 1.3 million people die from second-hand smoke every year. All of these deaths are entirely preventable. People exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are at risk of dying from heart disease, stroke, respiratory diseases, type 2 diabetes and cancers In the last 15...
Amit Agarwal appointed as CEO of Howden India
Amit Agarwal, CEO, Howden India Agarwal’s appointment underlines Howden India’s ambitious growth plans and aspiration to be a leading broker in one of the world’s fastest growing insurance markets by 2026, said the company London: UK based Howden, a multinational...
Extreme heat rendering parts of the world too hot to insure
Rising temperatures are disrupting economic activity and daily life across the globe, sapping crops, drying rivers and raising sea levels. Scientists suspect the last several years have been warmer than any point in over 125,000 years Soaring global temperatures may...
India likely to receive below-average monsoon rains in August
El Nino -- warming of the waters in the Pacific Ocean near South America -- has not affected the monsoon rains so far, Mohapatra said New Delhi: India is likely to receive below-average rainfall in August due to the El Nino weather pattern, a senior weather department...