by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 9, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Severe convective storms – storms associated with thunder, lightning, heavy rain, hail, strong winds and sudden temperature changes – caused USD 35 billion (nearly 70%) in insured losses worldwide in the first half of 2023. This means that insured losses are almost...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 9, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Features, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
R Thyagarajan R Thyagarajan is arguably one of the world’s most idiosyncratic financiers — in no small part because his multibillion-dollar business, the Shriram Group, has thrived in an industry that tripped up countless others around the globe A pioneer in extending...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | Indian News, Life
Life insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation has seen a slow down in its premium accretion in the month of July. The corporation’s total premium has declined by 47 per cent y-o-y to Rs 15386.57 in the month of July Mumbai: Despite bullish performance by the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
A data sample comprising 77% of U.S. insurers showed they held fossil fuel-related assets worth $536 billion in 2019, and patterns are unlikely to have changed dramatically since then, according to sustainability consultancy ERM, investor advocacy group Ceres and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | International News, Risk Management, Technology
The regulator has said Meta cannot harvest user data in Norway, such as users’ physical locations, and use it to target advertising at them, called behavioural advertising, a business model common to Big Tech. Meta Platforms will be fined 1 million crowns...
