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India’s first weather derivative aims to protect farmers from weather volatility
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General, India Meteorological...
Zurich Insurance to buy Canadian cyber risk management firm BOXX Insurance
“BOXX’s digital-first, service-led approach will help us further...
120 patients in Israel exposed to medication error during hospital software malfunction
Of particular concern were patient discharge documents containing incorrect prescriptions. As the ministry received similar reports from other hospitals, it ordered an investigation Tel Aviv: Knesset lawmakers briefed by Health Ministry officials on Monday were told...
WTW launches world-first parametric insurance protection for endangered South Pacific coral reef system
Sarah Conway, Director and Ecosystem Resilience Lead, WTW, said: “We are grateful to BHP for supporting the design and implementation of the first coral reef insurance programme in Fiji. Building on lessons learned from our involvement with similar initiatives in...
Consortium launched to address growing burden of lung cancer in Asia-Pacific
Lung cancer has a significant health and economic impact in the APAC region. It is the most prevalent cancer, accounting for about 1 million deaths per year, and projected to rise to over 1.8 million by 2040 SINGAPORE: On World Cancer Day, a consortium called the Asia...
Cyber threat,public liability and geopolitics pose greatest risk to organisations: WTW survey
Ben MacCarthy, Head of Real Estate, Hospitality & Leisure, Asia, at WTW, said: “We found APAC firms pursuing innovative solutions through Proptech, with a focus on SMART buildings and improving ways data is accessed accurately especially to adapt to ESG and...
Deepfake video meeting with fake CFO costs company $25.6 mn
The company employees in the call looked and sounded like real people the targeted employee recognised.They followed instructions given during the meeting and made 15 transfers totalling HK$200 million $25.6 million) to five Hong Kong bank accounts. Hong Kong: A...
Investors dig into India’s stock market as China flounders, discount risks
Global investors' desire to own a piece of the brightest market in the emerging world has been the catalyst, says Remi Olu-Pitan, head of multi-asset growth and income at asset manager Schroders, but that has meant an under-appreciation of the vulnerability and risks...
Availability of containers not affected due to Red Sea crisis: Patel
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel said that Indian Navy has substantially enhanced maritime surveillance efforts in central/north Arabian Sea and augmented force levels. For effective surveillance of EEZ (exclusive economic zone), Indian Navy...
Thousands of accounts at Paytm Payments Bank set up improperly – sources
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is concerned that some of the accounts could have been used for money laundering, Multiple accounts at Paytm Payments Bank were linked to the same identification proof and that transactions in those accounts ran into millions of rupees....
At least 19 dead as forest fires approach densely populated areas of central Chile
The El Nino weather pattern has caused droughts and hotter than usual temperatures along the west of South America this year, increasing the risk of forest fires. In January, more than 17,000 hectares (42,000 acres) of forests were destroyed in Colombia by fires that...
RBI cautions public against frauds in KYC updation
In case of financial cyber frauds, members of public should immediately lodge a complaint on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (www.cybercrime.gov.in) or through cybercrime helpline (1930) Mumbai: In the wake of continuing incidents/ reports of customers...