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Risk Management

Only 9 per cent  of economic losses in Asia insured:AIR

“For the insurance industry, the protection gap can spur innovation in product development. In the public sector, governments are recognizing the importance of moving from reactive to proactive risk management, especially in countries where the risk is well known and a risk transfer system is not well established. Understanding the protection gap can help governments assess the risks to their citizens and critical infrastructure, and develop risk-informed emergency management, hazard mitigation, and public risk financing strategies to enhance global resilience and reduce the ultimate costs.”

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Air pollution affects life expectancy worse than smoking, terrorism: Study

According to the new Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), developed by researchers at University of Chicago in the US, particulate air pollution cuts global average life expectancy by 1.8 years per person. The AQLI reveals that India and China, which make up 36 per cent of the world’s population, account for 73 per cent of all years of life lost due to particulate pollution.

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India won’t achieve 2-degree cut in global warming by 2030, says report

“This emission pathway is not compatible with a 2C scenario. India’s sectoral policies are still falling short of being consistent with the Paris Agreement, but the country’s ambitious policy on renewable electricity is a promising sign.”Particular highlights from India include its extremely ambitious 175 GW target for renewables capacity by 2022, its very high level of energy efficiency of the overall Indian economy, and new sector-specific policies such as the national cooling action plan,” it added.

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Boeing defends 737 safety as first U.S. lawsuit filed over Lion Air crash

Investigators believe an erroneous sensor prompted a computerized safety system to aggressively push the jet into a dive as pilots were trying to deal with multiple malfunctions. Boeing and U.S. aviation regulators are considering whether to add a software fix to the 737 Max. Three U.S. pilots’ unions have raised concern about what they say is a lack of information provided by Boeing on the safety system

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El Nino may hit Indian Rabi Crop in Fy 2018-19:JBA Flood Model

Dr Iain Willis, JBA Risk Management Singapore Managing Director, explained “There’s currently a 70 per cent chance that the global climate will experience an El Nino warming phase from October this year into early 2019. We know that El Nino can have substantial effects on the rainfall patterns of the Indian summer monsoon. Crop simulations ran using historic climate data suggest that some major Indian rainfed crops, including Soybean and Groundnut, are particularly vulnerable to these changes during El Nino years and can be adversely affected.”

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