by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 22, 2021 | Facts, Non-Life
The cost of a comprehensive car insurance policy in Britain slumped 14% in the first quarter of 2021, to their lowest level since 2015, as different phases of lockdowns in the country kept motorists off the streets, a survey showed. UK motorists now have to pay...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: More than 21,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 after taking the first dose of either Covishield or Covaxin, while over 5,500 contracted the infection after taking the second dose, the Centre said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, ICMR...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds (dollars) in London's High Court over allegations they illegally harvested the private data of millions of European children. Anne Longfield,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
KITUI, Kenya: When Kenyan farmer Waki Munyalo's crop of lentils shrank by three quarters last year because of unusually low rainfall, disaster was averted thanks to a simple remedy that was previously unavailable to most African farmers – insurance. Munyalo,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Risk Management
JOHANNESBURG: The South African government's compensation fund to cover potential injuries from COVID-19 vaccines could cost around 250 million rand ($17.5 million) in the first year, the health minister said in response to questions in parliament. The...