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Lloyd’s Approves Syndicate-in-a-Box, Picnic Syndicate 2460, to cover Mutuals
Picnic will commence underwriting on Jan. 1, 2021 and would initially provide re/insurance support to the innovative mutuals that Picnic’s parent, Picnic Labs, forms and develops in Australia and New Zealand.
Insurers drop appeal against UK COVID-19 payout ruling on three policies
appeals linked to the Resilience, Eaton Gate Retail, and Eaton Gate Pubs & Restaurants policies have now been dropped, legal documents show, raising hopes that hundreds of vulnerable businesses could see their claims processed without further delay.
A spokesman for RSA, one of the largest of the six insurers, said it would work with broker Marsh to make interim payments where appropriate.
Businesses across the world have been locked in disputes with insurance companies over pandemic-related payouts.
Number of South Koreans dying after flu shot rises, prompts vaccine worries
South Korea’s vaccines come from a variety of sources. Manufacturers include local drug makers GC Pharma, SK Bioscience and Ilyang Pharmaceutical Co, along with France’s Sanofi and Britain’s Glaxosmithkline. Distributors include LG Chem Ltd and Boryung Biopharma Co. Ltd., a unit of Boryung Pharm Co. Ltd..GC Pharma, LG Chem, SK Bioscience and Boryung declined to comment. Ilyang Pharmaceutical, Sanofi and GSK could not immediately be reached for comment.
Govt restores all existing visas, barring electronic, tourist and medical categories
Foreign nationals intending to visit India for medical treatment can apply afresh for a medical visa, including for their medical attendants
Therefore, this decision will enable foreign nationals to come to India for various purposes such as business, conferences, employment, studies, research, medical purposes etc
India has set aside $7 billion to vaccinate the world’s second Biggest Population
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration estimates an all-in cost of about $6-$7 per person in the nation of 1.3 billion, the people said, asking not to be identified as the details are private. The money provisioned so far is for the current financial year ending March 31 and there will be no shortage of further funds for this purpose, they added.A Finance Ministry spokesman couldn’t immediately be reached when tried on his mobile.
India’s Dr Reddy’s isolates data center services after cyberattack
Dr Reddy’s, India’s No.2 drugmaker by market value, had shut its key plants globally due to the breach at its servers.
Its plants in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, India and Russia were impacted, the report added.
Tesla’s release of new ‘self-driving’ software closely watched by U.S. regulato
“NHTSA has been briefed on Tesla’s new feature, which represents an expansion of its existing driver assistance system. The agency will monitor the new technology closely and will not hesitate to take action to protect (the) public against unreasonable risks to safety,” the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement.
Insurance claims related to COVID-19 treatment rise in Septembe
Based on its analysis of industry data, insurance aggregator Policybazaar.com said “most people filing the claim for COVID-19 treatment are senior citizens of age group 60 years and more, followed by people in the age bracket of 41-45 years”.
In September, the insurance aggregator said COVID-19-related claims accounted for 40 per cent of the total health insurance claims. It has been steadily increasing from 8 per cent in May. In July and August, it stood at 23 per cent and 34 per cent, respectively.
COVID-19 cases in India climb to 76,51, 107
The active cases of coronavirus infection remained below 8 lakh for the fifth consecutive day.
There are 7,40,090 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 9.67 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
Battery fires put BMW and Ford on back foot just as electric vehicles take off
While EVs don’t invoke the same instinctual distrust as self-driving cars or flying taxis might, they do require a leap of faith for some consumers. A younger, tech-savvier population is one reason why China is the world’s biggest EV market, Jato Dynamics analysts said in a report earlier this week, with consumers in Europe and the US more likely to stick with what they know.Chemical Cocktail