by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 16, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Around 80 per cent of India’s merchandise trade with Europe passes through the Red Sea and substantial trade with the US also takes this route. Both these geographies account for 34 per cent of the country’s total exports New Delhi: Indian exporters are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 6, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
The Houthi conflict’s disruption of the Red Sea shipping lanes significantly impacts Indian trade, especially with the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said New Delhi: The increasing Red Sea crisis may impact trade as...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 31, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
Combined with disruptions at a drought-stricken Panama Canal in the Western Hemisphere, the rise in merchant shipping rates poses headwinds for central bankers in their inflation fight Shipping costs are rising as hundreds of container ships that typically transit the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 12, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
“The high cost of new medical technologies is a key reason for the persistently high trend. Furthermore, in some regions, ongoing geopolitical conflicts and resulting displaced populations have negatively affected medical costs due to an increased need for care and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 15, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
The government has been forced to act after British childcare costs rose steadily to become among the most expensive in the world, according to the OECD, taking up nearly 30% of the income of a couple with two young children. Britain will expand free childcare to...