by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2019 | International News, Reinsurance
Zurich: Swiss Re has appointed Russell Higginbotham as the CEO Reinsurance Asia and Regional President, effective 8 July 2019 and subject to necessary regulatory approvals. He is succeeding Jayne Plunkett, who has decided to pursue career opportunities outside...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2019 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
London: A group of Lloyd’s underwriters have launched The Product Innovation Facility – a new initiative with £53m of capacity designed to speed up (re)insurance product development for today’s new and emerging risks. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography
The world is on course for “climate apartheid”, where the rich buy their way out of the worst effects of global warming while the poor bear the brunt, a UN human rights report said on Tuesday. The report, submitted to the UN Human Rights...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2019 | Indian News, Life, Technology
Mumbai: HDFC Life Insurance Company announced a strategic partnership with IvyCamp, an arm of IvyCap Ventures Advisors Pvt. Ltd., to launch HDFC Life “Futurance”, a program which aims to identify and work with startups that have built cutting edge...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management, Technology
Robots are on track to wipe out almost a tenth of the world’s manufacturing jobs with the brunt borne by lower-income areas in developed nations, Oxford Economics says. While automation should boost the economy as a whole, it is likely to create...