by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Intermediaries, International News
London: Insurer Hiscox (HSX.L) said on Wednesday that its core policy wordings do not provide cover for business interruption due to a UK government-ordered lockdown put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Of UK small businesses who purchase cover...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Intermediaries, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation, Reinsurance, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi: The Centre has allowed health and motor insurance policyholders to defer payment of their renewal premium falling due during the period of the ongoing lockdown that has been extended till May 3. The finance ministry in a revised notification...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 15, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: India needs to "significantly ramp up" the number of tests done across the country to trace COVID-19 infection cases if the pandemic is to be contained in time, experts said. The death toll due to coronavirus crossed 375 while the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 15, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has identified 170 districts as COVID-19 hotspots and 207 districts as potential hotspots, officials said on Wednesday, reiterating that there has been no community transmission of the disease in the country so far. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 15, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
The United States may need to endure social distancing measures adopted during the coronavirus outbreak until 2022, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health. The study comes as more than 2,200 people died in the United States from...
